Spectre

That gap on the left side (looking from the front) will be made a bit smaller by the riveting, you just need to do it a bit closer to the front, like on mine. You can't see it very well seeing as it's from the side, but the gap isn't quite as big now. The ears should fix the rest of the gap though, and if they don't I'd get a hair dryer and heat up the plastic and push it out and make it flush that way. So while mine does look OK after riveting, what doesn't seem to fit will probably be fixed when I screw it all together with the ears. The pop rivets did fix most of the gaps though. Also the way the cap n' back is angled in relation to the face portion has be worried as far it being hidden behind the ear. Also as for the cap'n'back angle to the face, what I did (I got the method from trooperbay's tutorial ) is I marked the front of each temple with pencil, and the top-back corner of each eye with pencil. Then I lined up the pencil lines when I held it together with magnets and that seemed to make the angle better. You can sorta see the pencil on the front of the temple in the picture below. It's not perfectly lined up but it's lined up the same on both sides and the helmet looks fine riveted together. Is that what you meant? Don't worry about derailing, if you've got a question just ask it. I'm more than happy to offer what knowledge I have gained so far.

That looks amazing mate! Top work. I'll be saving this thread as a reference.

@gaz The helmet isn't finished yet... Still waiting on the trimmed ears to arrive from America. @Kade Does the headless kit come with the ABS cement? Ah ok, would I just get those paints from Bunnings or something?

Yeah. I have the neck seal, gloves, undersuit and balaclava (for cold days) already. Blaster is a build in progress. Holster paid for awaiting arrival. E-6000...not yet. Velro also to be bought still. What is CA glue? Snaps I have, but I have yet to attach them to plastic squares as I have seen others do for strength or something. Paint...not yet. What kind of paint do I need? I also have an Aker amp and iComm J-box. Haha thanks. Can't wait to start building!

Well, I ordered my AM armour and TK boots today! Few weeks and it should all be here!.

Well, I wrapped up my helmet in newspaper and a lot of masking tape and let 'er rip with the flat black spraypaint. It came up quite well I think, I just gotta wait to take off the paper to see if any leaked I don't think any would have, I think I did a pretty good job of covering up all of the holes/gaps. All geared up and ready to go! (Thought I should take the necessary safety precautions.) That's actually the front, believe it or not. A tad hard to see, but that's the inside. Also a bit hard to see, sorry bout that, but this is the left side of the helmet (from the point of view of having it on your head) and you can sorta see the tape covering the gap. and the right side.

I decided today that I was going to start finalising my helmet, and seeing as it was such beautiful weather outside (and I was afraid of spending any more money if I was on my computer for too long. ) I went for it. First I drilled a hole in a bit of scrap ABS offcut from my helmet, and I put one of dad's pop rivets and washer in it to see how the plastic held up. Having done that and been satisfied with the result, I drilled the holes in my helmet (hope I got them in the right spots) and pop riveted the whole thing together. I accidentally drilled one of the holes in the tube a bit low so I drilled another one and I am hoping that the low one will be covered by the ear. So yeah, all of the pop rivets are in, and I'm just going to go cover it in newspaper and spray the inside of it black. I have flat black spray paint, that'll do right? Anyway, more pictures!!

Very true. I'll remember that next time haha Yeah that tutorial is great.

Really? Ahh thank-you so much! PM sent.

Good luck with the build mate. Start taking some photos. Even if it's just of the kit laid out all nice and pretty haha

I was thinking that, but I don't want to screw it until I am relatively sure it will fit right haha it's a bit of an oxymoron I guess. The cut looks really uneven here, it's too deep at the top of the ear and too shallow around the sides. The curved parts looksorta alright, the second picture is the one that I sanded back a bit more last night in an attempt to make it fit on the helmet a bit better. This part is definitely screwed methinks, it's been cut way too much and really unevenly. This side is sorta ok.

Ok, I tried it with the brow trim on and it seems to have helped, but I think that ear is stuffing me up. I sanded it down a bit more but I still have to apply a lot of pressure to make the front and the back'n'cap actually fit together properly with the ear on. Gazmosis (FISD forum) recommended that I trim the chin once I have the rest of the helmet assembled. Also I think that I have definitely ruined the ear, having looked at some more pictuers it looks like I have cut off way too much in some places. I realise now that I didn't even have the eyes/temples lined up properly so the next few pictures probably aren't very useful. However even properly lined up and all the gaps weren't much better. This is lined up a bit better. With the brow trim on, and a lot of magnets holding it together, it looks better, but even putting it on sideways pretty much takes my ears off. Also I took some photos trying to compare the two sides of the cap'n'back because I reckon they are uneven, but the photos don't really give the best perspective. It's hard to see in the photos but one side looks as though it has been trimmed because you can see the scissor marks, but the other side is smooth and looks like it hasn't been trimmed.

I see, that makes sense. Thanks!

