the DOCTOR
Sr Member
Well, it was a surprise to me!
About a fortnight ago I was in Tesco (a large hypermarket type of place) where I saw a BMX helmet, from the side, that immediately reminded me of a Brian Bolland style Judge Dredd helmet:
So, I wondered how troublesome it would be to convert it...
Down my workshop, I wrapped a piece of clear butyrate sheet around the helmet, clamped it in place, and buttered in a layer or two of car body filler/resin mix, which I backed up with fibreglass tissue and polyester resin, and quickly had this:
(Trying it on and using my phone as a 'mirror'!) A few more wraps with the butyrate and more filler/resin/tissue, I was here:
Within a few evenings and a Saturday, it was looking like this:
The badge mount and top is almost all filler, making it a little heavy, but bearable.
Aafter a lot of spot filling and rubbing down I was able to top coat it on the Sunday:
Knocked up a badge, here just in Alclad chrome (which didn't go on properly and needs to be redone before a yellow/gold tint clearcoat):
Just need to add a tinted inner visor, waiting on a motorbike helmet insert, and to get the badge right!
Not bad for just about twenty hours in the workshop!
(While I'm here, here's a picture of my 'new' Dredd head with one I made for a fancy dress contest at college nearly twenty years ago:
)
Fun project, makes a change from the ones that seem to drag on for months!
:lol
About a fortnight ago I was in Tesco (a large hypermarket type of place) where I saw a BMX helmet, from the side, that immediately reminded me of a Brian Bolland style Judge Dredd helmet:
So, I wondered how troublesome it would be to convert it...
Down my workshop, I wrapped a piece of clear butyrate sheet around the helmet, clamped it in place, and buttered in a layer or two of car body filler/resin mix, which I backed up with fibreglass tissue and polyester resin, and quickly had this:
(Trying it on and using my phone as a 'mirror'!) A few more wraps with the butyrate and more filler/resin/tissue, I was here:
Within a few evenings and a Saturday, it was looking like this:
The badge mount and top is almost all filler, making it a little heavy, but bearable.
Aafter a lot of spot filling and rubbing down I was able to top coat it on the Sunday:
Knocked up a badge, here just in Alclad chrome (which didn't go on properly and needs to be redone before a yellow/gold tint clearcoat):
Just need to add a tinted inner visor, waiting on a motorbike helmet insert, and to get the badge right!
Not bad for just about twenty hours in the workshop!
(While I'm here, here's a picture of my 'new' Dredd head with one I made for a fancy dress contest at college nearly twenty years ago:
Fun project, makes a change from the ones that seem to drag on for months!
:lol
:thumbsup
