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Project Matching Helmet is coming along.

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The mid-50s crash helmets usually had detachable visors. As we have seen elsewhere, there's a guy in Costa Rica building painstaking replicas of those at an "Inquire" price point. 

Those are very, very nice but for both budget and practicality I decided to roll with a good, vented retro-looking bike helmet, repainted and modded for an extended visor or "rain visor." 

The one I chose has leather straps that could easily be used to frame the cloth ear and neck covering bits, and it even came with a carrying bag that feels like the right material. 

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After wet sanding and a few more coats of clear, I'll take a bit of leftover leather and belt weave material and finish this off in the proper style.

 

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