TK-4510

Wow man. You know I have thought about buying a motorcycle many times. I have considered riding a bike as well to save on gas and get healthy. Seeing your story and your pics , I think I will just stay home I liked reading your story. I hope you are doing much better now that you've had time to heal a bit. Be careful on those roads man. Mike

Thanks...I think I understand that.

Can someone draw a simple diagram for me to use. I need to know how to hook up a simple squirrel fan and a switch powered by a 9 volt battery in a helmet. I am having an armor party next weekend and have been asked several times how to hook up a fan. I know how to do it basically, but I wanna make sure that its done safely. A buddy had a battery explode - not good. Luckily he didnt have the helmet on. So, anyone a pro at this? Can you also show how to run two fans off the same switch?

Thanks guys. I am trying very hard to make this a great helmet for Kent. Painting straight lines is difficult. The only part that I may touch up is the rear traps. I am not too happy with how they turned out. The lines are thin and the grey looks patchy to me from touching it up. If I do re-do the traps they may look worse however, so I may have to just be satisfied with how they look now. They dont look terrible, but I wish that they would have turned out smoother. That is a Macro shot too....Am I rambling? The lenses were donated by Nathan AKA TK-9135, as well as some other goodies that I will send along to Kent. The only things left to do are the mic tips. I ordered a set from Keith as I feel his are the best, and I cant put anything less on this helmet. There is a few cool items that Smitty sent along that go inside. I will send those to Kent and let that be another surprise. I really feel good about the helmet. I think Kent's finally getting what he paid for. At least I hope he will feel that way when he gets it.

Here is the latest update.

I actually dont have time to post a progress thread on the painting of the armor. I am completely slammed with projects and the camera is on a temporary hiatus. You can PM me though and I will help all I can. No the armor is Pauls. He asked me to convert his TK to a TD. So I am repainting the whole thing rustoleum high gloss white and re-doing his double sig helmet to be a "move along". When he gets it back it will be high gloss and he will not want to weather it. BUT he has the fullers earth on hand and will start on it as soon as he gets it I may post pics of the finish when its all cured. As far as the ab buttons go, I just hand painted mine with midnight blue and ad grey 5 Mike

Harrison Ford was able to sit in his armor because it was made of 0.060 ABS, possibly thinner. Look how his chest bubbles out in that scene. The stuff is cheap and thin

Well I know the helmet sucks up almost one can of paint. The armor probably 5-6 cans. I will let you know soon as I am painting a TE2 armor set right now. You will need some wet or dry sand paper too. Maybe a tack cloth as well.

There is still a bit to do and I am waiting on the mic tips I ordered.

Where is Brian R when you need him. And for that matter Dave M's MIA too, darnit.

I love how its been identified as a tantive raid helmet!!

14 for me.

Having never actually seen the CE up close, I am not sure. I can post pics. Seems like AP decals might work too.

If you are skinny then you can get into a AP easily. MArk Hammil is very short. If you are bigger you may have to buy the FX and trim it down as needed. Maybe buy a chest plate from someone else.

Home Depot. Number 4-40 flat head available in 1/2 3/4 and 1 inch. Sold in packs of 6 with nuts I think

Did you pull that in black HIPS? SWEET!

What kind of armor is this, its awesome! Best TX I have ever seen!!

You can always make them with cutters shield and a heating gun.

Best CE I have ever seen The only suggestion I have is to replace the screws with flat heads.

I have to apologize for not documenting todays work. I really wanted to show it, but as you can see, I have been busting an impolite person today. Left to right: OPERATION OMG, my Stunt TE2, and Pauls "Move Along".....These are all being completely hand painted. And now its time to go see WALL•E (SP?) with the kids

Brad, Your right... in for a penny in for a pound I guess. OK I will hand paint this thing. Oh and Brad you are now up to 6 cents... Mike

Nice collection