giving life back to a wreck

[knup_tfaD]

Last year (I believe), I posted my progress of my horridly made Thomas helmet :P I hadn't used any resin, bondo, or a real visor. And on top of that, it barely fit me.

SO! I have taken it out of my closet and giving it some life. I will be using it for my local farmer's market which is having a costume contest this saturday. It will still be a wreck, and i plan on selling it really cheap on Ebay for some kid whose body isn't done growing yet.

I'll try to add updates all this week

Start bondo-ing:


I decided to work on it a little this week at the farmers market:

[DPalive]

Umm, did you mix hardener with that bondo? It's not supposed to be that Colour it should be pink after mixing hardener if u didn't put hardener it won't harden and you helmet will be pretty much useless

[knup_tfaD]

i put hardener in it. i think the reason it's not pink is because i used quite a bit when i did that pass, so i didn't put a whole lot in so it wouldn't set too soon

[Fundave]

did you use soft drink cans for the ears? lol.

[dj_avataR]

Looks like you've great a really great shape going out there. just needs some tender love and care, lol. it looks like it has potential to be a good helmet.

[knup_tfaD]

@fundave: yes, i actually did ^_^ i used some bondo on them to make them a little more simple like the tron version

and here's two update pictures (one with my GM wip):

took out the old plastic mesh and am going to replace it


size comparison to my GM bucket

[knup_tfaD]

Im not going to lie, i has it's flaws: