**Yet Another Update**
At the mere mention of
Metal Greeblies & Parts, I know we all go....
....and I'm no different!
So....I held off doing the antenna part on my daughters helmet because I wanted to give it that
extra special something. Earlier on, during my research for this build last year, I found myself on the RPF site late one night and found a guy who was selling Aluminum Metal Antenna's for the Boushh Helmet. (
This was before I received my Sandman kit) Since it was the last one he had available, I impulsively bought it. I didn't think it was too bad for $40.00 and it got some nice write ups about it. That said, I thought nothing of it. I know, shame on me for
NOT doing more research. Here is that piece....
(
If anyone wants this piece, I'm more than happy to donate it - and cut my $40.00 loss. Just PM me!)
And when I finally got my Sandman Kit, I compared the two....
As you can see, not exactly a match. I was kinda bummed. But I didn't give up. I looked all over for one but just couldn't find one that anyone made and sold. And so, I went in search of local machine shops that may be willing to make the piece for me. And I found one in Bellevue, WA, which is cool because it is only about 20 miles from me. The shop is called "
Limited Productions". Just last week (
Monday) I brought them the Sandman resin antenna piece and asked for it to be duplicated in Aluminum. The gentleman I spoke with said since he had nothing else to work with that he'd have to draw this up by hand and then use a computer program to get it all dialed in.
The end result? Nothing short of amazing...
And size wise compared to Sandman's Antenna Resin Greeblie?
I mean, I think this is as close as you can get to the Sandman resin variant, in aluminum. I also thought it was cool that he made the stem removable....
....which I'll hit with JB Weld for that permanent bond!
I haven't tapped the hole yet in the larger antenna piece, but here it is on top of that larger antenna piece!
As we all know, something magical happens when we apply metal greeblies, pieces and parts to our builds! You just......can't emulate that with paint - at least I can't. I'm going to finish the antenna portion of the helmet build now and it should be done and installed next week sometime.
So stay tuned!
Best,
-Iron