Helmet paint work

i had a half day for myself, using it to paint the wrecker helmet.

at first there was a little bit sanding of the surface, to get a "rough" ground for the primer paint.

here it is in a light grey:

after that i painted it dull black.

now let´s go to the much more complicated work. 

using some reference pictures from the net from the original tv series to get an authentic looking helmet, i worked in steps. masking here, drying with an industrial air dryer there.

Some more pictures from the painting process:

in the end it looked like this; not perfect, but very close...