The accessory 1:48 British armored vehicle crew helmet - the detail variant is a small casting for altering figures in 1:48 scale. The manufacturer also makes the same helmet in a version without this designation.
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A modeling accessory of its own in 1:48 scale: a casting of the British helmet for armored vehicle crews. It is an accessory for figures, not a kit or a finished figure. The accessory is marked as the detail variant; the manufacturer makes the same helmet without this designation as well, so go by the full wording of the name.
The helmet of an armored vehicle crew solves a different task from an infantry one: it protects the head above all against knocks in a cramped fighting compartment, and that is why it has a smaller and more compact shell with no wide brim that would get in the way in a hatch. On a model the difference shows clearly, so a figure of a tank crewman in an infantry helmet looks wrong at once. The 1:48 scale is popular with British vehicles precisely because the model takes up less room and the details of the crew are legible on it all the same.
The casting is very small at this scale, so separate it from the casting block with a saw or a sharp knife and work over a surface where the part is easy to find again. Wash a resin casting in lukewarm water with detergent before painting and glue it with cyanoacrylate glue; a plastic one is joined with ordinary modeling cement. Wet-sand and do so with respiratory protection. After the primer apply the paint only in very weak coats, otherwise you will flood the shape. A light dark wash and fine drybrushing of the edges will pull the detail out; finish the surface with a matte varnish. Paint it before setting it on the figure.
The accessory is supplied unassembled and unpainted. The figure, glue, paints and other accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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