If you ever want to "age" your helmet liner don't use WD40 or gun oil, use avocado oil, no smell and it works just as well. In 1940 helmet makers were required to paint the helmets with paint containing aluminum oxide to give them a rougher less light-reflective finish, the M35s were repainted at that time. So if you want to repaint your M35 you can buy powdered aluminum oxide to mix in the paint field gray paint that was used in 1940 and after.
Not bad, though the near-glossy color is totally unrealistic. Anyway, it's only a reproduction of a helmet that still can be found, even if it's more and more expensive. Don't forget that, though many were lost or destroyed, more than 30 millions m 1935, 1940 and 1942 were made. In my opinion, any reproduction of this helmet, as good as it can be, is worthless, only good for reenactment
You are right about the Spanish helmet, It was not my intent nor did I say the spanish helmet was a M35, At the time I did not know the designation of the Model Z M42 Helmet, thank you for the correction.
The reproduction helmets always get the skirt and flair wrong, the skirt is always short on repos, some worse than others, but this ima one is a bit better, when I was younger I used to wonder where the film makers got their helmets, thinking they were real, cross of iron, Stalingrad etc, but now I can clearly see that they are replica, just by the skirting alone because the genuine German helmets perfect in shape, and especially the M42 helmets, which when I was younger I didn't know there was a m35, M40, M42, I just thought they were all the same, but thankfully because of internet we know a lot more, I'm 61 and grew up having to use the exchange and mart, back in the day when you could get an iron cross 1st class for £40, or a k98 bayonet for £18, but nowadays the militaria collecting world is ruined by greed, everything is out of the normal guy's price range, and especially German helmets, they're even selling bits of rusted helmet skirt, commanding £7\8 hundred for a so called original Normandy camo helmet, which always have the REPO, liners and chinstraps, basically an original shell painted and aged and repo liner, but the sad thing is that people, especially the younger generation of collectors are paying these prices and getting stung, and the information is here on the internet, I wish we had internet when I was growing up, the world's you're oyster nowadays, for ANYTHING, including information on the fake militaria etc, but like I said the ima repo is the best I've seen so far, good luck with your collecting mate, now maybe with you tube you may be able to buy a real one soon.
These are good reproductions and IMA shows a gun shot test and the helmet holds up very well. I did observe that behind the leather and liner band (they are maker marked) there is no felt as the originals so I rubber cement in a band. These are fun to decal, paint and age - for the price you can not go wrong!
@@GarrisonsMadHouse I have restored and converted a large pile of them for Reenactors that cannot find a Size 64 shell, with all the correct curves. There are literally 3 very minor differences in the M40/55 from the wartime German M40. The average guy would never even spot those differences and one of those differences would require he be a metallurgist. Using them for targets is short sided, they will go up in price just like every other helmet that stops being available and I've already made enough to turn that into REAL wartime German Helmets for my collection. It's been a 100% win/win the whole way through.
@@GarrisonsMadHouse You can't just grab a can of spray paint and call it a restoration and conversion. I Bring them all down to bare metal, knock out dents. I then use era appropriate oil based enamel paints and moderately used aluminum oxide mixed in the paint for texturing, as was done in the factories for the M40.. Then I bake the helmets in a paint oven for a period of time. After a month of curing I add "quality" M31 Reproduction liners and split pins. After that they will either get No decal, get a decal, or get a Camouflage paint job. Some get artificially aged, some don't. I get what IMA charges for their MODERN repros, the ones that are all painted and aged but their repros only come in size 68 shells. They have to be done with quality and look correct, they can't be painted with a friggin Spray Can and Battleship gray paint, that's what everyone gets wrong. If you don't have a HVLP gun and big air compressor, you can't get them right. Mine are closer to the original helmets than ANY repro on the market today with craptastic acrylic paint, end of story.
If you ever want to "age" your helmet liner don't use WD40 or gun oil, use avocado oil, no smell and it works just as well. In 1940 helmet makers were required to paint the helmets with paint containing aluminum oxide to give them a rougher less light-reflective finish, the M35s were repainted at that time. So if you want to repaint your M35 you can buy powdered aluminum oxide to mix in the paint field gray paint that was used in 1940 and after.
Great color choice, I love it ❤
Damn, poor bro needs some soap for those mechanic hands.
Not bad, though the near-glossy color is totally unrealistic. Anyway, it's only a reproduction of a helmet that still can be found, even if it's more and more expensive. Don't forget that, though many were lost or destroyed, more than 30 millions m 1935, 1940 and 1942 were made. In my opinion, any reproduction of this helmet, as good as it can be, is worthless, only good for reenactment
The spanish helmet isnt m35, it is z42 helmet original.
