like others have said, a lot of time, easily double or more the time for the early DP helmets. With the right amount of time, you could make anything screen accurate. After working over a DP helmet in the late 90s and again a few years ago, I swore off that kind of punishment. So when my brother asked me to fix up his Rubie, I bought him an Animefan helmet and painted it, and said there ya go. I use the rubie he gave as a candy bowl for halloween. Surely he's figured it out by now :unsure