British Motor Cyclist's helmets of WWII
Article about: Hi Guys, this is the second pattern helmet introduced for wear by "Don R's" or Motorcycle despatch riders. The first pattern helmet was not steel but was like civvy bike helmets of
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
First of all, did you use water with the nitromores, and do smalls areas at a time,i know its shutting the gate after the horse has bolted but there have been many threads on here about using this product, secondly as to repainting, you may be able to obtain some MOD green from specialist suppliers, or from a local army depot, even an arms fair might have some original paint, personally i would repaint
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
yes you do apply it neat but use water to counteract the acid when you first see the first paint layer lifting and by doing small areas you can guage how corrosive the acid is reacting with the paint and if need be stop and adopt another method, still its a learning process when restoring and you will wiser the next time, cheers dave
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
Hi, I think we probably have all had a go at stripping paint off lids, 9 x out of 10 it looks worse.
As your helmet is dated 45, the colour will be the darker khaki, look inside the helmet to try & match what it should be.
Aaron
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
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tinlid
Hi, I think we probably have all had a go at stripping paint off lids, 9 x out of 10 it looks worse.
As your helmet is dated 45, the colour will be the darker khaki, look inside the helmet to try & match what it should be.
Aaron
Thanks
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
Here is my first pattern dispatch riders helmet dated 1943 made by failsworth hats LTD.
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
Hi,
I think these early despatch rides helmets are great.
There's at least 2 or 3 different types, so would like to get hold of one of them soon. I was'nt sure they made them so late in the war, thought it was only to about 41 or 42, when the steel helmets came out. thanks for showing this quite rare helmet.
Aaron
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Re: British Motor Cyclist's 2nd pattern steel helmet
I have read somewhere that they were in service in the Army until July 1943 but still carried on in service with the home guard and A.T.S long after that.
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