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    M38 para helmet, Alive after a rotting dead?

    HI Guys

    Some of you will remind me as the guy who dug up the hundreds of german helmets from the ground.

    As i had a lot of para helmets i decided to restore one as it has been stored in the ground 63 years earlier.

    afther carefully sandblasting and welding the helmet it was put in car putty to fill the rotting holes. after sanding and polishing it had a flat surface.

    the base colour was the standerd lw parahelmet color, mixed with my secret stuff to make a fabric new finnish, a bit rough but also smooth. I did put a decal on it before camouflaging it.

    i dicided that it should be a sd saw dust camo in normandy pattern. i didnt like triangular cut out decals so the paint had to paint it over and leave a shade.

    i like to hear your opinions, and yes i know that there are a lott of people who want to kill me now for ruin a ruind helmet lol

    best wishes

    Karel



















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    #2
    Looks awesome! I wish I could lay my hands on a relic shell like this!

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      #3
      did you put the liner back in at all???id love to buy that it love awesome!!!

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        #4
        i didn't put it back yet, i have a couple of soilfind liners, so from a couple imake 1 nice one.
        if interested i can show more helmets back from the death

        best wishes

        karel

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          #5
          I perfered it in relic condition by far, but have to admit the restoration is extremely well done, as well as the paint!

          JL

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            #6
            Hi

            thank you for the compliment. The paint is self mixed/made, so no ebay ore dumpstore ****, the real deal. And also the rough fabric finnish is made and put on as in ww2. i dont like half work, only the full work. the helmet isn't aged, i also have aged helmets for revieuw.

            best wishes

            Karel

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              #7
              yeah id love to see other helmets youve done!!

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                #8
                that is extremely nice work

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                  #9
                  wow Karel, you did a real nie job man!

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                    #10
                    Hi,

                    Very impressive!

                    cheers

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                      #11
                      excelllent

                      you seem to have the gift. even IF IT IS restored it is a correct helmet , and the rusted out relic you started with was not worth a second look to most folks. you have PROPERLY RESTORED IT TO SOMETHING THAT WILL HOLD ATTRACTION TO FUTURE COLLECTORS AND THE NEXT GENERATION.

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                        #12
                        I agree with the others you have done a superb job ,I too would love to see your other refurbs .Rob.
                        God please take justin bieber and gave us dio back

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                          #13
                          Normally, I would also say not to mess with anything. However, this is one of the few exceptions where restoraration and alterations seem acceptable. You also did an exceptional job of it!

                          Chris

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                            #14
                            kudos

                            Karel,

                            Would love to see more projects. I am ok with your restoration, you could keep one "ground dug" as an example of the original litter, showing the cocoon where the butterfly came from.
                            More importantly to me than the actual work is that you have disclosed to the collecting public quite honestly and with intergrity what you have done. So tempting to the evil ones to flip that on to the internet market for some $X,000's profit. It is obvious your project exudes your respect for the hobby and you have serious talent as a helmet restoration craftsman. Well done.


                            Thanks for sharing
                            Dale

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                              #15
                              Hi guys

                              Thank you for al the compliments. For me the restauration is a hobby, not for the money. It cost lots of time and trying new ways to improve the things you have already made. Here are a couple of more helmets. I am now busy with a Q68 m35 helmet for re-enactment purpose.

                              Here i show you a dug up m42 66 helmet which is restored on the outside with putty and the inside only sandblasting(so you can see the pitting for some bad-guys who maybe want to sell it as real on ebay after re-enactment )

                              and also a m35 dd re-issue helmet which was found in a barn very rustu with bullit holes .

                              best wishes

                              Karel



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