My movie size helmet so far (pics)
- Thread starter Keith
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Click the link to read how i did it.
http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3171&forum=2
Thanks,
Keith
http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3171&forum=2
Thanks,
Keith
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MaxPlague wrote:
Say, that's a nice bucket
Yeah man, me too!!!! Two old men like us waiting, whats up with that??
I'm going to make some metal brackets for the visor, just like the real Fett helmets have.
I cut the keyholes out by drilling lots of holes in the area to be removed, then i used the drill as a kind of cutter by pulling it from one hole to the next, i then used a modeling file to clean the holes up and make them nice and square.
Thanks,
Keith.
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Hi Keith,
Looks like we're about at the same stages on our buckets, I just did the keyholes on mine and am putting the finishing touches on it before painting.
I'm curious about how you're going to make the brackets. I hope you'll put up some pictures.
As well, any ideas on what paints you're going to use?
You're not going to become a blasphemer and put a ROTJ paint scheme on it are you?
Jer
Looks like we're about at the same stages on our buckets, I just did the keyholes on mine and am putting the finishing touches on it before painting.
I'm curious about how you're going to make the brackets. I hope you'll put up some pictures.
As well, any ideas on what paints you're going to use?
You're not going to become a blasphemer and put a ROTJ paint scheme on it are you?
Jer
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Glad to hear going ESB!
Where does one buy these visor brackets though? Are these just something standard out of a hardware store, or is someone custom making them (if you don't make them yourself that is)
Jer
Where does one buy these visor brackets though? Are these just something standard out of a hardware store, or is someone custom making them (if you don't make them yourself that is)
Jer
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how do you guys screw things into the helmet its only 1/4 of an inch or so thick doesn't the screw go all the way through?
Tyler Durden
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I was trying to figure that out awhile ago.
Well I have to look at the pics very closely again, but it could very well be that the screws merely clamp the visor in place, and they do not go all the way through. I can't say I have seem any definite pic supporting either the screw through or clamp theory. But I'll post some tonight.
Well I have to look at the pics very closely again, but it could very well be that the screws merely clamp the visor in place, and they do not go all the way through. I can't say I have seem any definite pic supporting either the screw through or clamp theory. But I'll post some tonight.
Tyler Durden
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BobaFettish
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From that pic, it appears that the screw is merely clamping the visor in place, possibly going partially into the visor, but not through the helmet itself. The reason I say that is because if the screw was going all the way through the helmet and say cut off and puttied over, why wouldn't they have screwed the screw all the way flush to the visor rather than leave the gap between the two? Wouldn't the visor would be flapping back and forth?
The bracket is more than likely just epoxied to the helmet. This would make for easy replacement of a cracked visor without having to rip out any glue although I would consider possibly spot gluing a few areas (ends of the 'T', where the 'T' starts to go downward, and at the very bottom) just for a little insurance. I haven't installed the visor in my "movie size" helmet yet, so some collective opinions would be nice.
The bracket is more than likely just epoxied to the helmet. This would make for easy replacement of a cracked visor without having to rip out any glue although I would consider possibly spot gluing a few areas (ends of the 'T', where the 'T' starts to go downward, and at the very bottom) just for a little insurance. I haven't installed the visor in my "movie size" helmet yet, so some collective opinions would be nice.
