Gwaredd Thomas
Airman
- 38
- Aug 17, 2018
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You didn't mention the scale. Are you talking about these...
I wasn't too impressed with the WW2 Japanese belts in Eduard's SuperFabric range. I tried them on a Fine Molds Mitsubishi Claude seat and as you can see they were grossly over-scale and not particularly well printed. I ended up using Eduard's regular painted PE belts and they were much better looking.
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Anyway, I decided to take a length of solder and hammer it almost paper thin; then I cut it with a blade to make it the right width. Next, I took a needle nose, pliers and made indents using a cross-hatch to simulate cloth. Once they're painted they look pretty sharp. Just a thought. Cheers!
Pictures... we need pictures...
Okay, I can do that. I'll post them tomorrow.
THX. However, I can you assure a pair of good glasses is enough.
Rather than hammering solder, you might consider the metal foil around the top of some wine bottles. Nice and bendy, already flat, and hold whatever shape you bend it to.