Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 09:50 PM UTC
Nano Aviation is a new line of FineMolds products which are aircraft seatbelts made of plastic.
The novelty of these sets is that these are made of plastic which can be bend and twisted to conform it to desired shape without risk of breaking the part. These seatbelts are released so far in three most popular scales: 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32.

We have to admit that FineMolds have put a strong pressure on precision of these part. So far we have the following sets in the company offer.

NA 1 – German seatbelts set in 1:72 scale
NC 1 - German seatbelts set in 1:48 scale
NH 1 - German seatbelts set in 1:32 scale

NA 2 – IJN setbelts set in 1:72 scale
NC 2 – IJN setbelts set in 1:48 scale
NH 2 – IJN setbelts set in 1:32 scale

NA 3 – IJA seatbelts set in 1:72 scale
NC 3 – IJA seatbelt set in 1:48 scale
NH 3 – IJA seatbelt set in 1:32 scale

NA 4 – US seatbelt set in 1:72 scale
NC 4 - US seatbelt set in 1:48 scale
NH 4 - US seatbelt set in 1:32 scale

On the producer website you can find the same pictures but in much higher resolution.


Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AEROSCALE.
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These look really interesting. It's one of those ideas that I'm surprised no one has already thought of.
JUL 14, 2012 - 05:10 AM
Now all that's needed is flexible paint which will stay on that flexible plastic and not flake off the minute you bend them. Cutting Edge had sets similar to these back in the dark ages of 10 years or so ago. They claimed that they were "felxible resin" but they felt more like RTV rubber to me. They look pretty good once they're in place, but they were very springy. You had to glue them down to a fare-thee-well or risk having them snap back out of the seat. I hope these new ones will behave better.
JUL 14, 2012 - 05:14 AM
Jessie, these stripes comes unpainted. You won't have to worry about paint peeling of when you first form the shape and then apply paint. There's an "ABS" marking on the sprue. Would this be for ABS type plastic?
JUL 14, 2012 - 05:26 AM
Probably. ABS is quite slippery, so it would need a really good primer, otherwise the paint wouldn't adhere well at all.
JUL 14, 2012 - 05:36 AM
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