Show and Tell: Pip Boy 2000 Mod!

[@tested]

Watch Bill's video about his mod here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaaZm3-FnstnaMk

[@a.wcomicpublications4186]

Adam you and your young partner have nailed this channel and what it represents. I was a bit harsh in the past about how much your partner talks on old tested videos and since having mentioned that you have shown that the channel listens to the viewers thoughts and the self wanteing need that i'm sure. when you guys build you are more in tune with the projects and not straying away from topic questions, further more you guys seem to be doing so well i would like to see a seperate topic not adding on to the channel but having a bi-weekly or monthly live video feed of fan mail you guys recive this will act on the mythbusters theme but without projects and rather just answering questions that fans might want to ask from time to time. thank you both and again amazing job, altho it is sad that "mythbusters" got a new contract with two scientific muscular gentalmen.

[@halkeye20]

Mine turned out pretty cool. Good instructions

[@punishedprops]

Thanks for letting me share my mods! I'm so stoked to see what other bits people add to their kits.

[@curiousentertainment3008]

Punished Props Academy it’s cool that you did all that you did but don’t wait for someone else to modify one just do it

[@c.a.k.comedy692]

It’s interesting that on the Pip-Boys in the video and mine, the strap always moves to the left under the holotape.

[@j3tztbassman123]

Talk to Deadlance Steamworks for leather. They do good work.

[@SnarkyPosters]

Bill, It looks even better compared to the stock build. Great Job.

[@mcgoo721]

I'm just getting into scale model building, and the few videos I've seen of you doing that kind of work has been really inspiring! Can't wait to get my skill up and try something like this.

[@jesperhagstrom]

The crappy speaker fits the esthetic imo

[@citizen_of_the_stars5144]

I searched a functional pip-boy for a long time, and this one is just incredible

[@scalenetriangles2520]

If you've really been looking for function, I think You'll like this project ZapWizard is doing. It's not done, but it really is a marvel. www.therpf.com/forums/threads/functional-pip-boy-3000-mk-iv-from-fallout-4.245034/

[@Luis_Facil]

On amazon you can buy parts made by bethesda that make your pip boy functional like a radio and a working screen i believe

[@DarkestVampire92]

It cant be too hard to actually make a fully functional Pip Boy. Geiger counters are available, cassette players have almost become obscure tech, the aforementioned tablet display and Raspberry Pi, some knobs, switches and real tubes... and well, a radio of course.

[@Omega_Mart_Employee_K1Z]

Well, a Geiger counter needs a big tube to detect radiation, if it’s too small, than it’ll only detect it if you’re right on top of it. It means you’d only know ur fucked when you’re standing right on top of a toxic can of this stuff. Hope this helps!

[@worldofzap]

As far as a screen, I wouldn’t use a raspberry pi but use an old iPhone or Android phone or iPod touch and the actual Pip-Boy app. You could play fallout and use an actual Pip-Boy 😁

[@MinorLG]

Ras pi can run Android. Pi0 is alot smaller than a phone, but can drive a larger screen still.

[@Codex_of_Wisdom]

The problem with that is the app only really functions while playing Fallout, so it couldn't run while just being displayed.

[@deeznutz3105]

worldofzap na

[@danwhite3224]

I made a working Pip-Boy using the kit, a Raspberry Pi Zero W and a 3.5" TFT display. In the process of making a tiny FM radio and a Geiger counter to fit in it too.

[@harshbarj]

​@@MinorLG With a single core cpu and only 512mb of ram, it's not really worth it for something like this. You really need(or want) something more powerful. That is if you want it to actually do things and do it smoothly. I'd look at alternatives to the Raspberry Pi as there are far better alternatives out there with much faster CPU/GPUs and much more ram in the same form factor. Only thing the Pi has going for it is the size of the community. Their boards are grossly under powered and short on ram.

[@Artizor]

I agree with all of this! The kit is absolutely amazing but the cuff design and attach method is kinda rough. I really wanted to make a leather cuff as well rather then the plush one. I bought another kit already because I had so much fun with the first one! Excited to build the second one and do some modifications!

[@PropsNstuff]

I Belive I`v seen all of Mr. Dorans prop building videos. Twice. And I always learn somthing new watching Punished props. The Foamsmith Master.

