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Charging along in the front rank of the advance guard, I am apparently the first person to notice the distinctly reptilian look of bicycle helmets. It was a pleasure to do something with this dopey piece of Styrofoam that didn’t involve putting it on one’s head. (Anyone over twelve years old who wears one is a sissy. Under twelve, we’re faced with the pathetic image of the big-headed urchin earnestly pedaling up and down the driveway, redlined at .02 mph.)
But let’s don’t get into a rant about it. I just wanted to mention a couple of details about the piece. It was surprisingly hard to get a good fit where the lower jaw goes into the head. Lots of work with a rasp. The only big cosmetic problem I had was filling in the ventilation holes or slots in the top of the helmet. Inside was easy enough; just slather in some filler and paint it. The outside was a little more tricky. Some lizards or iguanas have dangly Rasta-like “fingers” hanging from their head and I decided to go for that look (Dready Dredlocks meets Kermit). Staying with the “fingers” motif, I shot a pair of leather gloves full of expanding foam and clamped them shut and overnight they puffed up like when you blow up a latex glove. Then I carved out the fingers and the foam was squishy enough that I could pinch the base and stick them in the helmet slots and the foam re-expanded a little and the fingers were secure. Didn’t even need glue.
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