F1 Helmet with Desert Storm Daguet Cover+Car Door Trim Edging.

Managed to track down some edging and am over the moon as it looks pretty much identical to the stuff used by the French Military

I own 100s of various helmets-some extremely rare and some exotic but i must say that this humble helmet now ranks as one of my all time favourites

Nice one Rich, I really like whatt you've done there...I am inspired Mate

Easy Gee wrote:Nice one Rich, I really like whatt you've done there...I am inspired Mate

Thanks Gary,i love it and think it worked out quite well

Gulf91 wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Nice one Rich, I really like whatt you've done there...I am inspired Mate

Thanks Gary,i love it and think it worked out quite well

Definetely Mate, did you source the door trim from ebay, I may do the same Mate..looks very authentic

Hope you don't mind me tagging mine onto yours Rich

And another "tagger on" Rich, Vive La France Ebay, worth the hassle yes indeed !!!

im gonna tag on as well if you dont mind guys heres my example ,ive come to the conclution no two covers are the same

Excellent.

and here she is fitted with cover ,this has to be one of my favs now

Great examples Jay, nice one Mate, I've seen a few covers with mainly the brown on sand ,but not the greeny/grey..cool Mate

Gulf91 wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Nice one Rich, I really like whatt you've done there...I am inspired Mate

Thanks Gary,i love it and think it worked out quite well

Was there a specific keyword you used to search ebay for the door trim with the rough edges? Looks great!

Gulf91 wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Nice one Rich, I really like whatt you've done there...I am inspired Mate

Thanks Gary,i love it and think it worked out quite well

Would you mind posting a picture of it off the helmet? Thanks!!

Having PC/Camera problems so cannot upload any pics Im afraid but from memory just did an Ebay search for rubber car door trim-think it comes in various sizes and for the life of me cannot remember which size I got(struck lucky first time I guess)

Done a quick search now and these are just 2 examples of the 100s that come up and are Im sure similar to what I used

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Door-Rubber-Edge-Seal-Trim-/170644235271?hash=item27bb306407

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STD-Black-Car-Door-Boot-EDGE-TRIM-SEAL-PVC-Rubber-Caravan-Camper-Moped-4x4-/331543781441?hash=item4d318ca041

Gulf91 wrote:Having PC/Camera problems so cannot upload any pics Im afraid but from memory just did an Ebay search for rubber car door trim-think it comes in various sizes and for the life of me cannot remember which size I got(struck lucky first time I guess)

Done a quick search now and these are just 2 examples of the 100s that come up and are Im sure similar to what I used

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Door-Rubber-Edge-Seal-Trim-/170644235271?hash=item27bb306407

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STD-Black-Car-Door-Boot-EDGE-TRIM-SEAL-PVC-Rubber-Caravan-Camper-Moped-4x4-/331543781441?hash=item4d318ca041

I guess I will roll the dice with the 9.5mm one. What is that book by the way?

Will have to dig it out.

I thought that this edging looked familiar. And then I found some in my garage, enough to do one of my French helmets. I had it left over from years ago when I worked for a company that built heavy off-road equipment. The edging was used in the machine cabs. I guess saving junk pays off sometimes.

The height of the edging is 15 mm.

As fitted to the helmet:

Looking Good.

Gulf91 wrote:Will have to dig it out.

Did you ever find out what book that is?

The book is:

Eric Micheletti and Yves Debay, Victory in the Gulf (London: Windrow & Greene, 1991), 130 pp.

Lots of good colour images of American, French, and British troops.