SC Helmet Questions

[Wrydub]

Hey everyone,

 

I got my SC kit for Christmas, and I am working on getting it all together, of course following Pandatrooper's WIP.

 

This is my first ever build and I have to say I was and still am freaking out anytime I have to cut, drill sew anything...

I started with the Helmet, and I want opinions on the lens cut out?

 

 

 

 

[Chunk]

Looks Good to me

[01Hawk]

Off to a good start!

[Jamie]

cut looks good. For cutting the ear holes, use the SC ear stickers as templates. Get them centered where you want them and use a pencil to outline the holes. remove the stickers and then rough cut and file/sand the holes to the lines. I used a pin drill for small models and drilled small holes near the pencil line. I then cut them out dot to dot and filed up to my line. I found a set of small modeling files are the bees knees for plastic work. Testers makes a decent set that are relatively inexpensive. It is the ones that I use. The helmet didn't want to line up perfectly strait for me but I was able to get it close. The predrilled holes for the visor on mine were way way off. I got the face and visor lined up and redrilled the holes. Close enough is good enough, I wanted the visor to be a smooth flush transition from the back to the front. Some Velcro and some polystyrene plastic helps fill where the visor doesn't touch the face plate. Ill take some pictures this weekend of what I mean. It still looks pretty darn good. You will be happy with it.

Jamie