ISSUE 83-Seat assembly.
Issue 83 contains the seat plus a strip of plastic which fits around the edge,a seat cushion is fabricated from a piece of ply supplied a while back,despite being a rugged character I am sure that the Red Baron would have preferred a seat cushion so I made one ! this is how I did it-
Firstly I cut a piece of thin foam the size of the ply base.
After glueing this to the base get hold of a piece of black tissue,your green grocer is the best source for this.
Cut the tissue with an overlap as shown.
Then fold this around the ply base and glue into position.
The tissue represents the leather well,now give it a tinned coat of PVA glue,when dry it simulates leather,you can even give it a coat of liquid boot polish if you wish.
The cushion in place looks the part.
Clip the seat between the two retainers and thread the lower seat support rod in place,lock with a dab of cyno.
Issue 83 contains the seat plus a strip of plastic which fits around the edge,a seat cushion is fabricated from a piece of ply supplied a while back,despite being a rugged character I am sure that the Red Baron would have preferred a seat cushion so I made one ! this is how I did it-
Firstly I cut a piece of thin foam the size of the ply base.
After glueing this to the base get hold of a piece of black tissue,your green grocer is the best source for this.
Cut the tissue with an overlap as shown.
Then fold this around the ply base and glue into position.
The tissue represents the leather well,now give it a tinned coat of PVA glue,when dry it simulates leather,you can even give it a coat of liquid boot polish if you wish.
The cushion in place looks the part.
Clip the seat between the two retainers and thread the lower seat support rod in place,lock with a dab of cyno.