Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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The last helmet with decals i had.. they where glued on / laquer, as originals - i had to scratch with a knife to make marks on it.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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If you use the right vernish,a dull laquer that will seal your decal perfekt,
your decal will become one with the shell...
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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yup and if you dont then they will pull off
not everyone uses laquer

i didnt and found out the hard way
but i was only three days into my reenacting career :wink:
the laquer went on five days after
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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Truck inner tube + some scissors + little bit of stretching (band is not too tight):
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New helmet, so it is still very clean - but a game or two in the plains should fix that.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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Humbrol make a good matt varnish also contact GASMASK and he can tell how to bake the transfers so they dont come off
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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les hearn wrote:please be aware that tubes can pull off the decals after a while..when u take the tube off the helmet

i destroyed one of my decals this way :x
So true!!!! You need more varnish! Bicycle tubes don't fit.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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I used a bicycle inner tube once, I cut it into one piece and sewed to together with dental floss in the rear.Never had a problem with it.
We use red ones with our early war impression.I have no idea where our group leader got them.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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Also the M35 I'm using now.When I stripped the helmet down to the original paint It had signs of wear from some type of band around the usual spot.
I have also seen this on original helmets and decals as well.
So in closing even with the lacquer decals it will still eventually rub the decal down a bit paint too.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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I'm going for a late-war Heer impression, so adding decals to my helmet has not been a priority to date. Also, regarding weathering, I have found that the best 'looks like it was worn in action' look is obtained from doing exactly yhat - wearing it in action and treating it the way a soldier would have treated it, not a collector :P Two game days later, and the helmet is already scarred and scratched, and losing that 'mint' look. Running headfirst through bushes, scraping your head against the wall when peering - or ducking back - around corners, getting shot at short range (makes a nice BIIIIIING sound), taking it off and sitting on it during lulls in the action... Every scratch and dent has a story behind it now.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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askhati wrote:I'm going for a late-war Heer impression, so adding decals to my helmet has not been a priority to date. Also, regarding weathering, I have found that the best 'looks like it was worn in action' look is obtained from doing exactly yhat - wearing it in action and treating it the way a soldier would have treated it, not a collector :P Two game days later, and the helmet is already scarred and scratched, and losing that 'mint' look. Running headfirst through bushes, scraping your head against the wall when peering - or ducking back - around corners, getting shot at short range (makes a nice BIIIIIING sound), taking it off and sitting on it during lulls in the action... Every scratch and dent has a story behind it now.
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And.. btw.. my helmet band. Bicycle tube, glued together with super glue.

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In my experience a truck inner tube works best. Tried fiddling with bike and car tyres but that didn't really work.
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Re: Bicycle-tube helmet bands

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It is VERY simple to do a helmet band out of a bicycle tube. The glued together part will never break, if you use good quality super glue.
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