[@halkeye20]

Mine turned out pretty cool. Good instructions

[@nokiot9]

I like the ones from Fo3 that had like the integrated glove thing. Seems like it would be more stable being that bulky and you running around the wasteland.

[@FarazKhan55000]

thats my favorite vid that he has put out

[@500MTH]

it would've been much cooler if you played the radio's songs.

[@joost199207]

Always a pleasure to see Bill!

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

This model is definitely slicker and more like the games! Keep it up!

[@danwhite3224]

I used the kit along with a Raspberry Pi Zero W and a 3.5" TFT display to make an actual working Pip Boy. Currently in the process of making a tiny FM receiver and a Geiger counter to fit in it too.

[@RedMageGaming]

Viiiiiidsssssss ive been searching to see what/how people are doing that and cant find a damn thing. And while Bill's video on his mod was great, I want to see how people are getting around the cramped internals to fit a screen etcetera into it, before I crack mine open and screw everything up XD

[@Ghostzaku]

I broke most of my plastic clips on the strap when I first built mine, Bills idea to screw them in is a must.

[@Mrstealth93]

Huh. That M4 screw cuff mount sounds like a great idea. Those plastic brackets really werent well thought out.

[@sparkee666]

I have never mixed metallics with regular colours, now that I heard it I think it's a really good idea, it's funny how simple things sometimes never occur to you.

[@allluckyseven]

I really wanna see people make it work like a smartwatch, pairing it with their phones and such.

[@AwesomeGames56]

Tastefully modded, I love it!

[@jcplaysmusic6257]

I was actually thinking of building a respberry pi in there linking up the buttons with the pipboy ones.

[@timtamsteve]

I always imagined they'd be made out of something like bakelite rather than metal.

[@aronseeley8644]

I saw PP video and watched it all, it’s pretty good

[@BernardManansala]

Hey!!! It's Fran... I mean Bill Doran!!!

[@jasmine-ruff-puff9951]

Ooh, I've been waiting for this!

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

You may find this interesting. To celebrate the launch of Fallout 76 Angus on the Maker's Muse channel built a 3D Printer from scratch in a promotional Pip-Boy. Short video introducing the divice using the Fallout universe aesthetic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6qudZ2rebSgb6M Longer video (25 minute) detailing the construction: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bICcYqipqLaYq9U

[@KnightSlasher]

*Vault tech has entered the chat*

[@Theexplorographer]

Real Fallout fan there. Vault Tec.

[@CosminNeagu]

I would like to see Adam build one of those guitar kits, but in his style, that would be nice!

[@heyimamaker]

Wicked work Bill, Yours looks 👌

[@Hephera]

Man, those mods sound really cool. Sure do wish we had any actual footage of them rather than a bunch of closeup shots of the side of the thing...

[@khilorn]

My plastic brackets broke too. I also lost a screw and a spring.

[@UNITGJ]

Few more close ups would be great :)

[@waterup380]

watch it on is youtube

[@North.Fishing]

This is so cool!

[@davidcarter9322]

I'm surprised there isn't more screen saver/live wallpapers made to simulate the screen. Last time I heard the last app was discontinued and is no longer available...so sad.

[@Mr.Microwave]

I heard they just came out with new mods for a screen, speaker and Bluetooth stand

[@samulai]

Hey Norm, I just noticed that you've actually had the same glasses for at least 5 years. Time to get some new specs and an eye exam too

[@TesGon]

Super cool mod. Now I want one for myself damn it.

[@acsugg]

Bill should have played country road with the speaker

[@GBRyker61]

Same thing happened to me when I was building mine. The tabs on the clips for the cuff snapped off. If I get a second one, deffienently gonna use screws instead.

[@ClayMann]

I just the other day tried running the fallout 4 pipboy app on my phone while playing the game. You can have your map up on screen while your pipboy in game isn't up at all so you get a real bump in playability. weapon switching and gobbling meds is just a click away while you're running around in the game playing it. Ideally I'd like to try it with a bigger tablet next. the map gets a bit tough to read on a 5" screen. I can only imagine how cool it would be to have a real pipboy on your arm with working android screen and then run the android pipboy app on that while you're playing the game haha.

[@TooltipTinkerer]

It might have been the worst Fallout installation, but 76's pip boy is the best-looking one yet.

