NHM I agree with you 100%
Matt emailed me and he shared some thoughts and I want it to share it with you guys :"The test I have read about the ESB helmets is that they
stripped the helmets first and then sandblasted them to make the paint
stick better. I think they also had someone paint them that really
could. I think AA sprayed the helmets and when this was done, it was
done in very cold weather and the paint ran, by no fault of his own"
It also looks that some helmets were sprayed 2 or 3 times. I would love to know what Jez can share with us about it, since he had an original ESB in his hands.
Cheers
A