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This is the setup in the Tempest, which I assume to be similar if not identical.
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Source: The Hawker Tempest Page
Nice work!
Nice work Dave. First I heard of those rivets.
The pre-war type Sutton harness, in use with most British aircraft, and also fitted to some US aircraft in British service, up until roughly 1944, was not fitted to the Typhoon at the period being depicted.
By that period, the QL, or a very similar harness with the same type of release box, was fitted to the Typhoon, Tempest, late production MkIX, XVI and XIV Spitfires, Mosquitos, and a number of other aircraft.
Obviously, it's personal choice, but in this scale I always think that PE harnesses never look quite right and, even if annealed before use, to allow some semblance of a 'natural drape' of fabric (something which can't be done with a pre-painted item), they still look stiff and un-natural. As this is a fairly simple harness, you could, if you wish, make one from thin paper or metal foil, with a slice of plastic rod of the required diameter for the turn-buckle release box.