Re: Top Gun Moto Helmet - Part 2: Goose
Been making progress on my helmet, but the THICK clear coat on my Shoei donor helmet was quite a pain to work through - literally!!
This time, rather than just scuffing the surface, I felt that it was important to work off the clear coat and the underlying graphics. This made getting out of the gate a good bit harder because my last helmet didn't have a clear coat to sand off. So here's what took me a few sessions earlier in the week to do (by hand - wax-on wax-off style):
Before finishing sanding though, I did manage to figure out how to carefully remove the front vent cover without breaking it:
This was clearly not meant to be taken off, so I was really happy that all three pieces remained intact and the mounting screws weren't broken when I removed it.
The other bummer with this helmet was that the inner liner wasn't removable, so there was no way for me to get to the vent from the inside. So I had to be VERY careful not to ding up the shell as I removed it.
Anway, so I got all of the sanding completed today, and applied 2 coats of primer:
Holy crap - deja vu!!
Now the one big issue that I have goes back to the front vent. It's right smack in the middle where GOOSE will go:
So I'm not sure what I should do. I'm afraid that if I do the GOOSE theme that all you'll see will be "GOO" on the forehead...
...and since I haven't arrived at the color stage yet, I still have time to decide what to do, but if I still want a useable vent (which I sorely need here in AZ) as opposed to filling in the holes and not re-installing the housing, I might need to make a thematic change and do either ICEMAN or VIPER.