Medicom Rocketeer Helmet - anyone cut the bar?

[Jet Beetle]

So I really really really want to soon (month or two) pick me up a Rocketeer Helmet. A good one. I love the kits but I have no skills at putting anything together - I mess up pancakes and syrup. I've seen some of the ones my brothers here do and good gosh they are beautiful - but, I've been looking for one now and I do an immediately pass on the junky warped beaded MR one and go next to the Medicom - so my first question is - has anyone here ever pulled out the bar inside that sucker? I like the way it looks and would go with it but if the bar MUST remain then the helmet will always be unwearable (why would they even put that bar in there in the first place?). So finheads - what say you - Kit? Medicom? I am ready to hear your wisdom.

"The rocka-who?"

 

[cirrusx1]

I heard somewhere that the bar was for structural support. I personally have never seen a real helmet but I know that a better helmet is the MIM helmet. I an own an actual rocketeer helmet pulled from the original molds from "Design Setters". I've compared it to the MIM helmet and it matches it perfectly, which means it must be a R_ _ _ _ T from an original helmet or a copy of one.

So I really really really want to soon (month or two) pick me up a Rocketeer Helmet. A good one. I love the kits but I have no skills at putting anything together - I mess up pancakes and syrup. I've seen some of the ones my brothers here do and good gosh they are beautiful - but, I've been looking for one now and I do an immediately pass on the junky warped beaded MR one and go next to the Medicom - so my first question is - has anyone here ever pulled out the bar inside that sucker? I like the way it looks and would go with it but if the bar MUST remain then the helmet will always be unwearable (why would they even put that bar in there in the first place?). So finheads - what say you - Kit? Medicom? I am ready to hear your wisdom.

"The rocka-who?"

 

[oblagon]

I can vouch for the MIM Rocketeer helmet. The guy who casts them is based here in the Chicago area and his recasts of the original props on the helmet and backpack are beautiful.
Timeslip sells the helmets on his website if you don't want to go through MIM.

 

[Jet Beetle]

I can vouch for the MIM Rocketeer helmet. The guy who casts them is based here in the Chicago area and his recasts of the original props on the helmet and backpack are beautiful.
Timeslip sells the helmets on his website if you don't want to go through MIM.

What's his website? I like those kits but I am still stuck with now having to hire someone to complete it for me.

 

[temponaut]

What's his website?

http://www.timeslipcreations.com/Catalog_Props_001.html

 

[GKvfx]

http://www.timeslipcreations.com/Catalog_Props_001.html

Though I don't have one of the helmets in question, I have dealt with George as a customer a few times, and can highly recommend him and his products.

Gene

 

[Remo]

Jet, if you want someone to finish it send a message to Dualedge. I don't know if he stills does them, but he finished mine for me a couple years ago and I love it.

 

[oblagon]

What's his website? I like those kits but I am still stuck with now having to hire someone to complete it for me.

You could spray it with a metallic Krylon; I heard others have had good results with their products.
To weather it, I found a line of washes by Tamyia that work really well and they're water soluable. So if you mess up you can just wash everything off.