Centuri Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hey everyone, I made a start on my MLC helmet. First off big ups to Mardon for a fine piece of work. I decided to mod the bolt covers, the resin parts that came with the kit are designed to be glued over the bolts and sit raised, however photos of the screen used helmets show that the bolt covers sit flush with the side of the visor. I traced the bolt cover on each side of the helmet. Then i dremelled out the traced circle to the same depth as the original hole, smoothing the edges with some 200 sandpaper. I created a new bolt cover using 2mm ABS sheet, as the original resin covers were still a bit too fat for the recess. heres the result, a nice flush bolt cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee9 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 As always, nice work Cen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 after reading through some of the threads here I'm led to believe there should be 8-9 vents indents on the back right of the helmet. Some Screen used helmets have a wider vent on the far left, but I'm going with all equally sized vents as can be seen on the new EFX helmets and in some ROJ screenshots. On the MLC helmet, there are only 7 - so my intention is to recreate another on the left. I have marked it out in pencil, and also marked the approximate centreline on the helmet. On all reference images i have seen, the vents are always to the left of the centre. comments on whether this looks right or wrong appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 My helmet so far - now extra Groovy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Two small but great modifications to improve this helmet. Have a very long look at the eye area of an original helmet. You can possibly cut the MLC eye area out to help the eye appearance as well. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Thanks for the positive feedback! I recieved my helmet back from the paint shop today. I took it to a bumper repair shop and left them with a pice of my armour to match the colour. they did a great job! I also shaped and trimmed the visor lens i used 3mm tinted acrylic. Here are some more progress photos: The lens shaped and then trimmed to fit: And the Helmet so far, painted and visor lens in place: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECOLI Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Centuri, Did you find the paint shop to be pretty reasonable in price. I have an MLC helmet and am trying to figure out whether I paint it or just pay for a professional to do it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 hi erik, I went to a shop who had already done a couple of local members helmets, cost $100 NZ (about $80 US) and took about a week. I figured thats a pretty fair price considering i probably would have spent $20-30 on paint, sandpaper etc and the time to prep and paint it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Snout painted: what do you think of this grey? it is Tamiya Haze Grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Nice job, helmet looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4505Marcel Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Nice bucket mate, I do love my MLC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 thanks guys. I was a bit worried the grey may be too dark. I have seen some snouts painted a very light grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Decals all applied. I re-painted the snout and helmet bolt covers to match the grey of the decals better. aerator painted black, so thats the helmet exterior all completed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southscout Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Did you spray paint the black around the snout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Yes i did. I masked it off first, but even with the masking tape it leaked a little and ended up using a blade to clean up the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee9 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 AWESOME job Cen... Looks fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4505Marcel Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking good bud, what do you have planned for the inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttle-jockey Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 This looks great. I think I want to get this bucket. My head is fairly large, think it will work? I have a tall head, not terribly wide but still a good size circumference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 ok, had a break from this to work on other parts, but heres photos of the interior completed. I didnt take any in progress pics as this was very much 'work it out as I go'. feel free to ask any questions though. know there has been alot of discusion here about the chin cup, using magnets, and padding for the helmet so hopefully this helps others. Helmet padding i ordered Team Wendy's Zap pads. really comfy and you can position them how you want, my only concern is the top round pad makes the helmet sit quite high so depending on how it looks with the rest of my kit on, I might take that one out and replace with something thinner. Magnet placement on the side of the helmet, i found that the lower it was positioned the better the fit. the elastic strapping for the chin cup ends up covering the magnet, but the hold is still strong enough with this in between and it gives the magnets a little protection. i made a little housing for the magnet out of 3mm ABS sheet for more glueable surface area. for the magnets on the inside of the faceplate, i had to grind the fibreglass back a little so that it fit ok, the elastic between makes it quite tight. I glued using a 2 part epoxy glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 oh wait! i do have a couple of progress pics... Chin Cup I received a chin cup with my MLC helmet, its fibreglass as well. I did a little trimming to match the chin cup on the screen used helmet. LINK to reference image Then i sprayed it gloss white. heres the strap and cup installed. the strap is secured using snap domes (see pics above) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Visor installation heres a photo of the inside of the faceplate. I don't trust using hot glue for visors, so I used an epoxy putty to create some support for the visor. there is a left and right housing plus a bit in the middle at the top of the snout. once cured I fixed the visor in place with a single screw into the centre. you can also see the magnet placement in the pic above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 and done, the completed interior, except for the fan and black material for the vents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southscout Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Helmet padding i ordered Team Wendy's Zap pads. really comfy and you can position them how you want, my only concern is the top round pad makes the helmet sit quite high so depending on how it looks with the rest of my kit on, I might take that one out and replace with something thinner. I had the same issue with my MICH pads so I took out the padding and sliced it in half, i don't know however if that is possible with the zap-pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centuri Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 I had the same issue with my MICH pads so I took out the padding and sliced it in half, i don't know however if that is possible with the zap-pads. cheers for that - i think i have solved it. i just took the centre round one out, and it fits quite snug with just the 4 on the sides while still leaving some space between the top of my head and the top of the helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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