JD,
I'd definitely like to see pictures of the helmet! I'm interested in seeing how its looks vac-formed, and as a fan-made helmet made nearly 15 years ago.
Post those pictures!
Phil
You would use a negative mold for vac-forming. Vac-forming is taking a sheet of plastic, heating it up till its soft, and then placing it over a mold on a table with a vaccum attached, and pressed over the mold, with the suction of the vac, pulling the soft plastic around the mold until the plastic cools.
It appears that someone has tried this, with impressive results - http://www.tk560.com/blaxmyth/blaxmyth.html
JD,
I'd definitely like to see pictures of the helmet! I'm interested in seeing how its looks vac-formed, and as a fan-made helmet made nearly 15 years ago.
Post those pictures!
Phil
R2-JD,
Only 2 of the pictures show up for me...
Vacuforming would increase the overall size of the helmet by about 1/8- to me, that's not a big deal. I'd like to hear other opinions though.
Do you guys want me to try to tackle this project? I have access to Mystery helmets, I could have one made to turn into some vacforming bucks.