1930s Rusted Helmet Restoration 

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men it's so stupid , paint this helmet aerosol , you messed up it(

Wie er einfach deutsch ist

Looks like a toy helmet now

good one there gonna tell that to my english teacher one day ! :)

I think it's a thingamabob. Lol

@@ladyrachel13 sorry - it's a doohicky

@@unclejack123 I think you're right! ☺

Can confirm. Alternatively, "Do-hicky" is also acceptable.

I think one side is supposed to be longer but that's my opinion

The width and height should have been equal.

I think he restored it the way he found it so blame the people in 1930 :D (it is visible that the original cross on it was so disproportioned too)

Yeah, yeah it was, but he did this helmet good

@Jorge Quigiven that the alternative is letting it rust and crumble to dust, it's better this way. You can't keep it as is when it's rusting.

The rust could've been neutralized.. From what I can tell, it was only surface rust. There was no pitting.

By just doing electrolisis, he could have eliminated rust, and keeping all the original paint.

Too much whining

He did have a bit of a guider because of the helmets spine.

@@Windows_XP_2005 Yeah but got the positioning of the cross COMPLETELY wrong, Far too high up and the upper vertical far too short as a result. Also not convinced the crest on the top of the helmet would have been white!

@@rexus6google guess there's no horizontal guider so yeah

I agree related to the Red Cross size... it's 5 squares....

@@rexus6google if you look at the thumbnail the top of the cross is indeed shorter and it’s in the right position

it triggers me too.

if you look at the original....its off too... he got it right!

Isn't it just the same proportions of the original? The only thing I noticed was the lack of C R F on the front (but I wouldn't have fancied masking that off either!)

I'm a bit triggered about the cross too.

@@billfear1 the bottom part doesn't go far enough down and the 'arms' are too thick. Should have traced the original before paint stripping.

Didn't like that he painted over those gold snaps either. That would've looked dope.

Its the only way sadly

@@blaahblaah5100 what gold snaps?

@@_GhostMiner I think he/she meant those gold colored pieces that connect the helmet parts seen at 6:30. At 7:37 you can see them being painted over.

@@blaahblaah5100 I think he just don't want to risk paint scratched because of riveting. so he riveted then painted

Weird seeing you here bosh

Me ha ha you read my mind

Always waiting for powder coating

i did

and blasting holes in it ?

Hay Day Falcon Что ты сказал??? Они тебе ничего не делали , так что ты их исподтишка не проклинай!

I think the same at this part, great!

Wait I don’t get it... didn’t he shoot himself on the chest, not the head?

@@dummydumdum5713 i was referring to his art style 😆

Why

Dummy Dumdum me

My two favorite channels. My Mechanics and Tysy ❤️

@@QTJoe i love Random Hands.

my mechanics I think those metal strips you used towards the end are called corrugated iron

@@QTJoe Yup, Your'e right, I subscribe both channels. We need more of Them... Greets from Poland :-)

My mechanics i love u, hahaha :P yours job are so great, perfect.

BakemonoKagami I think mexicans used this to

Its an adrian ww1 French helmet. The Red Cross used them as well.

I see you are an Italian Red Cross Master that's very neat

Annette Petrin that’s actually the italian version of an adrian helmet: adrian mod.16. In fact is made with only two metal parts: cap and crest. The french model, adrian mod.15, was made with four metal parts: cap, crest, front and rear visor.

@@robzombieshot no its ww2 the ww1 helemts were diffrent this version is a model 26

@@emmepi4945 no its french its the model 26

I've restored and helped restore some german ww2 helmets for reenacting. Personally, we look for an empty shell with no paint or no liner, and then base the look and paint job on existing helmets in better condition. Removing paint would be a waste and alot of the time make the item less valuable.

@@tostie3110 German helmets are a different story, when compared to an Adrian helmet. Only time I have stripped paint on a german helmet before is when the entire helmet was rusted and maybe 3% or less of the paint is intact. If you can see an insigna, I don't touch them much.

@maffimuk I was debating on putting together a youtube focused on military restoration or what to look for while collecting. Maybe a blog, I don't know.

yeah!! fix it!!!!

ITS TRUE

It really has C-R-F text on red plus with "Courier New" font, and those openings that he cover at 8:43 were vents for sweat, and there was thin layer of sponge between top cover and helmet itself to prevent dust and smoke comming from outside

i missed that! good eye!

@@technixbul Those "vents" were for if a badge was to be affixed to the front, as these helmets were multi purposed. The actual vent holes up top can be seen at 7:33.

Take some old paint, some paintstripper and let gravity do its thing. Pure art :-)

That’s exactly what I thought too! The texture was so Vincent.

'ear 'ear.

I was thinking Salvador Dali

Same

It hurts to see 😞

yeahh he totally ruined the history like that

or just give it a coat of the white paint after masking. so the red dont bleed out

@@propsygun6024 the pigment will make the white paint pink doing it that way, the clear acts as a barrier

C / B Yeah I’m a militaria collector and I’m kind of pissed he stripped it of the original paint a soldier had personally done. When it hits the market again it won’t be known as a French medics helmet, but as a refurbished Adrian’s helmet. Such a shame.

