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Thanks! Yeah. High brow really looks cool and gives the helmet a personality: (Top pic is the helmet inspiring me in this build) I started to prepair for painting. Im planning to use auto spray. This will be the first paintjob I do were I want some runnings in the paint.

I second that. Looking good. You seem to know of the helmet mods, they will improve it even more.

Heres a front pic showing the ears. I tried to leave a smalll gap, right ear. ---------- Oh yeah, I just ordered decals from TK-4510.

Ah, there, the ears are finished and assembled! Im into modelbuilding also, and Im kinda surprised how subtle the assembly of these helmets are. Very tricky, but fun indeed! I post pics later on.

Thank you doug! Im trimming the ears now. Tricky to get them just right. I think Ill just put them down now, and perhaps Ill see what needs to be done with a fresh pair of eyes tomorrow. Thanks for the support man!

So I trimmed and assembled the helmet. I decided to base the assembly after the "Stop that ship" helmet as there are so many great reference photos, and to me the look seems close to the "Its a trap" helmet. I just love that high brow look! I first used screws to see how it worked, and finally used rivets. Heres a side by side with a original pic (thanks to starwarshelmets.com): ----------- I made the mouth holes and eyes slightly bigger. Started with the ears today and Im leaving quite alot, making them bigger then the ones you can see in the plastic (lol hope you understood what I ment). I really enjoy building this!

Really? Where did you hear that? Look at the guy in the middle. 3 teeth. ------- Im pretty sure there are 5 teeth versions also. Sounds to me like a lot of work for nothing filling the 5 teeth after they were done and helmets painted. Cheers

Yeah, starwarshelmets have so much info and pics, like this 3 teeth stunt, who looks a little weird to my eye. -------------

Im pretty sure there are three different teeth variants for stunt helmets: 3, 4 and 5 cut outs. That can be seen at this pic of the originals from starwarshelmets.com: ========= I think the 4 teeth are the most common version.

Grats man! You wear that armor very nice and can be proud.

Loking good! Well done on the trimming and the assembly!

Thank you Kind! (Cool name btw) Ill post pics as I move along. My first build too and its great fun I must say. I just went for the helmet.

So Im rougly done with the trimming. For the eyes I used reference pics on the helmet with the SW badge on the back. Do you think Im on the right track? Should I cut out more? To me it looks about right. I just love the rough cuts on the original and I try to implement that look. Its kinda funny because people was more impressed with the "perfect" MR CE, then they will be with this helmet. I think people will beleve Im a really bad painter and bad builder if I manage to nail the look of the originals, LOL. But I dont care, I love the original look!

Thanks, thats exactly what I need! I wonder why they wanted to have primer inside the helmets? I saw this pic posted by firebladejedi in another thread. I think it a ESB version. The acetate looks different. And you cant see any primer. I believe they repainted the ESB helmets andmaybe the new paint reached the inside, making that white also.

Looking great!

OMG... Thats a lot of money! And still I think it might be a good investment.

Clear epoxy worked like a charm. Great advice. Im doing the trimming now. A little nervous to cut to much. Ill try to make the ears thicker and trim when I fit them on the helmet.

That RPF thread was just... BLAH. Good thing you can show us the faceplate here. It will be interesting to see more pics! Cheers

Yeah, epoxy should work perfectly. Thanks man!

Good idea! Build is looking good. Cute kid. Looks like youre the idol!

So a package arrived today, and everything looks great! The only thing I need to think about is one of the holes for the hovimics. It is really thin. That seems to be a problem area among different helmets. I am planning to make this helmet prop looking, not idealized. Were talking paint drips, paint chipping, and perhaps some slightly off white to look aged. I have been thinking of two different helmets to make this after. I have 2 helmets Id want to base my look uponThe first is the Move along trooper, man I just love that look. The other is the ESB trooper shooting at Luke when Leia shouts "Its a trap". The ATA helped me decide as the "eye sockets" are way deeper then the original and therefore I cant do the characteristic sleepy Move along eyes. Thats fine as I love the ESB troopers, and always has. So I guess its the Its a trap helmet then. Here he is, pissed at Lando for being a Judas. So a couple of questions: Is there a way to strenghten the weak spot at the hovimic? If possible, invisible repair? How do you guys make the chin straps? Are there correct ones to get? The original padding, what to use to imitate it? Red primer inside helmets. Anyone having pics showing the red interior? Cheers

Hi. The only working pic is the attached one. You have done it right , but the links dont work. -------------

I also went to that exhibition, but I never saw any of those troopers. Weird, wonder why? They did have a Vader that looked like the Disney Vader.

Pics dont show?

There are different kinds of acetate. The kind I had om my CE worked perfect. Im afraid you will have to buy new.