AM Helmet - Ear Issue

[TxtbookNinja]

Hey all. This is my first build and I may be having some issues here with the helmet. I understand that AM Helmet is flawed, but I'm not sure if this is one of the issues.

 

Both Ear pieces seem to have a gap just above the slope of the jaw area and a tiny bit where the com screws to the front/back pieces. I haven't glued anything just cause this didn't look right to me.

I'm trying to figure out how to fix this, any help would be great.

 

I thought about drilling holes slightly lower than where they are now, but I'm not sure if that would fix it, and I don't want to drill new holes until I'm sure. Again, any help or input would be

appreciated. Thanks!

 

 

 

[Sonnenschein]

Doesn't look that bad. The originals had even larger gaps!

[Bushido]

Yeah don't worry about the gaps. A little opening is ok.

[TxtbookNinja]

Thanks for the help! Im going to continue on then, might even get better after I finish gluing and tightening the screws a bit.

 

 

 

Update: Finished the helmet completely. I took Leper's advice and moved the screws down an 1/6" on the left earpiece and it fits pretty well now. Jutted up a bit on the bottom, but fixed that with a bit of hot glue. Now I just need to fix the frown decal D:

 

Thanks again for the help!

 

[Mogwai[TK]]

That looks much better!

[TK_LEPER]

That looks better. Just curious, but did you try swapping sides with ears? I'm not familiar with FX/AM kits. Was there a clear trim line?

 

Jess

[TxtbookNinja]

I did not swap ears. I ended up just measuring the gap then I taped it in place. I removed the left ear and drilled new holes below the originals the same distance that I measured earlier with the gap. I didn't do any trimming, not sure if I needed to, but it seemed to fit well enough after I moved it.