dante Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 I'm in the process of picking up this.....you can see the camo underneath, the aim is to restore back to the camo, welcome your thoughts, cheers, Paul
Hoss Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 Depends on paint type there is/was a gent on Walhalla who knew someone who uses natural products his work is very good but don't have the details you may have to join and ask. I think its expensive you may have to balance the cost if you dont do it yourself. The only time I've tried something like this was to remove some household white paint where the helmet must have been left out when a room was painted, frankly I couldn't remove it had been on the helmet too long.Eric
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 That is an interesting developement!!Do you think they are period?
dante Posted September 8, 2015 Author Posted September 8, 2015 No Idea, the aim was to get back to the camo......that said if "real" a rare helmet....be able to get your tunic!!!!
dante Posted September 8, 2015 Author Posted September 8, 2015 Have Identified it as Landespolizeigruppe "General Goring" ??
censlenov Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 An interesting link http://www.german-helmets.com/LP-GORING_HELMETS.htmThe insignia on that helmet look huge and seem out of scale with what's shown in the link. It's be interesting if you could find some pictures with this type of helmet.
dante Posted September 8, 2015 Author Posted September 8, 2015 Thanks found this picture on the net.....confirmed as correct
dante Posted September 9, 2015 Author Posted September 9, 2015 So the guys on Helmet Walhalla are not happy with the decals, so the question is do I continue stripping????
Tony Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 What did you use to strip it back so far? I have two helmets with postwar paint and I'd like to give them that original look again.I don't know how good the blokes are who said the decals are bad but as I have no idea about 3rd Reich stuff I'd also ask someone who knows his stuff to look at it in hand (if you know such a person) before carrying on back to the camo. Being able to somehow date the top coat would be good but failing all that and having the word of people who are 100% sure they're dodgy decals, I'd personally strip it back.Tony
dante Posted September 9, 2015 Author Posted September 9, 2015 Thanks Tony phase 2 stripping to begin.......wait out
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