Vader SL finished and ready to ship
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I would KILL for one of these!
Thanks!
Believe me, all SL helmets have varying degrees of neck flaring. Another thing to take in to consideration is distance and lens while taking the photos. I try to optimize as much as posible when I photograph Vader helmets.
Thanks guys! working on these helmets is definitely a labor of love and it means the world to me to see it being so well received.
Here is another cool shot I took before it was completed. Tried making it look like vintage photography.
Here is another cool shot I took before it was completed. Tried making it look like vintage photography.
FolkyPatrol
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Juan ... those high res pics ... Thank you 
darthjones
Sr Member
It's funny - I know that folks want to use the original tabs system but isn't it so much more unstable?!
It is very unstable and annoying to get in to place heheheh But if its just for display, you deal with it once and set it on the stand lol.
I can attest to this. Once you have it on... correctly... you really don't want to take it off unless you absolutely have to lol...
I want to take better pictures of mine, but I haven't because I don't want to take the dome off lol..
I know, right? It's a pain to install and difficult to get the dome to sit properly -- but that's accuracy for you lol. On the helmets I've finished I've done many of them with the tube solution for that reason.
My "tube" broke off the inside of my dome.
And this happened years back, so I've lost the tube.
Is the best way to install a new one just to use some slow setting epoxy, so that I've got time to make adjustments as it cures?
By the way, this isn't a SL helmet (wish it were!), just a general question.
And this happened years back, so I've lost the tube.
Is the best way to install a new one just to use some slow setting epoxy, so that I've got time to make adjustments as it cures?
By the way, this isn't a SL helmet (wish it were!), just a general question.
My "tube" broke off the inside of my dome.
And this happened years back, so I've lost the tube.
Is the best way to install a new one just to use some slow setting epoxy, so that I've got time to make adjustments as it cures?
By the way, this isn't a SL helmet (wish it were!), just a general question.
Bummer! Once I have the tube placement down I tack in place with superglue then hit it with 5 min Epoxy. Once that has cured I go over the outside of the join with two-part putty to give it a more finished look and help lock it in place.
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Same process for the dome?
Yep
only when doing the dome tube I don't add a ring of putty on the inside edge of the tube --- or if I do I make sure it doesn't interfere with the fit of the two rings (if that makes sense). I've also been known to use BondoGlass around the ring.
Mouse Vader
Sr Member
Real neat work.
- but you forgot the whiskers!
- but you forgot the whiskers!
