The Barnstormer is a community-created headwear item for the Engineer. It is an old-fashioned, dark, team-colored pilot's hat with brown leather flight goggles, a black moustache and loose straps.
This hat has two styles, named "Bugscreen Up" and "Bugscreen Down". Bugscreen Up puts the goggles up on the Engineer's forehead, while Bugscreen Down puts them down, covering the Engineer's eyes.
The Barnstormer was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "The Hughes Improvement".
Painted variants
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Bugscreen Up
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An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge
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Color No. 216-190-216
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Peculiarly Drab Tincture
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Aged Moustache Grey
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A Distinctive Lack of Hue
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After Eight
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Radigan Conagher Brown
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Ye Olde Rustic Colour
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Muskelmannbraun
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Mann Co. Orange
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Australium Gold
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The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
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Dark Salmon Injustice
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Pink as Hell
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A Deep Commitment to Purple
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Noble Hatter's Violet
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A Color Similar to Slate
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Zepheniah's Greed
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Drably Olive
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Indubitably Green
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The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime
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A Mann's Mint
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Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)
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Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)
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Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)
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Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
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Team Spirit (RED)
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Team Spirit (BLU)
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Operator's Overalls (RED)
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Operator's Overalls (BLU)
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The Value of Teamwork (RED)
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The Value of Teamwork (BLU)
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An Air of Debonair (RED)
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An Air of Debonair (BLU)
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Cream Spirit (RED)
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Cream Spirit (BLU)
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Unpainted (RED)
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Unpainted (BLU)
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Bugscreen Down
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An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge
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Color No. 216-190-216
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Peculiarly Drab Tincture
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Aged Moustache Grey
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A Distinctive Lack of Hue
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After Eight
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Radigan Conagher Brown
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Ye Olde Rustic Colour
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Muskelmannbraun
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Mann Co. Orange
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Australium Gold
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The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
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Dark Salmon Injustice
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Pink as Hell
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A Deep Commitment to Purple
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Noble Hatter's Violet
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A Color Similar to Slate
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Zepheniah's Greed
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Drably Olive
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Indubitably Green
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The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime
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A Mann's Mint
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Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)
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Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)
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Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)
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Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
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Team Spirit (RED)
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Team Spirit (BLU)
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Operator's Overalls (RED)
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Operator's Overalls (BLU)
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The Value of Teamwork (RED)
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The Value of Teamwork (BLU)
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An Air of Debonair (RED)
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An Air of Debonair (BLU)
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Cream Spirit (RED)
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Cream Spirit (BLU)
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Unpainted (RED)
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Unpainted (BLU)
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Styles
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Bugscreen Up |
Bugscreen Down
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Update history
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- The Barnstormer was added to the game.
January 8, 2013 Patch
- Fixed styles not working properly for The Barnstormer.
January 16, 2013 Patch
- Fixed missing style names for The Barnstormer.
- [Undocumented] Updated the styles for the Barnstormer.
January 24, 2013 Patch
- [Undocumented] The Barnstormer was made craftable and was added to the Mann Co. Store.
February 1, 2013 Patch
- Updated the Barnstormer to fix LOD clipping issues.
July 10, 2013 Patch
- Added Barnstormer to the item drop system.
Trivia
- The description and original name refers to Howard Hughes, filmmaker and aviator also known for his excessive phobias and obsessions.