Production cast cowl shell/ Holy Grail

[Chuck Williams]

If you keep looking , eventually you get lucky.

In a trade for a covered cowl, I received what was described as "a production cast shell that was purchased from an estate sale in Hollywood".

While it bears every bump I would expect to see in a production shell, in particular the seam down the center, the trimming was done by someone without a clue of how to trim fiberglass or what a cowl shell should look like.

There are remains of score lines in the eye, face and sideburn areas.

I popped it into the mold of my Ultimate Cowl Shell and it fit almost like it was cast in that mold except where the trimming went wrong.

So in some ways I'm beside myself and in other ways it's almost like old news.

But mostly over the moon!

[Chuck Williams]

My first Holy Grail was a plaster cast taken from in inside of a screen used cowl that I traded for over 10 years ago...

[BiffPow]

Cool!

Looks like some archeological find for an ancient BatRoman.

[AndyFish]

Amazing find, Chuck! Congratulations!

[Ben Bentley]

Your tenacity and perseverance knows no bounds, Dr Williams!

[A. Pennyworth]

Now to try and match it up possibly to one seen on screen! That odd angle outside side edge on the right eye might help.

[Chuck Williams]

Thanks Guys!! I've been mulling over the next step in the restoration.

AP, I don't think it was screen used. I wish it had been!!
There is no sign of padding or traces of any cover ever being on it.
It was just an unused casting or a test of some kind.

My best guess is that it was cast during the show as a test and it was trimmed or retrimmed later by a former owner.
The other possibility is that it was cast by someone with access to the production mold.

The sideburns have been trimmed quite short unfortunately and in the wrong shape compared to other screen used examples.

I'm tempted to recreate the sideburns and repair the bad trimming. It also needs to be re-enforced a bit. It's very beaten up.

[Chuck Williams]

The eye cutouts do match the width and height of the Hardeman cowl though... Just roughly done...
Which are bigger that Stwarts cowl's eyes.

See, I live for this stuff! LOL!

[rsaffle]

I would probably leave it alone. It has its own story that way.

[BiffPow]

I would probably leave it alone. It has its own story that way.

I agree with (R)andy.