ctres94 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 If you fit a medium mich2000/ACH then you should be fine. I have a moderately small noggin and it works for me, but it could go a bit larger. Also, if absolutely necessary, there is a bit of overlap between the two pieces of the shell and you could expand it a bit to create a little more room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noveske Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) My Ops Core FAST Carbon with an Angry Bird LOL: Â Â - OPS-Core FAST Carbon (Tan) - OPS-Core VAS Shroud - First Spear Hybrid Helmet Cover - Norotos AKA2 Mount - Wilcox J-Arm - ITI PVS-14 Pinnacle - MS-2000 Beacon - Princeton-tec Switch MPLS (IR/White) - SmithOptics Elite Boogie Regulators w/ Bungee kit Edited March 21, 2013 by Noveske Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawaiianjuggernaut Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Tactical Angry Bird... Losing faith in humanity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
St Matt Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Does anyone have any advice on the merson FAST helmet sizing? Are they fairly acommodating for us big headed people? Â Also I notice Emerson make a mesh multicam cover for the FAST, anyone tried one? Are they any good as obviously they are much cheaper than the Ops Core Hybrid cover etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GhostWolf Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Looking for the Emerson over the TMC but can't seem to find who sells the Emerson. I have seen the Emerson airframe multicam cover but the colors don't seem as good as the Crye version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
druid799 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 I have the Emerson cover on my airframe and my mate has the genuine crye cover , have to say the difference in colour is marginal . I also cut and re-stitched it over the gap between the two shells to match the crye . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Team Wendy Exfil helmet. Love it. Very comfortable and stable with NVGs. Edited March 22, 2013 by Viking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hut73 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Does anyone have any advice on the merson FAST helmet sizing? Are they fairly acommodating for us big headed people? Â Also I notice Emerson make a mesh multicam cover for the FAST, anyone tried one? Are they any good as obviously they are much cheaper than the Ops Core Hybrid cover etc. Emerson's typically equate to about a m/l in the OpsCore sizing. If you've got a bigger melon, you might consider an FMA or DragonRed as they run more like an l/xl. Â As for the mesh covers, if you're on Facebook, look up Matthews Tactical. He's making custom covers that are of excellent quality at very reasonable prices. Our whole team will soon be sporting them in m81 woodland. Â Sent from my totally sexy, Android powered, IPod killing, Samsung Galaxy S3 ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GhostWolf Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I have the Emerson cover on my airframe and my mate has the genuine crye cover , have to say the difference in colour is marginal . I also cut and re-stitched it over the gap between the two shells to match the crye . Â Any chance of popping a pic of it up? Also I can't find a vendor for the Emerson Airframe cover anywhere on the net Quote Link to post Share on other sites
St Matt Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks for the advice Hut73, I definitely have a big melon! Â Have any of you got any tips on the MFH ops core fast helmet? I can't seem to find any info on MFH, is it just a helmet by another manufacturer but under a different name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
druid799 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Any chance of popping a pic of it up? Also I can't find a vendor for the Emerson Airframe cover anywhere on the net sorry left i out its a mich 2000 cover , but this is what it looks like on an airframe ; Quote Link to post Share on other sites
St Matt Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 That looks great druid you would never tell that that cover is actually for a different helmet! Â Thanks again for your help!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
St Matt Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Emerson's typically equate to about a m/l in the OpsCore sizing. If you've got a bigger melon, you might consider an FMA or DragonRed as they run more like an l/xl. As for the mesh covers, if you're on Facebook, look up Matthews Tactical. He's making custom covers that are of excellent quality at very reasonable prices. Our whole team will soon be sporting them in m81 woodland. Sent from my totally sexy, Android powered, IPod killing, Samsung Galaxy S3 ;-) Thanks for the sizing advice, have just ordered a FMA version so we will see how it fits on arrival!