The F-86 I’m working on apparently has the seat cushion, such as it is, molded to the pilot figure. Since I’m not using the pilot figure I need to make something to put in the seat bucket for a cushion. The only thing I ran across by searching was to use a tea bag to cover a seat to give it some texture, but I need to make one completely.
It will be about 3/8" square by 1/8" high (haven’t actually measured anything yet). I can do that from some scrap styrene, and can even slightly hollow out the middle to give it some “Shape”. I don’t know hot go to about adding some slight wrinkles to make it look more like a cushion. I don’t think scribing them would look right. I thought about using tissue covered with white glue, but I’m not sure how that would work either. Maybe a small block of styrofoam would work better? Anyone done anything along these lines before?
Edit … I just talked to a guy here at work who used to build a lot of dioramas. He recommended Milliput for it, and I think I’ll give that a try since I already have some. If anyone has any other ideas I’m certainly interested though.
Several layers of masking tape have always worked well for me. The tape, when layered, gives the impression of a soft, cushion-type effect, and when drybrushed, the natural “wrinkle” texture of the tape provides additional effect. It’s also easy to cut with a pair of scissors or hobby knife after layering.
Gip Winecoff
tissue wetted with diluter white glue is also good, this is a old standby for canvas & tarps for armor modellers.
Thanks guys, I appreciate the help. I’ve got some good ideas now and I’ll get something to work.
I say better try it with Milliput and a wet toothpick for shaping.A tip here,put a thin nylon bag or aluminium foil between seat and cushion so if something goes wrong you can do it again without damage.After finish you just glue it into seat with any glue.
Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it.
I think what I’m going to try this weekend is this: I’m going to take a blob of Milliput a bit larger than what I need, lay a tea bag (or something along those lines) over the top and push down for a depression in the middle. The tea bag (or whatever) should leave a bit of texture in the Milliput. Let it cure, trim to size, and spray it. If that doesn’t work I’ll try the tissue or masking tape.
I need it a bit larger because the seat is made of PE and is pretty fragile. Once the Milliput has cured I can saw and file it to the size needed without doing a lot of work with it actually in the seat pan.
Don’t forget:
In the case of a water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a floatation device.
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Take a look over on LSP where I discuss in an Albatros article how I used a Microwave to do mine.Cheers! John.[:)]
www.largescaleplanes.com click on Articles,then The Golden age,then scroll down to Albatros diorama.
Thanks, John. That’s a good idea and I may give it a try. Of course, I don’t even know where to start to comment on your diorama. It is truly magnificent. I wish I had the patience for something like that [tup]
that was a beautiful dio!!!
Hey Scott,give it a try.It really is not as hard as it looks.
Thanks Tom.
Cheers! John.
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