I own a Spanish helmet i bought this one from the company as a m35 reproduction
@@Thearmoryhubthem you got scammed. Thats a Spanish helmet.
@@Thearmoryhubthat is indeed Spanish
You are right about the Spanish helmet, It was not my intent nor did I say the spanish helmet was a M35, At the time I did not know the designation of the Model Z M42 Helmet, thank you for the correction.
The M35 I unboxed is a reproduction helmet from IMA the spanish helmet I showed was the m42 model z
The reproduction helmets always get the skirt and flair wrong, the skirt is always short on repos, some worse than others, but this ima one is a bit better, when I was younger I used to wonder where the film makers got their helmets, thinking they were real, cross of iron, Stalingrad etc, but now I can clearly see that they are replica, just by the skirting alone because the genuine German helmets perfect in shape, and especially the M42 helmets, which when I was younger I didn't know there was a m35, M40, M42, I just thought they were all the same, but thankfully because of internet we know a lot more, I'm 61 and grew up having to use the exchange and mart, back in the day when you could get an iron cross 1st class for £40, or a k98 bayonet for £18, but nowadays the militaria collecting world is ruined by greed, everything is out of the normal guy's price range, and especially German helmets, they're even selling bits of rusted helmet skirt, commanding £7\8 hundred for a so called original Normandy camo helmet, which always have the REPO, liners and chinstraps, basically an original shell painted and aged and repo liner, but the sad thing is that people, especially the younger generation of collectors are paying these prices and getting stung, and the information is here on the internet, I wish we had internet when I was growing up, the world's you're oyster nowadays, for ANYTHING, including information on the fake militaria etc, but like I said the ima repo is the best I've seen so far, good luck with your collecting mate, now maybe with you tube you may be able to buy a real one soon.
i picked one up, they arent bad, my plan is to use it for practice on weathering my M35
If and when you do the Swiss Vetterli Rifle, I'll be watching.
I converted mine to center fire and load necked down Lebel Brass.
These are good reproductions and IMA shows a gun shot test and the helmet holds up very well. I did observe that behind the leather and liner band (they are maker marked) there is no felt as the originals so I rubber cement in a band. These are fun to decal, paint and age - for the price you can not go wrong!
Wait is tht Spanish helmet original whts it called mine has the same badge type stamp in the front
Yes the one I had before unboxing was an original Spanish helmet
bonjournie to meet you. yeah.what a useful uploading-Bailman72- 🤗
Samir I have the same helmet thought mine was an original mine has the same stamp type stamp badge in the front
I always replace the crappy liner with a more accurate one.
How much did it cost
About 70 dollars
Can you show a police helmet??
Did you get this from Epic military
IMA
@@Thearmoryhubthanks I’ve got the same I misread the title 😂but thank you anyway
You can get the m40/55 contract ones. Some were produced by Quist in 1940 for Finland
ONLY in a Size 64 shell... Period
@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn they are also good targets for the range
@@GarrisonsMadHouse I have restored and converted a large pile of them for Reenactors that cannot find a Size 64 shell, with all the correct curves.
There are literally 3 very minor differences in the M40/55 from the wartime German M40.
The average guy would never even spot those differences and one of those differences would require he be a metallurgist. Using them for targets is short sided, they will go up in price just like every other helmet that stops being available and I've already made enough to turn that into REAL wartime German Helmets for my collection. It's been a 100% win/win the whole way through.
@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn so have I but nobody wants them
@@GarrisonsMadHouse You can't just grab a can of spray paint and call it a restoration and conversion. I Bring them all down to bare metal, knock out dents. I then use era appropriate oil based enamel paints and moderately used aluminum oxide mixed in the paint for texturing, as was done in the factories for the M40.. Then I bake the helmets in a paint oven for a period of time.
After a month of curing I add "quality" M31 Reproduction liners and split pins.
After that they will either get No decal, get a decal, or get a Camouflage paint job.
Some get artificially aged, some don't.
I get what IMA charges for their MODERN repros, the ones that are all painted and aged but their repros only come in size 68 shells.
They have to be done with quality and look correct, they can't be painted with a friggin Spray Can and Battleship gray paint, that's what everyone gets wrong.
If you don't have a HVLP gun and big air compressor, you can't get them right.
Mine are closer to the original helmets than ANY repro on the market today with craptastic acrylic paint, end of story.
Repop?😳 Some of Ima helmets are spaceball dark helmet oversized!😆
Jman