Daft Punk Helmet Guy - Manuel 24k Gold Plated Homemade LEDs

This is my homemade Guy-Manuel Daft Punk helmet with working LEDs and plated in 24k gold. This helmet began life as a CAD model made in SolidWorks by two engineer brothers. We FDM 3D printed the helmet out of ABS and made a vacuum former and a wooden mold to form the visor. We then rattle-canned some automotive tint onto the visor and started putting it all together. After a ton of sanding and bondo, we manage to get a smooth enough finish on the FDM part to begin the plating proc...ess which started with a primer that allowed copper to adhere to it, then after many layers of copper, some gold. We then put in some LEDs that our friend cooked up for us - and voila - a fairly legit replica of Guy-Manuel's Daft Punk helmet.I want to sell it because A) despite how cool it is, I have bad memories attached to this project. It was just supposed to be a fun craft project for me to learn some skills and it turned into a very expensive project. B) The helmet was in my trunk when someone slammed into the rear of my car and totaled my car. It was protected as best as I can keep it, but as you can see in the picture, it suffered some damage.So instead of trying to fix it while also wrestling with my bad memories just so my wife can ask me where I intend to keep it, I'd rather just sell it to the highest bidder.I'll list the visor mold in another listing if you want to try making your own vacuum former (it's incredibly easy and fun, just look it up on your favorite video hosting website.) Just look for my other ebay listings.Please take a good look in the photos because what you see is what you'll get. If you enjoy messing with electronics, this might be a good project to continue and end up with an extremely legit Daft Punk helmet replica.Oh, and the LEDs are powered by four AAA batteries. Edit: I added four images that zoom in on the damage. Copper corrosion peeking through the gold plating on the right side, and the left ear cup pushed in. Also, this is a video my brother posted several years ago when we first made it - before the gold plating.
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