Don't ask me why, but I bought one of those those "craptacular" helmets, as Kissker put it, off of Ebay really cheap. Looks almost like the one above. I wanted a cheap one to do some testing on.
Talk about ugly...
It was my first time seeing one of these type helmets in person. I was actually shocked when I saw how crappy this thing is made next to my DP '96. I don't see why LFL would allow these guys to put their logo on something so bad.
...but anyhow, I worked on shaping it for about an hour last night. It looks a lot better than it did, but I'm having problems getting the dome to round up in the center. I tried stuffing it with towels and even using my head to push it up some. Anybody have a better suggestion?
I'm using the hot water/dual sink method.
EDIT
OK, what I have done so far is put a metal "half-hoop" in the back to straighten it out and to increase the flare. The back seems fine now. I even managed to get the dome to pop up some.
The cheeks...still wavy, but here is a suggestion. I took some strips of 1/16" thick aluminum and applied them to the bottom edges, similar to the hoop method in the back. This helped somewhat. My suggestion if you do this is to use a razor blade (or a dremel drum sander attachment - your choice, of course) and smooth the inside the best you can. Get the flatest surface possible so the strips can pull the edges in straight.
Still ugly, but getting there...
It still has a twisted look to the front, but when I add the visor, I'm going to put another metal strip across the inside at the bottom, and join the cheeks together and hopefully keep it from twisting again. There is an indention near the kill marks that I couldn't pull out either
I am also reworking the dent. This one looked like it had an inverted puss pocket on it. I've done a little work, and here is where I am right now. The picture doesn't do it justice.
I'll keep posting as I continue.