dcarty wrote:
locitus wrote:
Fener wrote:
I don't know about RS helmets, what I know (heard) is that the original stunt helmets were made of hdpe.
That's actually just a rumour that Andrew Ainsworth started, and has never been confirmed.
Just to split hairs -- strictly speaking that piece of information comes from Matt "Trooper Expert" Gauthier. Back in the early 2000's before he had been banned from pretty much every forum on the interwebs he was describing one of the screen used helmets he'd had access to and noted that it was made from a flimsy cheap plastic kind of "similar" to what plastic milk containers are made from. Someone chimed in with the fact that plastic is called HDPE and the rumor mill did the rest.
Keep in mind that at the time this information was something of a bombshell.
You are correct, though, that the exact plastic has never been confirmed at least that I'm aware of. RS Props original run done in vintage plastic is probably the closest we'll come to the real thing
Cheers,
Dave
Cause of the HDPE myth thing.
I would say the most important letters in it are the "P" and the "E".
As that's the major material.
The nature of this material is hydrophobic. The main reason why the paint adhere so bad on that stuff.
Also it would fit to the stuff which Ainsworth did in his shop at this time.
Garden ponds and canoe.
As i also have now one of this helmet's out of this stuff in my collection, i can say that the cracking of the paint looks identical as to the screen used helmets.
Also if the paint comes off, it comes off completly including the red primer which got used.
That may could be a reason why you not see any red primer reamaining at the screen used helmets where the paint had comes off as well.
The surface outside of the helmet is very smooth while the inside is more rough.
I will not say that this PE "IS" the correct real material. But the colour matches perfectly as the characteristics.
So if it's not the same it should be 99 % close.
