[Help with assembling ATA Helmet]

no way to fill the gap, i also tryed with hot air but the gap is too large to fix and not nice to see, it can't hide the inside helmet borders

 

i dont' understand what's wrong with ears, i trimmed them following the clear shape but it doesnt match then to the helmet.

now i have 2 options

- remove the ears from the helmet and use hot air to shape them to better match the helmet

or

- do a new trimm using the other ears kit, trying to trim less (but there is'nt much space between the clear shape and the raw area)

 

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[Help with assembling ATA Helmet]

i hope so but i think i will have to shape with hot air anyway a bit because the ears' shape doesn't match the curve of the helmet

 

may i know why we have 2 ears kit inside the box?

they differs only for the rectangle size i think

[Help with assembling ATA Helmet]

On 1/3/2012 at 1:11 PM, gazmosis said:

I would strongly recommend you put your brow trim on before riveting anything in place. You can still remove it once things are riveted, but this will make sure you have everything fitted properly.

as i did

i also used the magnets to keep assembled before drilling an hole on each side (i didn't used the rivets but the 2 screws i presume assigned to the green visor that i am not going to install).

 

Anyway i am getting troubles more than i could expect on both "ears". They are not going to cover the gap with the helmet so i think i have to trim a bit more the borders of the the helmet and, after installed the third screw, i am going to use hot air to shape a bit the abs around the "ears" and fill the gaps.

 

What i noticed is that "ears" are cloned, there is no difference between left and right, maybe that affect the shape in the wrong way.

 

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[ATA now available in ABS]

yesterday i trimmed the eyes, ears and the border of the helmet

now next steps will be

 

- paint black inside (to avoid to show eyes when people use camera flash)

- cut teeth

- paint ears

- assembly

 

i think assembly will not be easy because there is no reference where to drill holes on the front section and the helmet wont stay togheter untill properly assembled..

 

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[Thermal Detonator included in the kit ?]

It comes with the end caps and control panel just not the PVC pipe. You need 2 in diameter and 7 3/8 in long.

thanks for the info

[ATA now available in ABS]

today i just got mine, great armor, very good ABS quality

now the work begins..