Naw, it's fine. It's been a rough several months and I'm on edge more than not. When I said the original helmet, I meant collectively the six Lucasfilm assets made in 1978, as opposed to any replicas, toys, or other reproductions made since. I was just a little honked off that y'all were commenting on that rather than the mod in progress. Hoping for critiques, insights, or suggestions. I'm still on the fence as to whether to correct that on the HBS and, if I do, what approach to take. Because it would mean the interior, as well, plus having to make a completely new visor, rather than re-using the stock one with more protection...
But that's no excuse for getting snippy. Carry on. I'll go back and clarify the language in my previous post.
ETA: From rough eyeballing with a straight-edge held up to the monitor, and using both the pic I posted and the one you posted, MMM, it looks like correcting that lack of kink on the HBS will add 3/8" to 1/2" at center-front. I can make it work... To prevent any cracking along the extension, d'you think I should use a thin-thin layer of plastic glued down over the exterior? I'm thinking my paper-thin .010" styrene. More, it will mean cutting and re-shaping the bottom wedges of the left and right-lower earcaps. It's a lot for something a lot of people would never notice, but if the objective is to see how close we can get this lid to the originals, I feel like I gotta at least make the attempt.
But that's no excuse for getting snippy. Carry on. I'll go back and clarify the language in my previous post.
ETA: From rough eyeballing with a straight-edge held up to the monitor, and using both the pic I posted and the one you posted, MMM, it looks like correcting that lack of kink on the HBS will add 3/8" to 1/2" at center-front. I can make it work... To prevent any cracking along the extension, d'you think I should use a thin-thin layer of plastic glued down over the exterior? I'm thinking my paper-thin .010" styrene. More, it will mean cutting and re-shaping the bottom wedges of the left and right-lower earcaps. It's a lot for something a lot of people would never notice, but if the objective is to see how close we can get this lid to the originals, I feel like I gotta at least make the attempt.
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