Black series XWing Pilot helmet up for pre-order on Amazon

TK1625 said:
Sorry, I never figured out how you completely remove the interior, just the trim. What I did to protect the interior was wrap tape around the lip of the interior that I was able to pull away. I then took newspaper and taped it to protect the remaining, uncovered interior, followed by a plastic bag taped over as much as I could of the interior, I was really worried about getting paint where I didn’t want it. Then I completely taped the visor.
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Got it, thanks for the insight!
 
HOLY CRAP!!! After painting 3 of these, I finally got the visor out!
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cboath said:
Down to 67 on amazon right now

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The $67 Amazon ones are "Used - Very Good" condition...


Granted, it's still a great price but the photos that accompany the listings make it hard to tell if they are just stock photos or pictures of the actual helmet for sale. If you're doing a repaint or mod I guess it really doesn't matter, but that's just me. Hell, I got my Black Series Vader helmet for $50 in the clearance aisle at Walmart...
 
As good a place to ask as any, but does anyone here have a good paint match recommendation for the rear portion of Blue Leader's helmet? Here's the never-to-be-seen Anovos for reference - kinda bluish grey?

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Somerset said:
As good a place to ask, but does anyone here have a good paint match recommendation for the rear portion of Blue Leader's helmet? Here's the never-to-be-seen Anovos for reference - kinda bluish grey?
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Matching colors from pictures on a computer screen is not really an exact science...

When I painted my race helmet as a Blue Leader "tribute", I used Rust-oleum "Charcoal Gray Satin", and IMHO it was a pretty good match.

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RodanAZ said:
Matching colors from pictures on a computer screen is not really an exact science...

When I painted my race helmet as a Blue Leader "tribute", I used Rust-oleum "Charcoal Gray Satin", and IMHO it was a pretty good match.
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That looks great - thanks for the tip!

You're right, and I'm absolutely hopeless at matching anything and it doesn't help being colour blind!
 
Hey Everyone!
I've been working on a few repaints of these helmets... and I'll see what I can do to post some of the tear-down videos I've been putting together for disassembly of these things (it's a tricky beast, but I can get them completely apart now). As for the repaints I've done, and am currently working on, here are a few pics...

Red Leader:
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Gold Leader:
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and... Blue Leader (still in progress... probably do some, or all, of the weathering over the weekend):
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A breakdown video would be incredibly helpful! I’m going to begin working on a Wedge repaint soon, and I’m unsure of how to approach the process of taking it apart.
 
Ackbar16 said:
A breakdown video would be incredibly helpful! I’m going to begin working on a Wedge repaint soon, and I’m unsure of how to approach the process of taking it apart.
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Just dropped you a message about that, Ackbar!
 
DJb1138 said:
Hey Everyone!
I've been working on a few repaints of these helmets... and I'll see what I can do to post some of the tear-down videos I've been putting together for disassembly of these things (it's a tricky beast, but I can get them completely apart now). As for the repaints I've done, and am currently working on, here are a few pics...

Red Leader:
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Gold Leader:
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and... Blue Leader (still in progress... probably do some, or all, of the weathering over the weekend):
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this is some talent!
 
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