@@scottwhite1745 My thoughts as well.

He removed the original red cross and he made it also wrong size... zero accuracy! And as you can see inside the red cross you have 3 initials "C-R-F" that means Croix Rouge Francaise (French Red Cross) and he totally removed it!! This is not a restoration this is a complete crime for a lot of reasons.

Yes i understand what your saying but what if he didn't know how to restore around the original paint and cross,he may not be from here, plus this is a restoration. But i see why you are saying. Maybe a little consideration can go in not criticizing you just saying also comparing*

@@cyro._3665 He ordered & installed a repro liner (Which utilizes rivets.), and properly applied the paint. I don't doubt his competence when it comes to restoring; rather, I am concerned with his accuracy. >restore around the original paint and cross I don't dissent to stripping the original paint, as there is no way to remove corrosion from painted surfaces without taking away a finish (where applicable). However, his recklessness in the colour & application of paint are the problems. Firstly, he sprays on both the primer and finish; this is innacurate to the Interwar-Period, as aerosol paint had yet to be invented (This can be evidenced by the brush-strokes originally extant on the helmet.). Secondly, he chose a white which is untrue to the off-white/cream colour seen on other period examples, and the low-value red present on the red cross is also brighter than the original. Another problem with the paint-job is the Red Cross; rather than measure the original, he free-handed the measurements, and left out the CRF. This caused the distorted cross seen in the final product. Note how the bottom of the cross occupies a pair of liner-rivets, and brushes up against the crest (On the original.). On his version, he leaves space between both of these, making the vertical arms shorter than their horizontal counterparts, as well as thinner. Altogether, the paint-job makes a decent restoration seem like a lazy, unplanned, filler-video. >,he may not be from here, Since when did nationality correlate to competence? Also, where is "here?" For all you know, I could be typing this from El Viceroyality de Nueva España. Also, could you please reiterate the last sentence for me? No offence, but I can't understand it.

lol

Awww I got an ad :(

but one last thing that i am not agree with , is that last entry in frame is his creation

Mix video was that English?

No , it is a RU-vid video channel and video can be in any language , even in mute

Mix video no, I was talking about your comment... lol nvm moment lost.

Dolmeca the Knight its a ww2 Adrian helmet with a medic decal which he ruined.

Matthew McCabe bish I thought was too

because since the metal is very rusted, its thin. with sandblasting you take down rust but also a thin layer of metal. So there is a posibility of making some holes on the helmet. Also, not everyone has the sandblaster.

I thought the same thing...i was like..WTF AM I WATCHING.WHO TRICKED ME.WHY AM I HERE!!?? NOOOooo00oooo

Originals were hand painted

@GerhardVon Otto chill guy...he saved it from futher rot and its now preserved for future generations. Its not a museum piece and was in complete obscurity untill now. The original has been doctumented so what else do you want?

While this is true....it had to be done..there was no saving the original...im sure it was concidered but just look at it..you cant work around all that.

Yawn. It's his helmet you dolt. Get your own and restore it then. Or shut up.

@@DrLoverLover stfu HE is the one who is supposed to restore items, it's in his name, but when HE customizes the item it is no longer restoration.why don't you do it tough guy?

Sand blasting is much less work and much more fun.

Romy X Papy Gardien T’es malade toi dans ta tête

Perso en tant que collectionneur comme papy gardien, je trouves ça dégueulasse d'avoir détruit l'histoire de cette objet

Yeah that part got on my perfectionist gene a bit

That's actually sad.

Don't think its his wife but I could be mistaken

Wife or not wife, but so beauty woman

It is his wife. She has her own channel...make up and stuff

@@DEmma1972 congrats that man. Very lucky and talanted 👍

I love the non sequitur… “Your wife is beautiful too. You need to get a sandblaster.”

"Whoops! Zat vas not Medissin!" _patient dies_

"I healed a man who vill kill you"

Chub Chubz it’s missing the letters on the red cross

The color is off, the cross is offset and he left some bumps on the helmet.

Well, for one thing, it's too perfect. It was originally made under government contract. The white paint would have been flatter, uneven, and industrial looking. As for the red cross, the one he applied is a little narrower on the bottom than it is on the top. Plus, it's not in the same position as the original. It's higher. And the bottom is now longer than the top. And finally, the edges of the cross are too crisp. Instead of tape, the original manufactures would have used a template and been spraying about hundred a day. The crispness of the edges would have been the least of their concerns. Getting the helmets out the door would have been what mattered, finish be damned.

Craze same

Craze i did to

Craze that was 1,000,000,000 times better

Nerds can be beautiful too. :-P

Its France, what did you expect?

Dead comment, I know but pretty sure it's Romania

I think this is absolutely atrocious, I couldn't believe that he made the paint look worse than when he got it. He really should have done more research on it before he restored it.

Do some research on your own they are dishonest