Iron Man helmet Hinged with tracks

[Boba Frett]

Very nice

 

[jedikohnke]

awesome

 

[Finhead]

Thanks guys.

Resurrecting an old thread here. I have a couple of questions. Looking at pictures 3-5 it looks like the slot the metal pin slides in is pear shaped so the ball end of the pin stays in the track. Is this right? A dremel deburring tool should acclomplish this. Also there's a hole in the helmet at the end of the track, does this serve ny purpose? How do you place the hinges for correct travel? My thinking was to tape the lid to the helmet and very sparingly use hot glue to tack the hinges in place, and check the travel. but the metal pins go in how and where? Anyone who's done a Finhead lid like this please advise.

Dave check your email I sent you all the info you will need. Sorry took last night off.

 

[Ruprekt]

Thanks, got it. What are you thinking taking a night off? Get back to work!:behave

 

[darkside501st]

That is probably THE best hinge system I have seen yet... I love that you used the tracks! I have a question about the pins that go in the tracks, do they articulate like on a hinge or ball joint where they attach to the faceplate or are they rigid? I would love to try and replicate this on my build if you don't mind. I would humbly accept any advice or other info you might be able to offer.

Also, I have been following your MK III build and I am very impressed with your work. I can only hope my own build will be as good as yours.

 

[conceptzero]

I've been pm'd and emailed about this numerous times. I wanted to should how my 4 Piece helmet hinge system works to clarify why this does not work with other helmets and why I don't offer the hinge kits alone.
The helmet was designed with this system in mind from the start so the top slots are actually cast as tracks for proper and stable movement of the faceplate. Here's a few pics of the system and link to a vid of it working. :cool
Link to the vid and a few more pics.
Ironman 4 piece - a set on Flickr

i'm kinda new here... are
you selling those helmets?

 

[Finhead]

Not at this time.

 

[Tinman11b]

Yes I am working on my 1st build and I've been stumped on the hinge parts. This really helps just wondering what part did you use for the top hinge with the tracks? Thanks and again awesome work

 

[king23j]

very interested in purchasing one of these, it is a complete helmet and hinge assembly? and if so how much for the set

 

[Uratz]

very interested in purchasing one of these, it is a complete helmet and hinge assembly? and if so how much for the set

ditto what he said, been wanting to get one of these helmets for the longest time.

 

[Kevin Gossett]

Finhead isn't selling these, he sold the mold for it. TJack has an interest thread in the junkyard for it though.

 

[TJackFx]

Finhead isn't selling these, he sold the mold for it. TJack has an interest thread in the junkyard for it though.

If you are interested in a raw cast, shoot me a pm

 

[Fly4v]

What became of the photos?

 

[RaiderC]

Are the photos and video available any where now?

Thanks...

 

[TJackFx]

What became of the photos?

Finhead took them down and unfortunately I don't have copies of them