Plz Comment, MR revamp

Looks good to me. I have seen the other MR fix threads and they seemed to be quite a bit of work to 'fix' it.

Shame they could not get it right, such a well finished helmet.

I don't know if you've seen it but there is a great diagram showing the origin and history of the helmet that was made by a TDH member, I can't remeber who. If you do a search you can probably find it. According to it MR accidently scanned the wrong helmet from the LFL archives. This could account for some of it's inaccuracies.

Edit: I did a search and found it - http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showt...helmet+history

Its a 3d scan of the pp3 helmet I believe with the pp2 paint scheme, excellent work so far, I agree they are beautiful looking helmets, the only thing I dont think it needs is more flare as the flare is generally a bit of a camera trick, keep it up

The helmet is looking awesome so far! I like the flare that you added, whether or not it's accurate or not. The "T" also looks a lot straighter than it used to be!

Originally Posted by Bossywalker

I don't know if you've seen it but there is a great diagram showing the origin and history of the helmet that was made by a TDH member, I can't remeber who. If you do a search you can probably find it. According to it MR accidently scanned the wrong helmet from the LFL archives. This could account for some of it's inaccuracies.

Edit: I did a search and found it - http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showt...helmet+history

that was posted by art andrews aka brak's buddy as he used to be known as.

Originally Posted by HeadlessHunter

Its a 3d scan of the pp3 helmet I believe with the pp2 paint scheme, excellent work so far, I agree they are beautiful looking helmets, the only thing I dont think it needs is more flare as the flare is generally a bit of a camera trick, keep it up

i thought the scan was pp3 but the paint was esb by rogue studios and ss? can anyone vouch for that?

What method did you use to fix the pinch?

It was meant to be based on the ESB hero but MR ended up duplicating the PP2 paint scheme, or so I thought, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in soon

looking great so far. i agree that the MR is a really amazing helmet that just needs some work. with a price comparable to a high end kit, you can't really go wrong.

(if you think about helmet + metal ears + metal stalk + RF lights... it's not far off!)

this should be a fun thread to watch!

anyone know what kind of chin strap they used on the real deal? or got any pics

Originally Posted by BobaFettSlave_1

anyone know what kind of chin strap they used on the real deal? or got any pics

fettpride found it... you might get lucky if you dig up his old thread on the FPH. it was some sort of riot helmet, but i don't remember what kind. i think he posted it though.

if it's not in his fph build thread, just try finding all posts by fettpride... i'm pretty sure that's where the info came from.

I dont know who actually found the chinstrap but I dont think it was FP; he made copies to use with his FPH. I think it was Rouge Studios or maybe Art who found it.

Looking good Dana! I cant wait to see all the mods complete.

Originally Posted by kbrosseau

I dont know who actually found the chinstrap but I dont think it was FP; he made copies to use with his FPH. I think it was Rouge Studios or maybe Art who found it.

i should clarify... by found i meant located one, not discovered it originally. as in he bought one

i have no idea who discovered it... i don't usually concern myself much with the lineage of that sort of thing, but i know it's a big deal to some, so i should try to be more specific!

Tyler Durden on the board found it I believe. Just going on memory here, but I recall that it was a chin strap from a UK riot helmet. In the pics it was a perfect match.

Hmm, guess I still have a few grey cells left.

I can post up a pic of my FPH chin strap if it helps........as soon as 'someone' fixes the picture attachment feature........

That looks like its coming along nicely. Good work.

can post pics now

I think it looks terrific! Did you do anything to the RF? I always thought that was a little overweathered.

Update: AT-visor came yesterday. today i have it set about there i want it temporarily with light glue & duct tape in case anything needs changing i also haven't decided what method i want to use to keep the darn thing in there. Let me know that ya think. if theres anything you feel should be changed please say so. here be the pic's thanks,
Dana
ps: Thanks Brian for recommending taking the old visor and using it to make a template for the new one. worked like a charm.

You can put rondo on the edges but be careful not to get it on the visor.

I think you're done! Great looking bucket!

Fantastic job man! Awesome!

G-Fett

I wish someone could do this to mine but without tearing out the liner.

Yeah, I'm stuck on leaving in my liner as well...Thanks for the pic BFS1

Most people I have seen used acetone to strip the paint. It seems to work fairly well without destroying the fiberglass.

Fantastic improvement!

for you guys that want to keep the liner, all you really have to do is pull the liner about 2inches back where needed. its only going to be a bit of a pain if you remove the extra lip as it makes it alot harder to see what your doing. but you can do it if your careful. the main reason i removed it is because i plan to troop with it every nw & then and its ALOT cooler (temp wise) with out the padded black liner in there. and enables me to stick a fan up in there if i so choose.

PM replied to

on the acetone. is that stuff safe for resin. as the MR helmet is not actually fiberglass but resin(it has a fiberglassed inside)

Originally Posted by BobaFettSlave_1

for you guys that want to keep the liner, all you really have to do is pull the liner about 2inches back where needed. its only going to be a bit of a pain if you remove the extra lip as it makes it alot harder to see what your doing. but you can do it if your careful. the main reason i removed it is because i plan to troop with it every nw & then and its ALOT cooler (temp wise) with out the padded black liner in there. and enables me to stick a fan up in there if i so choose.

PM replied to

on the acetone. is that stuff safe for resin. as the MR helmet is not actually fiberglass but resin(it has a fiberglassed inside)

check out fettpride's comments in the MR thread from a while back

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showp...&postcount=182

Awesome BFS! Trying to get my grubby hands on a MR as we speak. I hope to do something similar with the T-pinch as you have, also might go for a bit of the Clint Eastwood "squinty-ness" displayed on repaints of Jango helmets as was mention on another thread. Dont know how I'm gonna pull that off, but that's a ways on down the road.
Great job, bro!

( just realized that a 'T-pinch' sounds like some kind of a move.. oh well)

Cheers!

OK well seeing as im out of projects to work on for the time being i decided to finally go ahead with the stripping of this paint job. people are not kidding when they say its a pain in the rear to strip one of these helmets. ive been at it for roughly 50 min and only have the front and about 3/4ths of the dome stripped. i still have to do the back & the ears as well, although i might be replacing those. im also going to need another t visor as it cracked during its removal. the Acetone is nasty stuff the fumes are killing me. the rate the stuff evaporates all there is in the room is fumes, lol
once all the paints done im going to be reshaping some of the scratches as they look pretty poor on this helmet

But... what material have they used for the top layer? it looks like a white rubber, isn't it?

Thanks!

Nice work, and nice bucket too

its a weird Bone color type of resin. the yellow filler they used is weird too. real clean stuff. ide like to know what they used. also to anyone planning on doing this be careful when removing the mq1 board. i ended up damaging my key slots as they are not fiberglass reinforced. i can fix it though so it shouldn't be a problem