Elstree Precision Co Ltd Hero Metal Ears Project

I want to publicly apologize for my statements earlier in this thread. While I do wish things happened differently, I was caught off guard and acted out of line. This post is not me being the 'bigger man' so to speak - Steven reached out to me yesterday and opened up communication first, which I greatly appreciate. I have no ill feelings towards this project and wish Steven and Elstree nothing but the best. It has been very cool to see them work out some of the things that we had to when we started making ears - they are far from easy to do.

To Steven, the Elstree crew, all involved with this project, and all that popped in here and watched me make an ass out of myself (whether in good company or not) - I sincerely apologize.
 
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I am really happy to see an improvement in your relationship. As a fairly new member thats getting to know the community, I might have a somewhat objective view on things and I didn't like seeing the drama one bit.
That said, now that more and more details get out about what happened with the helmet casts, I can better understand the impulsive reaction Dakota had when the Elstree ears project got on the way, which I have to say was quite irritating.
Thus, I love seeing the differences resolved.

Regards from Germany,
Ram
 
Steven, I would love to be added to the list as well if possible. Also definitely open to getting a couple sets if John decides to do more then 15 sets.
 
I want to publicly apologize for my statements earlier in this thread. While I do wish things happened differently, I was caught off guard and acted out of line. This post is not me being the 'bigger man' so to speak - Steven reached out to me yesterday and opened up communication first, which I greatly appreciate. I have no ill feelings towards this project and wish Steven and Elstree nothing but the best. It has been very cool to see them work out some of the things that we had to when we started making ears - they are far from easy to do.

To Steven, the Elstree crew, all involved with this project, and all that popped in here and watched me make an ass out of myself (whether in good company or not) - I sincerely apologize.

Thanks for posting this Dakota. I apologize for the delay in my response. I too want to publicly apologize to you for my comments and attitude. I believe our community deserves better than we showed ourselves to be. Glad to have worked things out with you man.
 
More progress!

John finished the bolts a few days ago. He recreated the Whitworth thread pattern of the period.

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And as of today, the bolts are completed & fitted.

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There was no servo in the original helmets. You put the stalk down with your own hands. Only lights were instaled,activated with the microswitch.

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KaanE you are right! I thought I remembered the rangefinder coming down on its own in the video below, but that memory was confused, probably by the fact that I was impressed with the jetpack special effects and copying that to the assumption of the rangfinder operation.
In fact, the rangefinder is brought down manually here, too (already copied the video to start at the right moment):

 
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