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Making the rail mount lower profile would be a good move. It drives me nuts how not low profile the Contour ARC rail mount is. And the home brew solutions I've seen people do to adapt regular Ops-Core mounts haven't been the strongest and most reliable applications from my experience. MightyMints has been using velcro, I'm giving 3M dual lock a shot when I get back home. I tried some 3M velcro on mine ... while it wouldn't fly off it didn't seem particularly steady. Running around yielded some shaky footage. guess you've never used dual lock, its not really velcro, simmilar in concept but not the same. Â Sorry to resurrect a long since dead conversation. But did you end up having any success with the dual lock? I recently looked into dual lock again and it doesn't appear to work with regular loop velcro. So if your helmet has loop velcro already on it (as do most airframes, ops core helmets, and associated helmet covers) installing dual lock onto the contour camera shouldn't work (unless you discovered differently). I personally use 3M Velcro Hook on the inside face of the contour camera and stick that to the helmet's loop velcro. However like I experienced before, the camera would still rock a little with rigorous movement. So I installed some loop velcro onto the outside face of the contour camera and arc rail and then had a length of velcro hook wrap over the entire camera strapping it down securely to the helmet. It works, but I'd like to believe there's a more elegant and low profile solution than that. Â What do the rest of you guys do for contour camera mounting if you don't wish to use the arc rails? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pkekyo-Nor Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Dual-lock only interfaces with dual-lock, so you would have to add it to your helmet as well. In the army we used it for all sorts of hi-tech *suitcase*, but I opted against using it for my contour. Instead, I've got a Contour Low-Pro Mount on my Comtacs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Extraordinaire Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 For FAST helmet sizing, the Dragon Red Premium version is the largest Ops-Core replica I've handled to date. Â Here's a comparison shot of the Dragon Red Premium FAST Ballistic and the TMC AirFrame:Here's my Dragon Red FAST with a Crye Precision AirFrame Helmet Cover in Medium: Â -Ex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blarock86 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 My helmet anno 2013: Â Â Â TMC Airframe Crye Airframe rails Crye MC Airframe cover Z-tactical headset mounts Z-tactical Comtac II Custom made ANVIS battery pack with cover V-lite (replica) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PianoBlack Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 And now for something completely different: Â Â Red-Alliance Maska 1 Replica. It was a custom run by several members of RA and I might refinish it so it isn't beat up nearly as much. The exterior is steel. Â Enjoy! Piano Quote Link to post Share on other sites
St Matt Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Just for interests sake I came accross these today for all you FAST helmet lovers, another funky cover.... Â http://www.strikehold.net/2013/03/21/mohawk-helmet-cover-from-agilite/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I picked this ACM MICH (was advertised as a 2000 but am I right in thinking it's a 2001?) from my local site forum and decided that it needed a splash of colour as I thought black wasn't the best colour for it. I used Halfords kahki, green and brown camouflage rattle cans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
atomicaardvark Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 It certainly looks more like a MICH 2001 than a MICH 2000, although it isn't really surprising to hear that it was 'mis-labelled' as I've seen these being sold on websites listed as 2000s when they're clearly not (a dead giveaway is that the ACH ARC rails weren't designed with the 2001 in mind so they don't really seem to fit). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Selkies Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looks like the CVC helmet mod, it's originally a tank crew helmet. But with some basic modifications it can make an excellent infantry helmet. Â Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2 Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ctres94 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Guys, it's a mich 2001 replica with FAST helmet arc rails, hence the weird look. Ops core makes Arc rails for the mich helmets and they fit just fine on the 2000, 2001, and 2002. MSA also made Arc rails for the mich series helmets before the production rights were sold to ops core. These ones have a slightly different shape than the ops core mich version. The FAST helmet has a totally different cut so that the rails are not even compatible with any mich helmets, hence the extra holes drilled in cheap replicas that use the FAST type rails. Â For reference MSA mich rails http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab25/greygroupcommunity/Ops-Core%20X%20Nape%20with%20Supreme%20Pro/DSC_0012.jpg Ops core mich rails http://www.elitedefense.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/600x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/o/2/o23.jpg FAST helmet rails http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Peltor-ARC-Kit.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Just got my TMC Airframe. Of course I will be adding all the cool lights and stuff, haha. First helmet that fits me. I have quite the large head. Are the screws too large, or did I mount the VAS wrong? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Crash Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I'm looking for a ops core for my big melon and decided on the DragonRedAirsoft one. Can someone confirm the site is reliable, because I can find little information about it and some of it is bad (but dated 2008.http://www.airsoftforum.com/board/Dragonred-Airsoft-t97508.html )?Also can someone comment on the difference between the basic and premium version? If you have seen both in person. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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