smcpeake Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 King Arms IBH No Shine Insignia Full Color IR Flag ACU Cat-Eye Band Norotos "Rhino" Mount Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pkm200901 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 are you actually a captain? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roecar Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Finally have some pictures of my lid, its about 80% done. My Surefire Helmet light and MS2000 Strobe came in today but I have no acceptable way of mounting either. Without further ado here is my budget Ops-Core style Protec. Edited February 18, 2011 by Roecar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smcpeake Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) meant to take the ranks off before i took the pic, just forgot. anyway, it's just for looks. Edited February 18, 2011 by smcpeake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goonz Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Finally have some pictures of my lid, its about 80% done. My Surefire Helmet light and MS2000 Strobe came in today but I have no acceptable way of mounting either. Without further ado here is my budget Ops-Core style Protec. Nice lid! 2 questions for you, where did you get the velcro? And with what glue did you attach it? Edited February 18, 2011 by goonz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roecar Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Nice lid! 2 questions for you, where did you get the velcro? And with what glue did you attach it? I got the velcro from optactical.com. They have 2"x12" and 4"x12" lengths. I ended up using a combination of both on my lid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
binarypunisher Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 SDS 2001 Ops-Core H-harness Ops-Core Rails Ops-Core VAS Shroud Team Wendy Pads ContourHD Helmet Cam S&S V-Lite MPLS was ordered over a month ago...still hasnt arrived but that will be added. Norotos AKA2 mount is pending as well. Plan on painting it all when its complete.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheEgo Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 binarypunisher Could you please show how you mounted the Contour HD to the Ops-Core rails. Looks very nice btw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonarthur Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 dont paint it ! it looks hot like that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Binary, very jealous of the 2001, I just can't swing the $400 for a new one and have yet to find one used. Here's a sneak at my CVC conversion so far Started with this and now I've got this DH132a size small Skydex PAGST conversion kit MCH-ARC rail (clones as I wasn't sure they'd fit) I'm waiting on some color correct velcro and a VAS clone (again wasn't sure about fit). I also hate the paint I thought it would come out flat, but it is slightly glossy, I've got to track down some Krylon camo or I'm going to get a friend to dura coat it. So far it's cost me....$145 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
binarypunisher Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 binarypunisher Could you please show how you mounted the Contour HD to the Ops-Core rails. Looks very nice btw. http://www.dnkholdings.net/?p=492 - Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheEgo Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Brian, brilliant info there thank you very much. The "home brew"/Ghetto approach looks really good from the casual observer, I almost thought you had a proper mount of some description. Funnily enough I was on the Contour forum today, looking at a thread specifically about mounting options for military helmets HERE. A guy there who works for Contour, basically admitted that they are workin with OPS-Core on a mount, due out very soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) Finally got some Krylon Camo series paint... re-painted my shell, let me know what you think... Result... with flash Edited February 20, 2011 by frogfish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pkm200901 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 theres a molle mount for the contour out now, wouldnt' be hard to mount to the rails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheEgo Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Do you mean picatinny? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wingmann Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Keep it simple Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyler8158 Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Ops Core FAST Base Jump Mil Version ITT PVS-14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
binarypunisher Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 theres a molle mount for the contour out now, wouldnt' be hard to mount to the rails. I have the Contour picatinny mount, I dont recommend it for mounting on a helmet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cephas Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) After getting some velcro and some adjustments to the straps I can say I done with my replica fast ballistic helmet. If you want to build one you'll need the following: 1.IBH, I think mine was a king arms but not sure. The IBH has extra material around the ears so all you need to do is place the arc rails on the side and trace the amount of material that you need to cut off. MICH's work okay but the bulge from head to ears starts too soon, so you'll wind up with rail with no helmet material underneath. The IBH's run about $50 2.MICH 2001 with NVG mount and side rail. I wound up buying a complete helmet because I could only find a replica VAS shroud. The only place I could find just ops core style 2010 side rails with helmet mounts was from, well ops core. The MICH 2001 with everthing I needed was $80. The sides rails alone from ops core retail $70. 3.Ops Core X-nape. Since I already had this for my IBH I used this instead of the ACH occ-dial kit which retails for $130. The x-nape retails for $56. 4.2" width tan velcro with adhesive. The 2001 came with velcro but it wasn't enough to get the look I was going for. Cost was about $5. All in all if you had to buy all the materials it comes in about $190. That's excluding the work you have to put in to shape the helmet. It made sense for me since I already had an IBH and x nape. Plus I was going for the FAST Ballistic look not base jump or bump versions. After everything I realized that the $240 for the base jump is a pretty good deal. Hope that helps everyone. Thanks for any comments, God bless. Edited February 21, 2011 by Cephas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ericfine50 Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 cephas - What did your helmet start as? A MICH? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Nice I really like it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) cephas - What did your helmet start as? A MICH? If you want to build one you'll need the following: 1.IBH,I think mine was a king arms but not sure. The IBH has extra material around the ears so all you need to do is place the arc rails on the side and trace the amount of material that you need to cut off. MICH's work okay but the bulge from head to ears starts too soon, so you'll wind up with rail with no helmet material underneath. The IBH's run about $50 ..... Edited February 21, 2011 by frogfish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
master_titled Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Frogfish's CVC looks like a good alternative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) It works, but it's just that, another alternative. I would say the IBH is actually the best option as the rails don't lie flat on the CVC shell because of a very slight flaire right over the ears, and the CVC cut is much higher and you end up with no helmet under the rails. Here are hopefully some better shots to show that, it's still a WIP so hopefully as the rest of my stuff comes in it will look much more complete... The bungie on the front is to make into NVG retention hooks when I finally make it to wal-mart to get the hooks, and the paracord tube in the back is to help secure a counterweight bag when it gets here. you can see through the rails here... CEPHAS if I manage to get my hands on a real IBH shell I may need to send it your way for some converting, you did a wonderful job. Edited February 21, 2011 by frogfish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ericfine50 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 ..... Woops - missed the entire post.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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