TKCaleb

why??? Because there AWESOME thats why!

finished with painting and weathering. Just need to order decals, new neck trim, lenses, and hovi's and shes finished. What do you think?

ouch, man, this sucks.

Okay guys. Im back. I havnt gotten much done with the helmet, except for a paint job with primer and khaki flat paint. I bought some liquid latex and plan to do some chipping effects. Stay tuned.

Well the pine-sol solution did not work. Oh well, lets try out the alcohol. I could not find the link Graham, could you resend it? Caleb

okay, so the oven cleaner did not work that well. it soften the paint, but not enough. Im currently soaking the helmet in a tub with a bottle of pine-sol and hot water. Im not sure how long I am suppose to let it soak for, but I hope I can dump it soon, its starting to stink up the place. I have to open all the windows in my house to let out the smell. Caleb

gotta love the foaming action.

ill try that out if the oven cleaner does not succeed. thanks Tom! And about the hot water Karin, it does not harm the helmet. I soaked my helmet already in pure hot water and it caused no damage, made it a bit flexible, but not flexible enough to cause permanant damage. its safe. Caleb

well the oven cleaner I bought is Easy off, and the chemical which is bad for plastic is lye. This product is lye free, and has a nice lemon scent with no fumes. mmmm. If this oven cleaner trick doesnt work im going to just sand the rough areas out, paint it, and call it a day. Im also bought canvas cloth and e-6000 glue to toughen the helmet. I have also placed an order of milliput to reinforce the soft paper thin plastic area which hold the aerators.

will do. I read in some forums that it will damage the plastic, and on others, I heard it wont. However, i have so much paint on this thing that I dont think it will hurt the helmet much at all. Ill be purchasing some of this cleaner when i go to work. Thanks Caleb. PS. I see the billygoat too. haha. Im not scraping it anymore, I dont want to scar up the surface of the helmet. Even if I do, ill just bondo those sections and move on. I also ordered some milliput for the aerator area, its falling apart in that area.

ive seen that helmet on another forum. It would've made a great redskins helmet. Nice job on the priming. Caleb

It truly hurts my brain to read this. I can rant forever about the government and their deliberate purpose to make us dumb and obedient sheep but this forum is simply not the place to do that... quote that comes to mind "You feed your brain, or someone else will feed it for you." Caleb

Yea, right, lots of fun! lol. Im going to go with the oven cleaner trick, and let it soak for 24 hrs. If all goes well, great, if not, ill do a reapplication of the oven cleaner, hopefully, that will do the trick.

by the way, the grey that you see under the paint was the plastic primer I used!

thanks!

ill try that.

I was thinking of that, but I already plan to harden the entire helmet either using fiberglass resin or the canvas & glue technique. What technique should I go with? update

Okay. Back in late 2008, I went on ebay an purchased a helmet kit from some random Joe. Once I received it, I was in a RUSH to put it together. Now, the end result, was pretty rough. it had a bunch of glue marks, terrible paint job, some areas were dull and others glossy along with terrible drips and splatter. It just looked bad. I was embarrassed to even show it off on here. I later learned that the worse it looks, the more screen accurate it may appear. I have been deciding for quite awhile if I should redo it or not, and as much as I like the rough look, there are some things I cant look pass. So I have decided to rebuild the helmet. Strip it down to its bare plastic, and also harden it using either fiberglass or the glue and canvas trick. Some pics of the helmet in its current condition. I plan on getting all the decals, ears off. Hopefully, Ill have her sanded down by the end of tonight.

Actually, they came from my TE ROTJ styrene set. I sent them to Paul at his request early last year. Caleb

very nice man! looks great!

Nice buddy! looks just like the prop!

*imperial march*

Merry Christmas from Virginia Beach,VA! Wishing you all a happy holiday!

I also received an email from him. "Still spreading bû!!$h+t you sad little man. Merry Christmas!" Nice eh? I smell a mole.

first CFO, now this. 2011 is going to be a very thrilling year for sure.