I've done stuff! I just hope I don't find out now that I have done it wrong. I bought pretty much everything I need, $260 at Bunnings yields a lot of nice prizes. I cut out the eyes, teeth, the sides or the back'n'cap and one of the ears (which I think I messed up D:) For the eyes I used the dremel to cut out the inside, then I was going to use the scalpel for the rest of them, but I slipped and made a cut on part of the front D: so I used the dremel sanding bit for the rest. The teeth I just drilled then cut with the scalpel, it was pretty easy. I used heavy duty scissors for the cap'n'back cutting, and trimmed little bits with the scalpel. Then I sanded it, but I think it's still a bit uneven. The ear I think I botched, probably because I used the dremel and the angle-grinder-looking piece (cutting disc thing) so I left the other one alone for the time being. I trimmed the brow trim a bit too, it was too long to fit on the brow. I think it might need a bit more trimming. The helmet doesn't actually go on very easily either, I have to turn it sideways, then turn it back when it's on my head. The hole for my head is like, oblong or something lol I think I have to trim the chin, not sure. What do you guys think? Also I sorta scuffed/cut/marked a few parts on the front of the helmet, not sure how bad they are or if they are fixable... :/ All of the stuff I bought at Bunnings. Some of it s for my blaster build, like the spraypaint, primer and grease remover. I also bought 3 packets of snaps for the armour, a pair of heavy duty scissors, a scalpel, a dremel, a bunch of different types of sandpaper, araldite glue and some other super glue. Scored and drilled the eyes (although I don't think I scored them anywhere near enough). I realised after the first round of drilling that it gives off a lot of residue, so I proceeded to drill/sand the rest outside. The second picture is after I used the cutting bit to cut out the inside of the eyes. It was really jumpy, I was sort of worried for a while. Also in the second picture is the knife mark I made, you can see it pretty easily, it's about the middle of the picture. Eyes and teeth roughly cut/drilled out. The sanding bit that I used to do the eyes. Left eye finished (you can sorta see the little scuff mark at the bottom of the eye, not as noticeable on the iPod camera photo ) and right eye finished (picture won't stop going sideways despite editing in photobucket :/) The frown has a few scuffs and dents I accidentlly made with the sanding bit before I switched to the knife. Mainly in the big tooth. The cap'n'back came up pretty well, but there is still some minor sanding and trimming to be done I think. All nicely trimmed and sanded. Looks alright imo. The brow trim was too long so I cut it. Not sure if I stuffed the ear or not, and if I have cut too much, is it too bad to fix? or can I still save it? I can get the helmet on...but not with it pointing forward. If I had no nose then maybe I could. This just doesn't look right...

Mmk, I'll get hold of a knife soon and start on the eyes and teeth.

I see...I have yet to actually do anything besides mark the kit..I am soo paranoid about cutting anything. Plus I don't have any of the tools yet so there's that too. (It should be ask twice, cut once. )

I don't..? In every reference pic I've seen it's been cut around abouts where that line is. Wll, I'm glad I asked before I started to cut then haha I just gotta get the marker off now.

How does this line look?

Thanks for all the reference pics and stuff everyone!! They're helping heaps. Now as soon as I get my hands on some cutting tools I can start trimming!!

I think most of it was pretrimmed, but some parts still need trimming, sorry for the bad wuality photos too, I'm using my iPod camera lol. You can sorta see the outline for trimming here, I have yet to pencil it in though.

The edges of the what..? The helmet?

S'more pics. There's a bit of a bump (that you can see in pics 1, 2, and 3) in one of the ears, and I'm not sure if that will affect the helmet at all or if it will just be cut off anyway..? I pencilled out some cut lines on the eyes and teeth too, but I'm not sure if I did it right..?? I'm a bit paranoid as there aren't any real definitive guidelines on the helmet. I feel the eyes should be ok, but not too sure about the teeth. Do the outlines really even matter that much? Or will the teeth and eyes turn out alright with just a basic guide? Also, the front and cap/back don't seem to sit together very well, weill I need to do some trimming? The tubes don't really match up when the frown does properyl and vice versa. :/ Sorry for all the questions. Hopefully I'll get a hold of a dremel sometime this week or next week and start some cutting out, then I can post more pics!! (The one on the left of the photo is the bumpy one, the other is just to compare) Left eye. (Will that bump matter? Or is that just adding character? ) Right eye. The teefs. (outlines look a bit dodgy I think. ) Maybe it's just how I am holding it? I tried a few different ways but nothing really seemed right. It definitely looks wrong here, as though there is not enough curve on the side part. This one's not really a great shot, but you get the idea. It's not just me right? That looks a bit off..?

Cheers man. I found one of the build threads, and it has exactly what I wanted.

Yeah I've been looking for those threads. I don't want to start until I have some pics to go by. Paranoia is setting in about ruining it haha. I did order some rare earth magnets though..and when I say some I mean 120.... XD The boxes are so good. When you've ordered heaps of stuff it's like a game trying to figure out which one it is. I will take a lot of pictures, when I start.

So there I was, just chilling on my computer, and suddenly my mother breaches the door wielding a big brown box. I turn in surprise, wondering what it might be, then I realise 'It must be my helmet!' and as such I run to my room with it and grab my box-cutter (being careful to photograph the box first) and proceed to open the box. Lo and behold! There was my beatifully crafted MTK lid from Trooperbay. Might I say, the service was great, very fast and all. The information was great too. Now, for the picuters (only took four ) The mysterious brown box... My pro box-cutting skills attained from the drudgery of retail work. All packaged quite nicely. and all laid out nicely on my bed.