Rafal Works Helmet (RWH) v2 Helmet Templates and Build

[googoogaga]

how do you make it ?

 

[glassbear]

Wow iv been searching forever to find this exact post. This is my first helmet and now I have a guide to go off of . Great work!!!

 

[bpwmd]

to anyone that has made this. would 2mm foam work for this instead of 2mm paper? having a hard time finding 2mm paper but joanns has the 2mm foam sheets

 

[bpwmd]

My progress on the foam helm

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[bpwmd]

so i am now comming to the ears. you mention that for a working RF it requires extra steps what steps do you mean? other than the hallow stalk

 

[RafalFett]

so i am now comming to the ears. you mention that for a working RF it requires extra steps what steps do you mean? other than the hallow stalk

If you look at the template file, you'll see that in the ears/rangefinder section you have some optional holes for the right upper ear base too, more exactly the cut out for the wires and the micro switch.

 

[bpwmd]

Some (kind of) WIP photos of the ears

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[Ronin Fett]

Thank you so much for these templates. I actually feel like I won't get super confused about building this bucket now. I was only wondering if this is exactly 1:1 scale to the original Fett buckets? I've printed the templates correctly on letter paper. It looks fine to me really, but the templates seem a tad smaller than WOF's template set. I'm now wondering if maybe your templates are slightly undersized, or WOF's are oversized. I'm still gonna put this set together and find out if it fits my big head or not.

 

[RafalFett]

Yes, the templates are for a 1:1 scale helmet. For a bigger helmet you will have to resize the templates to your needs (ex: +3% or +5% of the actual size).

 

[bpwmd]

hey Raf as far as you can tell looking from the bottom up was the original helmet askew at all?

 

[RafalFett]

hey Raf as far as you can tell looking from the bottom up was the original helmet askew at all?

I don't know for sure, but the mandibles and the rear keyhole are a bit tilted to the right.

 

[bobawannabe]

Incredible work!

 

[RafalFett]

Incredible work!

Thanks!

 

[Naxumoonrunner]

Looks awesome


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[Kaym85]

Hey Rafal, i have a question.
unfortunately i do not understand where the cardboard strip is glued toward of image 43. can you help me please

 

[RafalFett]

Hey Rafal, i have a question.
unfortunately i do not understand where the cardboard strip is glued toward of image 43. can you help me please

Hey Kaym85, the cardboard strip is added 2 times. The 1st strip is added before you glue the inner face to the dome base (quoted from the 1st post):

Before we deal with the inner layer, there is a small piece (it is not present on the template files) we have to add to the back of the dome base; the purpose of this piece is that the red rim's thickness on the back area of the dome is double compared to the rest of the parts. You have to cut a 330mm long and around 10mm wide strip from 2mm thick cardboard, then bevel around 50mm from both ends so that when it is glued to the dome base, the cardboard strip will flush with the rest of the parts:
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The 2nd strip is added after you glue the outer face to the inner one; the strip goes inside the rim created by the outer face on the dome base (quoted from the 1st post):

We have to cut another 330mm long cardboard (2mm thick) strip, but this time the width will have the extra outer layer rim's height (around 5mm). This strip is also beveled at both ends then it is glued on the back area inside of the outer layer rim:

I hope this helps!

 

[Kaym85]

Than you for the quick answer

 

[Kaym85]

I have another question. Is this normal? Its the innerlayer when its aligning to the top margin of the inner layer.

 

[RafalFett]

View attachment 102481I have another question. Is this normal? Its the innerlayer when its aligning to the top margin of the inner layer.

I'm not sure what I supposed to see in that image. Please be more specific. But if I have to guess, you are talking about the outer and inner layers and the fact that they don't overlap perfectly. It is very important to align the lower edges of the layers and not the top edges and also use the center line in the T-visor as a starting point.

 

[bpwmd]

View attachment 102481I have another question. Is this normal? Its the innerlayer when its aligning to the top margin of the inner layer.

I see what your talking about. no that is not normal the important part is to line the bottom of the sides with the bottom plate. SUPER important.