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Photo etched seatbelts
Topic Started: Oct 10 2010, 08:48 PM (690 Views)
sealteamsix
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I have just bought Tamiya Spitfire with photo etch seatbelts I was just wondering what I can use instead of paint to make the seatbelt more real looking.
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Edgar
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Chuck them away, and replace with fabric; I use a self-adhesive bandage, like Micropore, for 1/48 & 1/32 cockpits, with carpet-joining tape (also self-adhesive) for 1/24. Radu Brinzan also supplies a superb set of 1/32 Sutton seatbelts (RB-P32016,) which are fabric, and require little effort (but good eyesight, and steady hands) to use.
There were very few metal parts, in a Sutton harness, and they were rarely draped, nicely, over the back and base of the seat, as well, since it was murder, for the "erk," to pull them free, when the pilot sat down. Mostly, the lapbelts hung below the seat, but were fairly easy to grope for, and pull up, while the shoulder straps could be slung over the starboard cockpit sill.
One other thing; the sight of the behind-the-seat "Y" strap coming through the handhold in the back was extremely rare, since it needed a specially strengthened (either metal or plastic) seat. From what I've found, it was mainly aimed at Seafire seats, since they had spruce blocks behind the seat (probably to act as supports during arrested landings,) and they would have made turning round extremely difficult, even impossible.
Hurricanes, and Typhoons, with their metal seats, did use the hole; Spitfires were much less often.
Edgar
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Mike W
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What a comprehensive answer Edgar!

Everyday is a school day :clap:
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Edgar
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It's not much good learning this stuff, if I don't pass it on :coolio:
Edgar
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