RowBoatCop
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I've finally found some spare time to get going with my new Thomas bucket, I'll be updating more as the day goes on, starting this thread to give myself a kick up the arse! Big thank you to Volpin for providing the blueprints for sale, 4 euros is nothing for such great reference to work with.
I'm using the top down view to create a visor frame, which will connect all the other sections. Looking at other reference photos the bottom portion is slightly different so I'll allow for this
It took me a very long time to find a suitable base-helmet. Scanning through dozens of skate/Baseball/Horse riding helmets online to find something the right size/shape to work with was tough work. What I ended up with was this Mongoose kids skate helmet. It's got that Thomas style oval shape, curved back, plus as it's a kids size (about 19cm side to side, 24cm front to back) I hopefully won't look like a bobble head wearing it. I simply ripped out the insert to leave myself with the external hard shell, filled the vent holes with plastic sheeting/filler ( this is still in progress, lots of sanding left to go!).
I've dry fitted the top visor housing, there's tabs added to the visor & slots cut into both sides of the helmet, this will add strength to the whole assembly when it's put together.
I've also started playing with the mask portion, here's a small test I did experimenting with heat-forming the foamex, figuring out the angle for the chin detail etc.
Anyway, back to the workshop, more updates to come later
edit: Apologies, not sure why the photos rotated sideways when I uploaded them
I'm using the top down view to create a visor frame, which will connect all the other sections. Looking at other reference photos the bottom portion is slightly different so I'll allow for this
It took me a very long time to find a suitable base-helmet. Scanning through dozens of skate/Baseball/Horse riding helmets online to find something the right size/shape to work with was tough work. What I ended up with was this Mongoose kids skate helmet. It's got that Thomas style oval shape, curved back, plus as it's a kids size (about 19cm side to side, 24cm front to back) I hopefully won't look like a bobble head wearing it. I simply ripped out the insert to leave myself with the external hard shell, filled the vent holes with plastic sheeting/filler ( this is still in progress, lots of sanding left to go!).
I've dry fitted the top visor housing, there's tabs added to the visor & slots cut into both sides of the helmet, this will add strength to the whole assembly when it's put together.
I've also started playing with the mask portion, here's a small test I did experimenting with heat-forming the foamex, figuring out the angle for the chin detail etc.
Anyway, back to the workshop, more updates to come later
edit: Apologies, not sure why the photos rotated sideways when I uploaded them
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