Iron Man helmet Hinged with tracks

[Finhead]

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

 

[edusdvd]

excelent

 

[silverskyes402]

That is freakin' impressive.

 

[STEALTH]

I love how the detail tracks are actually used on your helmet. So awesome.

 

[Judge Spartan]

Beautiful beautiful work.. Truly impressed.

 

[coofunkcurly]

The tracks are really cool. Keeps the faceplate moving in one direction only without any play back and forth. Real smooth. :thumbsup

 

[PredatrHuntr]

Very cool - great job on such an amazing mask! I could totally picture the mouth part moving when he talks haha!

 

[Zendragon]

Very impressive

 

[Finhead]

Thanks guys, yeah they work pretty nicely for keeping the faceplate stable and in place throughout the movement.

 

[jayjayn]

wow.. truely functional.. amazing work man , can you post up a vid of how it works =D

 

[Finhead]

wow.. truely functional.. amazing work man , can you post up a vid of how it works =D

You mean like the one I posted a link to in the first thread. lol Yep it's there right before the pics.

 

[jayjayn]

ohh sweet.. took a while to figure out which ones were videos lol..

 

[Fawbish]

Fantastic work. May I ask about the actual helmet build? Was it sculpted? Pepakura?

The finish on it looks absolutely immense, details on that if you have the time?

 

[Finhead]

Fantastic work. May I ask about the actual helmet build? Was it sculpted? Pepakura?

The finish on it looks absolutely immense, details on that if you have the time?

3 Versions ago this started as a moded pep file. I have moded one of my casts 3 times (molded each) for this version so it's my own sculpt. My second last one is a 3 piece as this one started out as.
The finish is automotive grade urethane paint weathered with acrylic inks and lacquer clear to seal it off.

 

[Forge]

Awesome, I really like the colour, could you tell what exact colours you used,
the description or even better a RAL code, thanks

 

[aron42486]

I've got RGB values for some of the more popular red paint colors. Let me know if want them. Still working on RGB values for the gold color.

 

[Forge]

Yes please that would be great, that red looks spot on, thanks

 

[Finhead]

Awesome, I really like the colour, could you tell what exact colours you used,
the description or even better a RAL code, thanks

The red I use is Dodge Blaze Red. The gold is just something that has been kicking around my bodyshop for like 20 years looked right to me, no idea what it is other than lacquer with no label so can't help you with that.

 

[Forge]

Great thanks for your help Finhead

 

[Ruprekt]

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.