Black series Mod

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While waiting for my R1 I decided to keep busy and mess around with the black series helmet 

step 1 was to remove all the electronics and pieces I didn’t need

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step 2 cut the brow off to make it lower 

used a dremel 

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Edited April 15, 2022 by gmrhodes13
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next i started cutting the vents 

messed them up so i had to fill and try again

did it a few times

used abs paste to fill

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filled the battery pack with plastic wood filler and covered up the speakers and battery cover ans sanded

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next i assembled everything together ans used abs paste to seal 

also used a bonding epoxy to make sure everything would be solid

used primer to detect where i needed to sand 

i removed a lot of the interlocks that kept the helmet together by mistake

 

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used a thick gauge wire for the vocoder to simulate the gap 

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did more sanding 

still needs a lil more for those lil spots 

so far im happy 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Hey Art nice work on this so far 

[Thumpy~[501st]]

Great job!  Very creative with using heavy gauge wire for the vocoder!

[Sly11[Admin]]

very interested in seeing the finished product. looking good.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Nice work, looking forward to see it's completion