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08-31-2010 07:43 PM
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
At least you have a good project. I know a neighbor that did this to a rare German helmet, I don't remember what it was. I want to buy it from him but he still needs it. Oh well.
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
Ewan, by the thread banner I thought this was going to be about an Edwardian cross dresser !........seriously, your helmet looks to be a Model 1916 stahlhelm, does it still have the M91 chinstrap posts ? I see the air vent lugs are missing, these can be bought, it depends if you are going to do a full retoration back to WW1 spec or as a transitional helmet, "ET66" is mm for "Eisenhuettenwerke Thale A.G., Thale /Harz" they made sizes 60-68, 66 is a large size. Seeing the condition it is in you may as well go the full hog and strip/paint and install a liner.There will be a batch/lot number under the paint on the inside of the crown area.
Prost ! Steve.
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
cheers for the comments guys! steve thanks for the model as i know nothing of these lids atall, it does still have the the old style chin strap lugs in the inside skirt and yes my father removed the lugs and put in two rubber bungs before painting i am going to go the full hog now and strip it to the bare base metal you see in the last pic above before the liner band pics start but i need to know what to do it with as that nail varnish remover will take forever the green paint is like for machinery or something! would like to find two air vent lugs whare would i find them steve mate? also just off the phone with my old man and tells me he got it painted black like that around 1985 when i was born so i think those decal remains could be from a wartime decal he also says that steel ring was inside it aswell so maybe it has been a ww2 reissue? would like to find a rough leather from a ww2 period liner to put in it once its stripped clean and new air vent lugs hopefully cheers steve.
regards ewan
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
Ewan, try this site, reproduction helmet components I bought a set of air vents/lugs from him (I restored a Finnish M16 that was missing its lugs), they are a bugger to fit, as you must peen them over to hold the interior washers in.....
Prost ! Steve.
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
^ Yeah, I am. The good up is he is my father's buddy. So if he never needs a favor from my dad......I believe he got it from an antique store and got it painted black. It might be WW2 German Police. I hope it is!
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
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oradour
Ewan, try this site,
reproduction helmet components I bought a set of air vents/lugs from him (I restored a Finnish M16 that was missing its lugs), they are a bugger to fit, as you must peen them over to hold the interior washers in.....
Prost ! Steve.
cheers steve, i now want lugs for it and have some oxalic acid coming from ebay will get better pics of it soon with the liner band back in, really glad he left the old chinstrap hangers on
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Re: ww1 tranny restore, well kind of!!
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Blitzkrieg Bop
^ Yeah, I am. The good up is he is my father's buddy. So if he never needs a favor from my dad......I believe he got it from an antique store and got it painted black. It might be WW2 German Police. I hope it is!
thats somthing i would rest untill i had
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