Ugly duckling RC helmet

Here's to determination

Alright some else with a crumby helmet to work with!!! Can't wait to see what you do with this beauty, Butterbean.

G-Fett

Great start bruv...
Keep up the good work 8)

Outstanding! A good RC project to watch! Gotta love those commandos.

I wish I'd seen that for $70! Keep up the good work, can't wait to see more.

man that is such a cool bucket keep the pics coming




Delta7 over and out

UPDATE

Got most of the holes and pits filled in but the seam on the back still needs a little work. I had considerable grinding to do on the inside top of the visor opening to accomadate the EL wire that I just ordered. It will be a blue/green about 2.2 mm in diameter. I had to dremmel most of the "grooves" in the helmet because the "lands and grooves" were not at all consistant. I have also ordered a bright white LED for the right ear piece and I think I found a budget priced mirrored visor. Next step, more snading and priming.....

Nice! Your work and time is paying off!

Little update..... Went with black and obviouslly, battle damaged. Next comes the earpiece and LED light. Got the visor in the mail today. Alot thicker than I anticipated, not looking forward to cutting and installing. This is my first attempt at an RC helmet and I'm just winging it so comments or critiques are welcome.

Looking cool bro...
I just got myself an EP3 ugly duckling and it also requires some work!

Nice job mate...

Looking great Bean! This is gonna be smokin hot!!!

G-Fett

Nice weathering! Black's always a winner in my book to.

Installed the lights, I hollowed out the right ear cap to fit a cheap LED snake light. I drilled a hole in the side of the bucket and fed the light through. I taped the snake light on the inside and left the push button toward the lower rear of the helmet for easy access. Next I installed the EL wire over the visor and secured the power source with velcro so it will be easy to change batteries.
Next, visor install with the "T-nut method" then padding. ALMOST THERE.

Very nice! You can tell I'm a huge RC fan right? I reply to every post you're making here. LOL! I like the use of that snake light, I'll have to remember that one.

Originally Posted by Skupilkinson

Very nice! You can tell I'm a huge RC fan right? I reply to every post you're making here. LOL! I like the use of that snake light, I'll have to remember that one.

Thanks Skip! Checked out your blog. Good stuff!

Thanks alot bro! I appreciate you looking there.

This project of yours is really apt for me. See, my next helmet model is rolling up soon, a friend is just finishing drawing up the blueprints for it.

It's the Republic Commando!

Wow this is turning into an awesome helmet!

Wow! that's awesome. I think the value of the helmet just increased many times over. Nice work mate

Originally Posted by 1ManBattalion

Wow! that's awesome. I think the value of the helmet just increased many times over. Nice work mate

Thanks very much! I've got about $180 in it, considering the work I've put in I'm looking to sell it for $6,842. Any takers?

Secured the "t-nuts" with mighty putty, I was going to glue the visor in but now it is removeable, just in case of future damage. I know the "t-nut" install has been posted here before but it truly is the best way to put in a visor. Have to credit either spideyfett or batninja for that, can't remember which.
That pretty much does it! Republic commando Omega Squad reporting for duty!

Nice work! Loving the mirrored visor! This was a pretty short project but well worth reading over.

Now, about that $6,842....

LOL!

very nice bucket...

Man that is so cool i wish my RC bucket could look like that.


Delta7 over and out

wow thats simply amazing i wish i could do something like that but 1 i dont have the money 2 i dont have the craftsmanship skills needed for that. Sure is a nice buy' ce though vod good work



eight-three, out

Just Awsome!

Wow, that turned out realy great!

how did you do the light across the visor?

Very nice!! Do you have armor yet?

wow, love to see these kind of things revived.

Shame that there are such poor casts out there that get sold