Set contains seat belts for 1 WnW kit with 4 seates.
Micro-textile parts can be coated in super glue after placement - it leads to darkening shades and these are also waterproofed and easy to assemble. But you must be deliberate with their construction.
The cardboard insert in the set makes an excellent cutting board.
This set is about 264 Kč = 10.58 USD.
Instructions
1. Take the precut textile part out of the sheet.
2. Remove supporting paper.
3. Crumple the belt into a little ball and knead it between your fingers.
4. Thread the belts through the buckles - use superglue to hold in place..
5. Put the belts into the seat. (I usually start with placement of the buckled end first and work back to the tiedown).
6. Lightly spray with a gloss varnish. Let dry.
7. Saturate the belts with very thin wash of colour (mix of black and brown) - it will highlight the texture and shadows.
8. Spray by matt varnish.
Conclusion
I have used the HGW Micro-textile belts in some of my builds and can report very pleasing results.
I want to thank Martin Bobek for the review sample.
http://hgwmodels.cz/./454-felixstowe-f2a-seatbelts-132-1325.
SUMMARY
This set is designed for the 1/32 model kit by Wingnut Wings.
It has 25 micro-textile straps and 14 photoetch pieces.
it is made using micro-textile sheeting, metallic buckles.
The straps are Micro-textile strips which are printed and behave like a tight weave fabric.
About Stephen T. Lawson (JackFlash) FROM: COLORADO, UNITED STATES
I was building Off topic jet age kits at the age of 7. I remember building my first WWI kit way back in 1964-5 at the age of 8-9. Hundreds of 1/72 scale Revell and Airfix kits later my eyes started to change and I wanted to do more detail. With the advent of DML / Dragon and Eduard I sold off my ...
Hi there
Great products, but the "micro-textile" bit always makes me giggle slightly as great "marketing-speak" (says he, after a career in the marketing world ) - they are paper (paper is technically a textile). I'm hoping there's a set ready in time before I close up the cockpit on the AEG.
All the best
Rowan
Hi Stephen
No paper involved? At all? It's all rubber and vinyl?
Maybe we're looking at totally different products. Have they changed? If not, it's amazing, because all the ones I have are water-absorbent. I think that counts out rubber and vinyl?
Believe me, that's not a criticism - it's a really handy characteristic, because it means you can soak off the annoying backing paper that has red lines on it. It's also a really good way to avoid the belts creasing when you mould them to shape.
I'm sorry, the ones I have will remain "paper" belts in my mind - and I love them.
All the best
Rowan
Hi again Stephen
What a prize plonker I am! I've just been playing with a set for another build and realised that the backing paper which I've always laboriously soaked away, is in fact intended to peel off leaving, just as you say... a fabric belt! It's been worth looking daft to find out how to use them properly - I love them even more now!
All the best
Rowan
Plonker???? I believe I once did that inflight inverted at twenty feet. Or was it twenty thousand? Any way I survived with a good Story.
Irregardless I Do use paper. and paint.
Enjoy
Captn Tommy
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