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I appreciate the critique, always good to have an objective eye. The brow is stuck like that unless I attach the browband with glue later on and drop it in the middle. I think I will have to do that. Teeth I can easily fix! This mold is super-bad so I'm having to improvise and repair a lot.

Thanks Steffen! The face and back are joined, and I was able to put the brow trim on. I've quit for the evening but will try and do the rest tomorrow, when I purchase more screws (oops). Here is a progress shot. I will do what you suggested before trying to warp it. maybe the trim will cover the imperfections! Thanks.

I'm not sure what a sealing iron is...I'm very new to all of this. Think a hair straightener might work? I could test it on a scrap piece. Great advice! Thanks Ingrid. It does look like if i trim any more, It wont meet the cheeks properly, so I have not as of yet. I also had to assemble it with screws only, the rivets were not working very well. I'm not sure if that will discount me from entry, but I'm making a second helmet anyway so ... Very grateful for the responses! I know the 'new people posts' might be somewhat bothersome.

Yes..I just doublechecked...when I enter the security question it doesn't work. And I know my trivia, and doublecheck it. Please

I dont think I am! I'd love for someone to contact me about that though - IIRC, I had some trouble signing up there. private message?

therein lies the problem, Glen. The lines are soooo fuzzy on certain parts of the recast *thankfully not the face* that it is difficult to see. I did eventually find a reference though, and I'm steaming on ahead. Thank you for responding!

Hi there. I'm Sarah, and fairly new here. My first bucket I purchased was an ebay recast from Makerofthings. I know better now, and have purchased a nice ABS ATA helmet, so let's move beyond the scolding to my actual question. The lower back edge of the helmet seems extremely irregular on my pull, and I don't see a single reference of anyone cutting that back lower edge. Is this correct? I know the black rubber trim will go on it, and make it much better, but I'm just not sure if my edge looks correct. I feel like it should be a solid curve intowards the neck rather than that curve plus an added little flip out away from the neck again. I've attached photos. I'm having lots of trouble finding references of DURING the trimming process, which I feel is the most important/easy to mess up step. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've included a shot of my facepiece, which thankfully isn't too bad a pull and trimmed pretty easily. Thanks!