Well, I just recieved my Raw MSH (Mara Sun Helmet).
Aside from looking very small,(I cannot even wear eye glasses in it) The overall construction, from a composite technitions perspective, is very poor, huge voids in the fiberglass, curled in edges from the glass not having any support along it edges when curing. Pits, chunks peeling off, bumps and warps galore.
Now that I have effectively spat upon its condition, let me say, its not a lost cause by any means, just alot of unecessary work I wasnt counting on.
But the person whom casted this should have just buried this helmet. LOL
But for 30 bucks Its not bad for my first bucket.
To compare this helmet I have to what an actuall legion approved 1:1 scale helmet, can somebody toss some measurements my way, like length and height of the T in the helmet, Maybe overall width across the base, and depth of the brow ridges? Cause this thing almost looks like it would fit my 10 y/o son.
Im making mine into a jango helmet. So given silver will show off all things wrong with it, Im going to be nit picky as heck with this fix job. Any frankly this is my first fett bucket so any help, you guys can toss my way would be greatly appreciated!
And back on topic for this post. I (given the lack of space for nothing other than my head) Am planning on using thin glass sheets preformed into a channel going from the key holes at the rear, to the visor in the front (using the smallest cpu fans X2 I can aquire). It will make a long arc like a V around over the ears, with openings venting at an angle from the outer edge of the T visor facing downward toward my mouth. Given that the ducting I am making will only be about 1/8" high it shouldnt crowd my face.
And with a good couple of 9volts in there, along with some no fog spray, I think I should have quite abit of fresh air.
For anyone interested in how this is done I can send pics, and or a drawings to you along with a description. Its very easy to do.
Thanks
DM