Completed the 11th Ulan, all except for an original silk liner which is on the way. What was done: interior repair to both sides of shell where visor trim attaches, restitch visor, cut and fit replacement trim, source missing scales and end fitting for male scale, clean - polish wappen and all scales, rebuild both chin scales, source and stitch in original cloth liner. Obviously, a great deal of work. The visor restitch was challenging as this is only the second which I have done, the first officer.
The missing chin scales were also big problem because despite being gifted hundreds of scales by Randy Trawnik (Age of Kings) at the SOS there was only one from this lot which actually matched. I was fortunate in the fact, that the female side was complete and I could compare its original scales to possible replacements. The convex scales from this tschapka were longer than "normal", although there really is no normal in the haube world. I was lucky though, in that I had a set which I cannibalized to get the job done. This is a relatively large helmet probably 58cm, consequently there were 17 pieces to each scale. Remember...the bigger the head, the longer chin scales have to be to fasten around the shell. Here are the photos of what the piece looks like at present:
A couple of coats of black polish were applied to the shell after these shots were taken. Photos were taken inside because of snow squall conditions out doors .
The missing chin scales were also big problem because despite being gifted hundreds of scales by Randy Trawnik (Age of Kings) at the SOS there was only one from this lot which actually matched. I was fortunate in the fact, that the female side was complete and I could compare its original scales to possible replacements. The convex scales from this tschapka were longer than "normal", although there really is no normal in the haube world. I was lucky though, in that I had a set which I cannibalized to get the job done. This is a relatively large helmet probably 58cm, consequently there were 17 pieces to each scale. Remember...the bigger the head, the longer chin scales have to be to fasten around the shell. Here are the photos of what the piece looks like at present:
A couple of coats of black polish were applied to the shell after these shots were taken. Photos were taken inside because of snow squall conditions out doors .