[@Skillfulist1]

Is it possible to put a raspberry pi into the 3000 bluetooth edition? I have one that no longer boots.

[@MinorLG]

One of these days I'm gonna build my own pipboy. Right angle crt, working tape drive, prob a Ras pi.

[@bigmiki2620]

Did you do it??

[@MinorLG]

@@bigmiki2620 not yet. It is still on the list.

[@bigmiki2620]

@@MinorLG :(

[@MinorLG]

@@bigmiki2620 you know how things are. Lack of time, funds, sometimes both. Things are coming back for me, so I'm finally able to start on my list.

[@bigmiki2620]

@@MinorLG keep me posted, man.

[@MrCystic89]

I tried the bluetooth speaker mod twice , and both times for some reason the speaker stopped working, I am totally missing something

[@TheDungineer]

Really awesome mods guys, and great video! Maybe you can mod a nylon bag to look like it's made from canvas!

[@iciclefox9901]

Ouch. That’s a big F

[@Codex_of_Wisdom]

Hey Bill and Norm! I want to thank you both for the tips for this project, in particular; because my friend and I spend New Years building and repainting our Pip-boys, too! imgur.com/a/3ZpuZkQ We haven't heavily modded ours, yet, but it's planned for the future. All we modded so far is the cuff screws in the back.

[@justicebrown1077]

I really wanna take inspiration from the Pipboy and make a real life one with a Mixtape player, a keyboard above it. A real speaker some pilot lights. Not too difficult with a Raspberry pi, or Arduino... HMMMMM

[@oo-ef3fv]

Incredible!

[@abonmedia]

Should have played "Country Roads" on the speaker.

[@cadburybunny]

If ONLY Bethesda could come up with stuff like this instead of literally flushing the entire IP down the toilet as of late. I love the mods and it makes the Pip Boy actually worthwhile now instead of just being an overpriced plastic lump.

[@471444a]

cadburybunny > Bethesda bad >Cdpr good Applaud this brave, oppressed gamer for his brave ideas. BOTTOM TEXT

[@aserta]

The only kind of screen that can be put inside one of these that makes sense is a projection screen, projected on a cut-off from an actual tube screen that matches the size. You'd have to apply some sort of silver deposit on it, a few microns deep just enough to fake that feeling of a tube TV. I would go after 1980s car dash projection screen from Japan, Germany (few) or UK (i think only one car ever had something similar, but i'm uncertain). Dissect those to understand how they are made. There's also a lot of Japanese market-only projection and TV type screen to consider. A lot of KZbin channels that review these things can advise as the content creators actually know exactly the sizes of the items. Sony and Panasonic had interesting stuff. I seem to remember a TV screen that was in the size format of a standard bento box with a bent cathode delivery, meaning it reflected off a source (i think). Power source is an issue, but if this is a cosplay piece then a wire worn in the suit via contact pads (to conceal) and a larger, belt affixed piece would solve that. I wouldn't put a huge battery inside this, rather think of it as a car engine, and just have a small battery, just enough to run this 10..20 minutes on its own using the large off-site one as the main "gas tank". Smallest arduino form possible, wouldn't bother with stock, a bought kit to reconfigure, prolly two and i would use a phone via wireless hotspot (with arduino shield) to run the whole deal. Again, minimal function in the actual item, just to push the deal, but the actual package is off-site. If i had time, of course, but who has time, that and i think that the price for these is hyper-inflated. If you actually want to do this right, the final price might hit 1k USD with imports and all that jazz (also, paying the guys who can design these to work, to be read, to work as if had been made in the fiction universe of Fallout).

[@AwildBruun]

i wish i could own this kit, sadly it was never on sale in the EU and it's so pricey now :(

[@panospanos8874]

Feel that romdotik samthing

[@LadieFromHell]

I watched the Build Video. its so cool

[@blizatrex]

The slight metallic look of Bill's Pip hides the crimes of the base kit.

[@jaksilver3656]

shame you didn't find a way to put a small cheap tablet in there to run the Pip Boy app..

[@josephoneill3532]

I want to find out how much a actual fallout vault costs.

[@The.Lone.Wolf.]

Very nice!

[@abbasridha794]

What is this toy rate

[@edscoble]

Dude can you guys please add subtitles? there is a large group of people whom cannot enjoy those excellent show without the need for subtitles.

