Glad you guys are enjoying the progress! 
FP's stuff is really clean and nice to paint.
UPDATE: September 13th
Painting marathon, woo hoo! I love having free time on the weekends.
I didn't post an update last night, but the following was done from last night to tonight.
First I painted the mandibles/band/keyslots to complete the "basic" colors. I used Floquil Boxcar Red.
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Chris had mounted his MQ-1 insert onto a thick piece of styrene with holes for the mounting screws that he epoxied into the helmet.
It also got the same color airbrushed on.
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Today began the detail painting. I started with the back panels (like I always do. . . don't ask me why, I just do 
)
I'm using Floquil Bright Silver and Polly S SP Lark Dark Gray for the damage detailing.
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That large area on the right side is a bear to detail! *Whew!* 
You may have noticed I've begun some of the really fine scratches as well.
I use a compass point to actually scratch these through the paint to the raw surface of the helmet.
After that was done, I began on the red areas. I started with the keyslots and the area just above them, then began working my way around.
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I use the same silver and gray, and add the darker reddish shade with Polly Scale PRR Maroon. Once I had worked around to the area behind the right ear, I went back and finished the left hand side as well.
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So that's where we sit for tonight! Tomorrow I'll begin the mandibles. . . lots of small detail on those. :wacko
