A couple of little lid questions

[darren1970]

Hi folks.

 

Hope your all having a great Christmas.

 

I'm on with my MB v1.5 helmet at the moment and a few questions crossed my mind as I was working on it.

 

1. The slot that goes across the snout. Does this need to be opened and mesh put behind it, or could it just be painted black?

 

2. In some builds I've seen a rectangular slot cut into the top of the visor, in others it seems to be missing. Is it required? If it is ( or even recommended ) are there any dimensions for it?

 

Cheers guys.

 

Darren

[lonewolf]

Hi Darren, I built up Borotrooper's lid and cut the snout out slightly, if you do this you will need to put a dark material over the back as the gap is very close to your nose when you wear it. Painting it instead would work fine also. As far as I understand the slot is on the movie troopers so needs to be on yours as well. It is a nice hark back to the concept pics of the Biker Scout , regarding dimensions of it , well it changes from picture to picture in ROTS , some longer than others, just take a few measurements and mark it out well, the centre of this lid is a few mm off to get the centre of the hole and not too close to the front edge of the visor and keeping far enough away from the face plate below. Take a screen grab and go with it!

[Fettski]

i think i have seen some measurements on here somewhere. I will keep looking and edit if i find them before someone beats me to it. Im glad your asking alot of questions, I will be referencing your threads when my armor comes in.

[Fettski]

Well, I could not find any measurements and I am up to this point on my lid.

Could someone please post measurements they have used, since there isn't a standard size, maybe a common size so we can try to achieve the same look. I roughly mocked up about a 1 inch wide by 3 inch long.

[mrbungle]

the rectangle cut out of the viser is a must.

 

i will post measurements of mine tommorow.

[Fettski]

MrB, can you update the measurement please?

[Heatshock]

I remember fr tom's 1st build a while ago. I think it was 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches by 3/4 inches

may hav changed since then

[Bloodclaws65]

I am this point on my lid does anyone have the measurements for the rectangular slot cut into the top of the visor . Help Thanks

[darren1970]

I am this point on my lid does anyone have the measurements for the rectangular slot cut into the top of the visor . Help Thanks

 

See the post about Joe

[Bloodclaws65]

Joe Who ?

 

See the post about Joe

 

[darren1970]

See the post about Joe

 

LOL....my typing is getting worse. That should have read

"See the post above Joe"

 

The dimensions that were given there are the ones I used on my lid.

[Bloodclaws65]

Thanks LOl

[Jimah]

I was just slightly over that measurement wise... for some reason my brain wasn't ticking over properly when it came to measuring out the slot, so I ended up with 2.8 inches * .75 of an inch. Minute difference, but I found it easier to measure when marking it out. *Shrug*

 

Of course I cut well within the marked position then used a file to work it back towards the marked lines, to avoid any overtrimming.

[trooper1389]

I remember fr tom's 1st build a while ago. I think it was 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches by 3/4 inches

may hav changed since then

 

ok I see this is a must so my question is, is it center left right and front and back on the visor part? or is it a specific dimension from the front of the visor?

 

Please help?

[Jimah]

Mine is centred from left, right, front & back. So bang in the middle. Hope that helps

[trooper1389]

Yes thank you