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Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 1:47 pm

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As requested here are the pictures of my MiG pilots helmet/headphones: to complete this project you will need:
1) Pilots helmet, preferably one which has existing headphones inside it. Soviet era MiG pilots helmets (such as my own) currently seem to have glutted the market and are reletively inexpensive.
2) Additional wiring: the wiring inside the helmet itself is probably still usable, but if not you need to use your own.
3) Soddering gun
4) New pair of headphones.
5) Glue. Good glue, prefereably suitable for leather.
6) a modern headphone connection (the sticky part of your headphones you plug into the music player to hear delicious tunes)

You will need to rip out the existing head phones inside the helmet (you can not do this and use them, but they are shitty 70's-80's soviet made crap, so presuming you want things like "quality" in your music, I suggest you bite the bullet and buy some new ones you can harvest the speakers from). In order to do this you will need to peel back the foam (foam?) ear cushion and do ripping. Now sodder your new headphones in. That plug in the back looks wierd so gut it out, sodder the new wiring on, and put the new outlet sticky part on the end. Put into into your mp3 or cd player and you should have amazing sound quality, or silence. If the later go back and retrace your steps: either the wiring in the helmet is old and faulty or you have'nt soddered something correctly. THIS IS POSSIBLE: TRUST ME!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Sidnay/118.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Sidnay/122.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Sidnay/130.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Sidnay/131.jpg

This has been brought to you by Sidnay: DIY Steampunk is the best Steampunk biggrin

Bad-a**. A truly great way to re-purpose an old item.

ewwwww, image quoting!!!
that aside, that is some VERY nice headgear, do you wear it whenever you want to listen to your music or do you have "back-up" headphones for more lightweight listening?

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 2:47 pm

@Rob-- Well my area community is really close knit and John moved down here recently. John is super-friendly so it's really easy to get to know him in that setting.

@Kurisu-- (is that the the romanization of the katakanaization of your name?) And I think red is an awesome color for Steampunk! Jewel tones(ruby red, sapphire blue, emerald green), as they're called, are classic. I would gravitate for richer colors, but it's not as if the victorians were totally adverse to bright colors. It's just that it may be hard to incorporate such a loud piece into an outfit. If you have no other use for the shirt you could always try a tea-dye to bring the tone down a few notches.

@Sydney-- Truly awesome work.

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Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:12 pm

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@Rob-- Well my area community is really close knit and John moved down here recently. John is super-friendly so it's really easy to get to know him in that setting.

@Kurisu-- (is that the the romanization of the katakanaization of your name?) And I think red is an awesome color for Steampunk! Jewel tones(ruby red, sapphire blue, emerald green), as they're called, are classic. I would gravitate for richer colors, but it's not as if the victorians were totally adverse to bright colors. It's just that it may be hard to incorporate such a loud piece into an outfit. If you have no other use for the shirt you could always try a tea-dye to bring the tone down a few notches.

@Sydney-- Truly awesome work.

My red shirt was actually purchased for an Engineer costume for motor City Comic Con.

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:40 pm

At the moment I actually need to sodder the wires back to the plug because I used thos temporary filament stuff which has burnt out apparently, so I need to not be lazy this time round...

I wear it whenever I can though; the sound quality is very good, because I harvested speakers from a good pair of headphones. I thought about using ear buds but that seemed like a cop-out considering the wiring that already existed in the helmet. Besides that I wanted it to be real headphones. I use them all the time! Unless it's raining because I'm not convinced that this leather is water proof. So to answer your question more directly Fire-Link, I wear them when weather permits.

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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:10 pm

Me on the left, my friend on the right, dressed up in SF.

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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:06 pm

ooooo! nice outfits!

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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:37 am

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I purchased the miniature tophat at Teatro Zinzanni's, a Steampunkish dinner theater in San Fran. The rest I have just sort of accumulated over time.

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I just now noticed this picture...where was it taken? I'm from NW Cali and it looks like it's from around my hometown.

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:14 am

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This is me from the third day of the World Steampunk Expo.

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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:27 am

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This is me from the third day of the World Steampunk Expo.

Very lovely. Hope it wasn't too hot in it though.

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:21 pm

The Choleric One

And here's a picture of me and my friend at a convention:

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I guess that's all I have in the way of pictures right now...

>.> Did your friend get those goggles at Disneyland?

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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:45 pm

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>.> Did your friend get those goggles at Disneyland?

I think she got them somewhere in New York...

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:45 am

The Choleric One

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>.> Did your friend get those goggles at Disneyland?

I think she got them somewhere in New York...

I saw goggles similar to those for sale at MCC

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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:50 pm

Me at the steampunk club in my area, getting photo bombed.
There is more on my face book.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=568186522&v=photos

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:17 am

@illusionwings: Nice one, I love it smile The gun is nice too.
I just made a new outfit since I got a nice long white skirt smile I may be submitting a photo in a few days.
@The Choleric One: wow nice, I love the one on the left withz the big fluffy hair 3nodding

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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:38 am

illusionwings

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i272/rampager8/P5060267.jpg
Me at the steampunk club in my area, getting photo bombed.
There is more on my face book.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=568186522&v=photos

There did you get that gun? I swear it VERY closely resembles that epic revolver from Trigun.

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