superjedi
Sr Hunter
Hi all,
Been slow going on the commission front the past few months, but I received a helmet on Tuesday from member Jesster.
It's a very nice (as usual) Animefan premium cold cast kit. I'll be doing this one as ESB.
We've been having quite a heat wave here in Virginia, and all of my prep work is done out in the garage. Way too much dust
to do in the house! So it's been a little slow the past couple of days. But things will pick up pretty quickly from this point.
The helmet arrived with some nice sharp ear pieces, an aluminum stalk, an aluminum Borden connector, a nice 3-piece RF topper,
and I'll be supplying a smoke gray polypropolene visor.
So far I've done the trimming and sanding on the ear pieces, the RF topper, and the helmet visor area. Here's where it stands as
of this afternoon. I have a bit more prep to do such as drilling out the cheek for the metal Borden, and slightly widening the pre-drilled
holes in the ear platforms, just to have a bit of wiggle room for fitting the ears.
Here are the accessories, minus the visor.
Finally, the ears came with pre-fitted Chicago screws! This is a really nice touch. I like securing the ear parts with hardware. I think it's more
reliable than just using epoxy or something.
This will be my 21st ESB helmet! I'm looking forward to getting thru all the "boring" prep work and into the fun stuff--painting!
Been slow going on the commission front the past few months, but I received a helmet on Tuesday from member Jesster.
It's a very nice (as usual) Animefan premium cold cast kit. I'll be doing this one as ESB.
We've been having quite a heat wave here in Virginia, and all of my prep work is done out in the garage. Way too much dust
to do in the house! So it's been a little slow the past couple of days. But things will pick up pretty quickly from this point.
The helmet arrived with some nice sharp ear pieces, an aluminum stalk, an aluminum Borden connector, a nice 3-piece RF topper,
and I'll be supplying a smoke gray polypropolene visor.
So far I've done the trimming and sanding on the ear pieces, the RF topper, and the helmet visor area. Here's where it stands as
of this afternoon. I have a bit more prep to do such as drilling out the cheek for the metal Borden, and slightly widening the pre-drilled
holes in the ear platforms, just to have a bit of wiggle room for fitting the ears.
Here are the accessories, minus the visor.
Finally, the ears came with pre-fitted Chicago screws! This is a really nice touch. I like securing the ear parts with hardware. I think it's more
reliable than just using epoxy or something.
This will be my 21st ESB helmet! I'm looking forward to getting thru all the "boring" prep work and into the fun stuff--painting!
