OK... more progress during nap time.... Trimmed a little more off the cap, cut the trim, and put the 2 halves together for initial sizing. Using the screws in the ATA kit. People talk about riveting, and I guess that's necessary for higher levels, but I'm thinking about finishing it with just screws for now, so I can more easily take it apart in the future for more work, whether it's adding electronics, fans, or possibly changing to individual lenses vs the strip (I'm still not sure, even though it's a stunt helmet, I do like bubble lenses).
Nobody mentioned what a pain the rear figuring out where to make the screw holes was going to be to get the face plate to look acceptable . I guess I'm more of a low-brow guy than high brow, and even though the helmets are asymmetrical, I had to have a pretty uniform distance between the eyes and trim. Both tutorials I've been following showed attaching the right side first (as you look at it, however after struggling with it for a while, I ended up attaching the left first to find the right side screw location, which seemed to be easier, as there are nowhere near as many curves to deal with. Back to the kid's Rex suit, and I'll tackle the ears tonight.
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