I’m building the above model and I think the seats are padded(bottom and back support) I just received the new FSM and they have a picture in there and I think it’s made of leather. Does anyone have any thoughts or has anyone built the kit? I’m padding with milliput and I am trying to build straight from the box (my first build in 9 years).
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!http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/2cm8.jpg*Looks like a metal seat there…*
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It could also be made of plastic or wood too (the seat that is). And since that is a restoration piece it might not even be a accurate seat.
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I took this pic this past summer at the Berlin Deuthsches Technisches Museum.
There was a Flak 38 at the Panzer Museum Munster as well. I don’t have a good pic of it but I believe it was leather wrapped as well.
Erik
Good picture Erik 
You have to wonder why they would use leather to cover a seat that more than likely would be constantly exposed to the elements.
An original picture would be helpful here because as noted, restorations are sometimes inaccurate. Because of the open nature of this weapon, I would 
lean toward a painted metal seat; the drain-lightening holes make sense.
I would assume they were leather wrapped for comfort of the gun crew. I wouldn’t want to sit directly on the metal seat in the dead of a Russian winter.
I’m looking for period photos, but none of them are clear enough to tell weither the seat was covered or not.
Erik
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…and then, that’s a good point too.
Not to meantion sitting on those metal seats while it was sitting in the desert sun either.
Just my [2cnts] but there is a good possibility that nobody is right and nobody is wrong.
maybe different production runs, batches and cut backs due to war shortages as the war went on.
Terry.
Probably worth less (1¢), but maybe they slapped the leather seats on not expecting that the rig would last all that long anyway.
True.
The picture bellow is from Prime Portal and shared by Carl Dennis.
This one is padded.
This is a German 20mm Flak 38 on a Sd.Ah.51 Trailer. This is a late war gun fitted with gearboxes on the elevation & traverse hand wheels. It was photographed at the Royal Museum of the Army and Military History, Brussels.
Very Best Regards
Johan
Tanks to all of you! I’m going to try the black, faded and weathered seat using milliput.
