HOWTO: Align Tube Stipes On Your Helmet

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Ok some may say this is a basic one but I and a few others have been caught with the wrong placement of the tube stripes. I was using Dave M decals, some choose to hand paint, I do not have steady enough hands.

 

This was my first attempt:

 

 

 

 

And this is how they should be applied, pencil thickness is ideal.

 

 

 

As I said it is a basic one but hopefully it will save people from having to re-paint or re-order and wait for decals to arrive.

[pattrooper]

great job, that is the technique I used.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

the first examples show why the second example is better.

 

from too wide to right.

[Oztrooper[TK]]

I used the half the width of the stripes as a measurement for spacing after scrutinizing helmet photos, which is about the thickness of a pencil...