Painting up two MKII lids that I've had for a while. Loosely based on the First War lids on display at the IWM, where I was surprised at how many were varying shades of poo brown.
Here is the helmet as it came - lots of surface rust and what looks like tar.
Stripped down with wire brush, revealing what looks like a 1942 date stamp inside the rim
EDIT: BMB stands for Briggs Motor Bodies, who made a range of military and civilian metal helmets in their factory at Dagenham, East London
Even the bare metal was very badly pitted so I went for a sand texture. Here primered, sprayed and sanded.
Painted up with a RA flash and slightly weathered.
and the other one done up as boxfresh Service Brown 
The 'Tar' is residue from the break down of the liner of a helmet stacked on top.
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The 'Tar' is residue from the break down of the liner of a helmet stacked on top.
Blimey. Well it did a good job of resisting Messrs Black & Decker.
The 'Tar' is residue from the break down of the liner of a helmet stacked on top.
Exactly what I was just about to reply with!
It is very stubborn stuff...
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