Category: Jawa (e4)

Minor Fix…

Just didn’t look right…

After seeing the new hood in use, I wasn’t real happy with the “roundness” across the top. The craft foam gives it to much of a “conehead” look…

So, I removed that foam, and I think the hood looks MUCH better…

Size Up…

Bigger, and better…

I got a used pair of Uggs on eBay. The first step was to cut the scraps of robe & hood material into strips. Then, to start the boot wraps, I ran a strip around the sole, adhering it with hot glue…

Here, both boots have the first strip applied. I made small cuts where the material gathered, and glued it all down nice and flat…

Then, the rest of the boot was covered with strips of cloth. You want to make sure you wrap it randomly, so it doesn’t look predictable. Sometimes, I had three to four strips criss-crossing in different directions to give it that “hand wrapped” look…

Simplification…

New and improved..

To soften the transition between the hard hockey mask and the soft ball cap, I cut a piece of foam…

And adhered it ni place…

The new cloth I’ll be using to cover the face area is the recommended black speaker material. I’m using some regular black cotton material to make some ties…

The ties, folded and pressed…

I then ran a stitch down each side…

The new ties, pinned in place at the bottom of the new face cloth…

Test fitting the new face cloth…

I just used hot glue to secure the new face cloth in place…

To cover the wires and rivets, I cut a couple of pieces of foam…

And, adhered them in place…

Now that the back part of the eyes are black, I wanted to add a bit of reflectivity to the inside, so I cut some small disks of foil tape…

And stuck them in the back…

Here, the eye backs are attached…

And, with the clear cups attached…

These eyes look SO much better that the old ones…

Simplification…

New and improved..

The yellow on the eye caps has always bugged me…

So, I painted them black…

Simplification…

New and improved..

The bill I cut off the front of the hat is this nice thick plastic material. So, why not make a battery holder out of it?

I marked out the design…

Then, cut it out…

I used a soldering iron to heat the fold lines, and “plastic welded” it all together where the sides connected…

That actually made a nice solid battery holder…

I then drilled some small holes so I can sew it in place on the ball cap…

Simplification…

New and improved..

I first removed the eyes…

Then removed the black fur and cloth…

Here, the bottom portion of the old foam has been removed. I want to redo the wiring, as well. Still deciding how I want to do that…

The original elastic strapping that came on the hockey mask was always difficult to keep straight and didn’t hold things very secure. So, I’m switching over to a better solution. I found a youth size black baseball cap at Hobby Lobby that has an adjustable velcro closure on the back. I cut off the bill…

Then, pop riveted the mask to the hat…

To redo the wiring, I think I want to run it on the outside of the mask…

I extended the wires, and added in an on/off switch…

The mask had a small opening that was perfect to run the wires through. I also cut off the excess mask material at the top…

A Simple Task…

Just need to make it bigger…

After measuring the length needed for the new hood, I just placed the old hood on top and cut out a slightly bigger piece…

I then pinned up the area that will be the front opening of the hood. The black material is the lining, and I’m leaving a small “channel” of fabric to be able to slip the piece of coax cable into…

The front of the hood, completely sewn, with the liner in place. Also, located the center point of the hood to know where to sewn in the piece of velcro…

The velcro sewn in place…

A suggestion on some Youtube videos is to place a piece of craft foam in the top of the hood to keep if from sagging. Here, I’ve marked the center point with a pin…

And here, I’ve marked the center point of the hood with a pin…

After spraying some adhesive onto the foam, I aligned the pins and stuck it to the black liner cloth…

I then used HeatnBond to attached the liner cloth to the main hood…

Here’s the piece of coax cable that will go in the front of the hood opening…

Here’s the hood with the piece of coax cable inserted…

Next, I need two strips of cloth to make the hood ties. I ran a stitch about one quarter of an inch along all of the raw edges to keep the fraying at bay…

Then, the cloth strips were attached to each side of the hood…

Looks Good…

Much better…

The new robe fits really well. Since we had a troop today, we had to just use some of the old parts. The hood color didn’t quite match, but it wasn’t really that noticeable…