restoring a m1 helmet
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Post by restoring a m1 helmet on Dec 19, 2005 23:06:14 GMT -5
If anyone has restored their own m1 could you tell me how much cork to use in the texturing, and where to get the right color paint.
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Post by mauser98k on Dec 19, 2005 23:21:09 GMT -5
As far as I know, many amounts of cork were used, just apply to your liking. *Thats what I would do. And I fixed up an M1 helmet with some OD model paint at a hobby store ;D, but that probably isnt a good idea. lol. Heres a place also www.armyjeepparts.com/order_page/paint_1.htm
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Post by phantom12321 on Dec 22, 2005 1:28:05 GMT -5
I helped a friend do it once. If you have the ground cork, use a little less than you would hold in a handful and stir it in with the paint. Only do this right before you are going to paint it because if you seal the can the cork can absorb the paint and becomes swollen. I recommend taking about 1 cup and putting it in a seperate container so you don't contaminate the can. I have seen an original and the cork is spattered so don't worry about getting the covering exact. just try to spread it kind of evenly. Use a really cheap brush because once the cork is in there it can be hard to get out. The one we did came out okay but I would still take a few more notes before trying it again.
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Post by Guinness on Dec 23, 2005 12:49:21 GMT -5
As far as the paint goes,
I bought some Aervoe 987a "WWII" olive drab paint for my grenades, but the paint color on helmets was darker- so I have ordered 968 'field drab' which has a darker browner cast and should be the correct tint for the helmets- it comes in 12 or 16oz spray cans and I got the 16oz for $5 bucks online.
-G
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Post by 2nd bat on Dec 23, 2005 20:19:45 GMT -5
Like anything GI WW2 there really isn't any absolute on color here. Helmets ranged from the OD you see on contemporary helmets to an almost black very dark green. Often European helmets had a darker tint and virtually always had the chararcteristic silver edge where the paint rubbed of the stainless steel
I'm glad people are striving for authenticity but don't over think this. helmets were used in so many ways. Wash basin, boiling pot and egg fryer that colors took on all kinds of shades from varied uses as well.
One thing the kids all noticed at our recent event is that steel pots are heavy! They discovered neck muscles they didn't know they had. There's also a satisfactory plink when you get a good head shot!
Hooah!
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Post by phantom12321 on Dec 24, 2005 1:14:52 GMT -5
plink my foot! I caught a pistol round from 15 yards and I thought I was going to go deaf. It rang my bell (no pun intended) (okay, it was)
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Post by 2nd bat on Dec 24, 2005 4:18:52 GMT -5
I was standing at a corner of a fence line firing into a treeline trying to cover an advance. There were several of us lined up along the fence. I dropped back to reload and a fellow stepped up to take my place. As he drew up to the corner to commence firing a round struck him in the hemet and he dropped like a stone. It was loud. A third guy took his place with a tommie gun and blasted the treeline while I dragged him behind the wall so I could tie on his "Aid" bandage and regen him. The whole time he played convincingly "dead" It was cool but you're right it was a remarkably loud "Plink" No doubt way more so for him.
Those kind of moments just don't normally happen in regular airsoft or blank firing reenacting.
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Post by Rainer Schmidt on Dec 24, 2005 4:34:39 GMT -5
That is one of the reasons why I still play Airsoft. It is to fill the time between re-enactments and also to fill the need to be, well..shot at I say, I love hittin' GI helmets, most satifying. Of cource it works both ways. 2ndbat. In regards to the "Helmets were used in many ways comment" That is why it is great to see some folks goin' that extra mile and actually using their helmets in that matter. It gets rid of that dreaded "Look, I am a new GI-Joe" look they had goin' on.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 24, 2005 19:32:17 GMT -5
I absolutely agree. As a long time GI back in the day After WW2 but before before Kevlar Fritz helmets. ( I retired in 1977) A helmet was a fascinating piece of gear that found all sorts of uses.
In additon to the ones mentioned above it was also on many occassions a short stool to keep your butt outta the mud and a great place to keep photographs dry and handy. It was also a bucket for letters just before mail call. For the typical grunt of my era it was often a billboard for personal expression and a place to stash cigarettes , LSA or bug juice.
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