Nate Miller

'Afterlife'-inspired Gunner Seat Upgrade for Kenner Ecto-1

Added 2021-08-08 16:18:47 +0000 UTC

The Kenner Ecto-1 roof-mounted gunner seat allowed kids to position their favorite Ghostbuster on the roof and blast ghosts on the go. The upcoming Ghostbusters Afterlife movie introduces a new side-mounted gunner chair which looks like it'll lend itself to some really fun action sequences.

My 3D Printed 'Afterlife' Gunner Seat upgrade is a reimagined version for the original Kenner Ecto-1 toy but with an few twists from the new movie:

Proton Pack sculpting on the seat back (with details inspired by The Real Ghostbusters cartoon)
Side mounted Neutrona Blaster that has a hole for inserting a proton stream (I heated up some PLA 1.75 mm filament strands for mine and made it)
I included a simple base you can use to display the part when not mounted on the Ecto

I printed the part in the photos using a standard Ender 3 with black Hatchbox PLA filament at 0.2 mm layer height and 30% infill.

I am making this material and content for the 3D Printed parts available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. License text is included in the attachement!

NOTE: I have not tried this part on the Hasbro re-release of the Ecto-1. Let me know if this peg matches and I'd be happy to adjust if needed.