Homemade Ghost Busters Proton Pack

Step 3 Proton Wand

I tried to get the wand as accurate as possible.  I got the shape correct along with the handle and the grips.  I was out of time and didn't get the end tip built. 

If you look at the real prop (in one of the Planet Hollywood restaurants) the handles and the business end of the wand looks like they were welded on.  Being that this was just foam, I used hot glue instead and then spray painted it.  It looks like a painted weld to me. 

I did find out that a high temp glue gun will melt the foam very quickly.

The line from the pack to the wand is just black split tubing used to keep wires together behind a computer.  I ran 550 cord through the tube for stability. 

I looked for weeks to try and find handles for a bike or from a garden rake that would work on the wand.  In the end, I could not find anything that looked right so I made the grips from foam.  I just took a strip and measured out where my fingers would go.  I glued sand paper to a piece of one inch PVC pipe and just sanded down until I got the grip shapes.  I also sanded out a grove on the back with the same pipe as the handles are made from one inch pipe as well.  I attached it with hot glue and painted when done.