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Hey everyone. Long time GB fan, newly into making props. Has anyone tried to operate on the disguise ghost trap? I don't know where to start with this one. I have the trap...just not sure if anyone has any pointers on this one.

Disguise? Do you mean, make the Ghost Trap look like something else?

Hey! No. It's the brand. like its literally like a blow mold ghost trap. Ill try to post a link to one.
https://disguise.com/ghost-trap.html

I bought one from Target as a "belt hanger".
Once you take the screws out you can carefully pry apart the front and you'll notice that all the pieces have tabs that slot together.

I reached in and tried to push down all the tabs on each side while carefully pulling to pry it apart.

I wouldn't recommend pulling it completely apart as the moulded foster connector halves are glued and will break off if pulled to much. I just got the side panels, front panel , front indicator and back off to paint and add a few cosmetic pieces like knobs, switches and the battery indicator light.

I do beg your pardon Barry, I'd forgotten about that range.

The first step would probably be the give it a base coat of primer so you can then paint it up.

I'd mount this lighting kit up to a toggle switch and give it a paint job and call it a day.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/852265894/ ... ck=1&sts=1

Thanks! I will do that for sure. I was hoping there would be some kind of mod to actually make it open, but I know zero about miniature motors to do something like that. lol but installing a pre-existing light kit can be done for sure.
thanks!
-B

Beyond a paint job, and the addition of a toggle switch, I didn't really know what to do with mine. That is until I saw Afterlife.

I found a cheap $30 R/C dune buggy from Target, took off the car body, and attached the Disguise Trap using some of the screws that held the original car body onto the R/C base, and a bit of hot glue disguised as welding marks, since the front did not have a place for the trap to attach via screws already molded in. I added some cheap Energizer flashlights using zip-ties, and that was it!

The trap itself is pretty lightweight, so it was still able to drive around pretty quickly! I even took it out to visit the Los Angeles Ghostbusters for their holiday toy drive to make a donation! While I was there, I couldn't help but take some shots of it next to their fantastic Ecto-1 replica!

(Here's a video of the trap in action! https://www.instagram.com/p/CXrnqNlFyqa/ )

oidoglr wrote: ↑January 5th, 2022, 10:16 am I'd mount this lighting kit up to a toggle switch and give it a paint job and call it a day.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/852265894/ ... ck=1&sts=1

The RTV is missing the bar graph display. But still has the yellow LED, along with the red one.

Can someone post measurements of the disguise trap? Is it the same size as the spirit/walmart trap?

Mathew_impact1 wrote: ↑January 13th, 2022, 11:15 am

oidoglr wrote: ↑January 5th, 2022, 10:16 am I'd mount this lighting kit up to a toggle switch and give it a paint job and call it a day.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/852265894/ ... ck=1&sts=1

The RTV is missing the bar graph display. But still has the yellow LED, along with the red one.

Can someone post measurements of the disguise trap? Is it the same size as the spirit/walmart trap?

I don't have any accurate measurements handy, but upon comparing the two, they seem fairly close.

Mathew_impact1 wrote: ↑January 13th, 2022, 11:15 am

oidoglr wrote: ↑January 5th, 2022, 10:16 am I'd mount this lighting kit up to a toggle switch and give it a paint job and call it a day.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/852265894/ ... ck=1&sts=1

The RTV is missing the bar graph display. But still has the yellow LED, along with the red one.

Can someone post measurements of the disguise trap? Is it the same size as the spirit/walmart trap?

The Spirit/Rubies trap body is about half an inch longer, wider and taller overall.

Thank you. The pictures really help.

LeoCor Replicas wrote: ↑January 12th, 2022, 2:21 pm Beyond a paint job, and the addition of a toggle switch, I didn't really know what to do with mine. That is until I saw Afterlife.

I found a cheap $30 R/C dune buggy from Target, took off the car body, and attached the Disguise Trap using some of the screws that held the original car body onto the R/C base, and a bit of hot glue disguised as welding marks, since the front did not have a place for the trap to attach via screws already molded in. I added some cheap Energizer flashlights using zip-ties, and that was it!

The trap itself is pretty lightweight, so it was still able to drive around pretty quickly! I even took it out to visit the Los Angeles Ghostbusters for their holiday toy drive to make a donation! While I was there, I couldn't help but take some shots of it next to their fantastic Ecto-1 replica!

(Here's a video of the trap in action! https://www.instagram.com/p/CXrnqNlFyqa/ )

THIS IS AWESOME!!!

I am trying to modify this trap to make the doors open, Wish me luck!

Let me know how it goes. I wanna do this, but am so stressed where to start as I haven't made props like this before. Good luck!

Took the trap apart, dremeled out some parts, added lights, smoke, repainted it, threw on some BoK knobs and added some screw heads. And then some stickers and a much more real looking trap is what I have now. Still need to add the label near the bulb and on the bottom and a V-hook to wear it on my belt.

I'm having the hardest time popping the doors and side panel off. Any tricks?

nvm i got it

I'm having the same issue - any tips by chance? I removed all the screws and it doesn't want to come apart. I don't want to get too aggressive with it... Thanks!

Use a screw driver to loosen the inside notches. Once you pop one, you can pull it off.

I just started tinkering with one of these myself. I suggest carefully pulling the bottom apart just enough that you can pop the bottom of the front plate out (the one below the "bar graph light"). Once you do that you can kind of reach in enough to pop the tabs of the the top "doors" out. It is kind of a pain but it speaks well of how solidly built the thing is.

The easiest modification everyone should do is to the doors. Take a metal square or ruler and carefully clamp down the edge just to the side of the center line. Take a small flat head screwdriver and lightly gouge a line straight down the middle to make it actually look like doors. That by itself makes this thing look ten times better.

Sadly it will take a bit more cutting than I expected to fit the Jupiter Electronics light kit linked a few posts into this thread. It should be doable but it will be messier than I expected. Will have to cut a small part of the top middle of the front plate which shares some of the "bar graph light" structure. The biggest headache will be accessing the battery. Might be worth it to just wire up the "fosters connector" and not have to open it up again.

Should make a decent looking belt hanger once its done though. In my experience it is all about the lights, hardly anyone even knows any of the little details otherwise. If the lights are sequencing in a "realistic" manner it is automatically amazing.

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With your suggestions I managed to get the trap apart, and some electronics installed. My Kamui Cosplay smoke machine build failed, but I did manage to install a light kit, replacing the slide switch for a toggle, and replacing the led with this lamp. I also added a thin strip of electrical tape to simulate the trap doors, and from a distance and blinking, it looks decent. Made my wife happy for her work costume contest.