- March 15th, 2016, 4:33 pm#4857746
Does anyone still make a resin kit for the PKE? I know that GuntahKela used to?
Kingpin wrote:Unfortunately the side-effect of how well designed and executed the Mattel PKE Meters was that the home-grown efforts dried up. The production stopping on the Mattel line may eventually see the return of fan-made options, but at the moment I can't say I've seen any resin kits listed recently that weren't left-overs from old runs.Gotcha. If I could still get the matty for a reasonable price I probably wouldn't bother, but it seems like a fun project if I could find a good kit to start with. I've seen the iona on ebay but I think I'd prefer to start with something a little bit closer. Thanks for responding. =)
Kingpin wrote:No worries. I'm in a similar boat to you, as I've got a PKE electronics kit I've been trying to sell for years with no bites.If I could find a resin kit I'd certainly be interested, but I'm guessing a lot of people would be. What's in your electronics kit? Maybe I'll pick up an iona.
Kingpin wrote:Just a reminder though that you'll need to sort out a supporting membership before anything can be sold here.Yes, that's what I meant by becoming an authorized seller. I'll probably become a supporting member anyway since I've derived a fair amount of benefit here.
WShawn wrote: ↑February 6th, 2017, 8:33 pm During the course of my VERY slow scratch-build of a PKE meter I did a run of resin shells in 2015. I'd be up for selling some of those if there's interest. I wasn't planning to mass produce these since the Matty prop is adequate for the vast majority of users.do you still sell pke kits? may i have one how much?
These shells are based on a modified Iona I've been working on since the early 90s. I meant it when I said it's a VERY slow build. The modifications are based on these photos a friend of mine took in the early 90s:
http://www.gbfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=42356
I was worried that the modified Iona would be too fragile to carry around so I created silicone molds and resin versions of the shell halves, the plan being to use one of these for the final prop. The casts aren't perfect, but they're useable with some cleanup. I eventually decided to go with the modified Iona for maximum fidelity to the real prop.
I haven't built this to go with any existing kit. My wings are scratch-built, designed to fit into a custom-made piece of aluminum with linkages to two servos. The final prop will have touch switches and (I think) a built-in charging circuit.
The plan is to drive the wings and LEDs using a Teensy Arduino board. I'm no where near a coder, but I was able to cobble together a sketch (with some help) to drive the servos and LEDs, but in late 2015 I decided to add a sound board for sound effects. I have that sort of working, but I was having trouble trigging the sounds correctly, and that's where it's been since then. I've been super-busy with our business, and I've been putting my recent hobby energies into upgrading the lights and other elements of my 1984 pack.
As I wrote, these resin shells aren't perfect. There are some holes that would need filling and flash that needs trimming.
If there's interest in this sort of thing I could arrange to become an authorized seller here.
Cheers.
Shawn
Ghostbusterfan152020 wrote: ↑June 23rd, 2020, 2:14 pm do you still sell pke kits? may i have one how much?WShawn is still active on the forum, though I'm not aware of him offering any PKE shells these days.
WShawn wrote: ↑June 25th, 2020, 12:22 am I still might offer kits if there's interest. I'm still working on my prototype. I hope I can finish it before the fall. The price of a kit would mainly depend on whether I'd have to personally solder everything together or whether I can pay a service to do that or what.Ok how may I purchase a kit? Is there a way I can message you privately to give my address or information you need? Sorry I'm new to gbfans
Ghostbusterfan152020 wrote: ↑June 25th, 2020, 12:29 amI should have been clear that when I wrote I might offer kits if there's interest I meant general interest from a group of people. It's possible I'd offer kits to one or two people, but the price would be higher in that case.WShawn wrote: ↑June 25th, 2020, 12:22 am I still might offer kits if there's interest. I'm still working on my prototype. I hope I can finish it before the fall. The price of a kit would mainly depend on whether I'd have to personally solder everything together or whether I can pay a service to do that or what.Ok how may I purchase a kit? Is there a way I can message you privately to give my address or information you need? Sorry I'm new to gbfans
ccv66 wrote: ↑June 25th, 2020, 5:40 pm Hard to find high quality PKEs. I'd just mod the $20 Walmart pke meters while you wait for his kitYes, should I offer kits they would probably be the most accurate replica of a PKE you could get, so there's no way I could compete with the toys on price. The electronics components alone will add up to around $140. That includes:
ccv66 wrote: ↑June 25th, 2020, 5:40 pm Hard to find high quality PKEs. I'd just mod the $20 Walmart pke meters while you wait for his kitEven before MattyCollector came along they were much rarer than Ecto Goggles and Proton Packs... And when Matty produced their effort, it kinda tanked the kit/builder's market.
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