ScottG Posted January 10 Share #1 Posted January 10 A mere three hours ago this helmet was painted black, with a huge bright yellow "burst" emanating from the red painted star... It was hideous. But about 2 hours of cleaning with some Goof Off and I think its a keeper! It is dated 1940 and in overall nice used condition. It came out of a local museum and was given to me today for the museum that I am President of. So, a free helmet that was a mess, is now a pretty decent helmet that will go on a mannequin for our WWII exhibit. Hope you like it, still need to brush a little yellow residue from beneath the star. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kia kaha Posted January 10 Share #2 Posted January 10 Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted January 10 Share #3 Posted January 10 Great Helmet! You know we all want to see the "before" pictures! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted January 10 Author Share #4 Posted January 10 9 hours ago, Brian Keith said: Great Helmet! You know we all want to see the "before" pictures! BKW I didn't take any but will see if I can find the pics the other museum sent me. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shemp h. Posted January 10 Share #5 Posted January 10 Wow it looks really nice ! 👍 Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted January 11 Author Share #6 Posted January 11 Well, I found this before pic. Not sure why the others won't reopen for me... Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted January 11 Share #7 Posted January 11 Nice work Scott! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jangle Posted January 11 Share #8 Posted January 11 Nice save! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted January 11 Share #9 Posted January 11 Thanks for the "before" photo! Great job on the paint removal! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted January 11 Author Share #10 Posted January 11 6 hours ago, Brian Keith said: Thanks for the "before" photo! Great job on the paint removal! BKW Glad I was able to retrieve one of them... Not sure why I didn't take some as I went along, just started working on it and before I knew it I was done! Thanks for all the nice comments, I think it turned out pretty nice and its certainly collection worthy in this condition. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted January 11 Author Share #11 Posted January 11 I may work on the Japanese Army mannequin at the museum tomorrow, if so I will add pictures in the appropriate forum here. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortunes Of War Posted January 12 Share #12 Posted January 12 It's marked size "small". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAB Posted January 12 Share #13 Posted January 12 Great helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Lukas Posted January 13 Share #14 Posted January 13 I think I saw this paint job in a French reference book on steel helmets as being used postwar by another Asian country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted January 14 Author Share #15 Posted January 14 11 hours ago, St.Lukas said: I think I saw this paint job in a French reference book on steel helmets as being used postwar by another Asian country When it was donated it was brought in by the Son of the vet. He said they painted it when they were kids so they could play with it. The black seemed to have been on there for quite some time and removed fairly easily, the yellow was quite difficult and as you can see there is still some built up around the star. I didn't want to try and remove the star to get it all as I didn't want to break the prongs. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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