[@elcapitan222]

for your next build could you make the motorcycle from the movie "Nacho Libre"

[@MrBetamax75]

For the first 3 minutes I thought that was Frank.

[@Kaziklu]

Am I the only one that has seen Bill twice now in tested videos and spent longer than maybe I should have wondering if Frank got surgery, or lost weight or grew the beard differently.

[@roseBlight13]

Man why's it got to be Norm.

[@OohzyJohnDow]

Indeed.. sigh

[@Decoginisis]

for people in 2020. you can buy a real radio that has different channels. get that instead. it allows the dial to change stations

[@Sponge1310]

Wish I could get one.. l but it’s not that easy to get here and pretty expensive :(

[@MrBriforce]

where do i find this kit?

[@inboudayo]

at gamestop.

[@MrBriforce]

@@inboudayo thanks fam

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Very Cool !!!!!!!

[@SpeedDeamon95]

You guys can assume the audience is tad bit more knowledgeable on the stuff.... No offense but the dumbing-down narrative (mainly Beginning of video) of the video is kind of killing it for me. Personally I feel like you guys could have been more comprehensive and technical.... Anyways I'll get off my soap box. Nice video!

[@KingBlonde]

watch the actual Punished Props Academy video :)

[@xxshadowkiddxx7034]

Please do raspberry pi mod

[@will3346]

Love the build but vacuum tubes don’t flicker .

[@twittbaltimore]

Yep. Could have installed some real submini pentodes and lit them from the bottom with LEDs though.

[@vector6977]

They were supposed to imitate nixi tubes.

[@stevenstehling]

CRT do in fact flicker. A CRT in good working order with a sufficiently frequent refresh rate will not have a perceptible flicker. In the Fallout universe a less than perfectly functioning CRT screen is to be expected.

[@will3346]

vector6977 Nixie tubes don’t flicker either.

[@will3346]

David Gill yeah that’s what I would have done.

[@youshallnotpass3937]

Cool!

[@LungsOutJem]

If only they had put you in charge of finishing the game.

[@JoshOnInternet]

That's pretty epic

[@vampiregirl32]

Can I get a fallout and solid black pip boy pink skulls ^_^

[@pigears7820]

I saw the the vid its is grate I love bills videos

[@AnEverydayGamer]

*vault-Tec wants to know your location*

[@thanksfernuthin]

My problem with smartwatches is how often you have to charge them. I'm waiting for one company... ONE... to come out with a full brace watch that can do lots of stuff at full power all the time and only needs to be charged about once a month. We humans have worn forearm braces in the past and now we have a new reason for them. Battery and computing power.

[@leonardodicaprio8726]

Man... Norm is such a strange person

[@noahjuliano1847]

DIDNT EVEN PUT THE THING ON! !!

[@MatthewCobalt]

Hey, I reached view #2.

[@kidaisey]

nice

[@JoeGorillaJoe]

Good, but needs more rub&buff.

[@tuppyhall3912]

adam should make a power suite from fallout

[@rnqt2122]

Just only want Adam only on his channel.

[@BLThackrey]

I must have missed something .. What the heck in all Nerdville is a pip boy ?

[@SorryThisChannelIsUnavailable]

Noice

[@martyshrekster]

This comment section is a trainwreck, jesus.

[@fabinhominiaturas6746]

muito bom;

[@Brant_Moore]

Way too early here

[@Hellbender32]

Oh wow never been this early before..

[@curiousentertainment3008]

Instead of talking about modifying it ACTUALLY DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martyshrekster]

Go check out the Punished Props channel (Bill's channel), he has the entire build video there.

[@MsJinkerson]

I think $150.00 for a plastic toy I think high prices for props and not being able to use money orders for things online is ridiculous is highway robbery I bought a Church of Satan membership with a postal money order

[@NerdyMeathead]

For lazy people just make a cutout to slide your phone in

[@chepushila1]

Only good thing that came out of Fallout 76!

[@TehGoldenBukkit]

E

[@TheStellardust]

reminds me a colour of cigarrete packets, the worst colour possible... even black would be better..

[@EuLiry]

show

[@darthvegan1211]

Gucci

[@SharpShooterS205]

Can you make a canvas bag? No, seriously though.