I just realised that I have never credited the Pep file I've been using for both models. The title says "Model rundown reunfold - Fisher K2", and I'm sorry, but I can't remember where i grabbed it from. I've seen on some other threads that there's some discussion about the accuracy, and I wanted to say something else before I put in my two cents.
This was my first ever attempt at Pepakura, It was tricky, but the errors were my own. The model was good, relatively easy to put together, and when I did it twice, they looked the same. I cannot even begin to understand the process of 3d modelling the helmet, let alone converting that to a pep model. I have taken my hat off to the person who produced this model. It is perfectly good, and way, way more than I could ever make.
That said, here's one of the illustrations kicking about from after the movie came out:
Oh fer... Bloody sideways!
Anyway, even with the awkward orientation, you can see that the cheek pieces are quite prominent. Even allowing for the angle of the picture, the pep model is much slimmer at the eyeline.
It's not a huge issue, and would only be apparent when the helmet was placed next to an illustration, but even so, I've been working on building up the sides. Since it's me, I'm doing it quick and dirty, and only time will tell if I make a half-decent job of it. Again, the MK 1 is a good place to try this stuff out, so I can skip the errors on the MK2 and go straight to making different mistakes....
In those other threads I mentioned, there was another pep file that someone had used, but the builder mentioned it was very, very tricky - accurate as hell, but contained many, many times more pieces than this file. Since I'm a bodger by nature, I'm happy adapting, and willing to admit that taking two hundred tiny strips to make the dome alone would have driven me completely Jar Jar Binks.