Hello all.
Could anyone give me an idea what seatbelts are suitable for most of the post war jets, Brit and American. I’m thinking of the early jets, Century Series and our wonderful Brit stuff late 50’s early 60’s. There seem to be plenty of WWI and WWII photo etch sets about but nothing specific to this early jet era. I mainly work in 1/72 scale. Any info most welcome.
Best Wishes
Mick C.
Hmmm,
Thought I’d push this up to the front of the list again, just in case someone can give me some info. Given the number of views, I wonder what is being put into peoples post war jets in the way of seatbelts. Failing any info on where to obtain any, if there is a post, or link anyone knows of that shows how to scratchbuild them, (pics pls, I’m pretty dumb) do let me know please.
Regards to all,
Mick C.
Seat belts can become quite a complicated affair. This particular seat is from EE Lightning:
http://www.ejectorseats.co.uk/jim4front.jpg
Im not really sure how to help with that. Masking tape might not look correct in that situation. If you can find a cast resin version of the seat (Aires) it’ll have all the pe parts for the harness and some other goodies (and look amazing).
Eduard has a pretty extensive listing of belts on their website that may help you out.
There are many specific sets for aircraft as well as more generic “German WWII”, “IJN WWII” etc sets as well. Many are available in color PE wich can be a nice extra. They ship world wide.
Hope it helps!
I can fill in the odd gap. Post-war, pre-ejection seats, U.K. harnesses used a similar buckle/box arrangement to a parachute harness, and I’ve seen belts in white, and, also, a bright, medium, blue. Spitfires, for instance, went from the 6-into-4 Sutton harness to a simpler 4-point (“QS” or “ZB”) system. Meteors had the same basic layout.
Ejection seats are a completely separate subject, and you’ll need photos, to see some of the, fairly subtle, variations.
Edgar
Ok, I think a group hug for all the help… lol
Realise now, getting too focused isn’t the best way to find anything on the WWW, hadn’t thought about cockpit detailing sets as having the seat belts in there as well, doh.[#oops].
After a re-think and a good blunder about I see that generic stuff is mostly for the WWI and WWII, after that, it’s more which aircraft it is and when. Then there is the minefield known as Ejector Seats. lol
My thanks for the replies, they’ve put me on a new track, with which I’m having better luck.
Regards to all.
Mick C.
Many thanks Brian,
A really fascinating site, and here I was thinking seat belts were a bit of a puzzle. How many different ejector seats are there ?? You think if I painted the canopies sort of smoky grey inside I could get away with not bothering and say there was a gas leak ? [:-^]
Thanks to all for the hints and guidence.
Best Wishes.
Mick C.
I usually check this site when it comes to ejection seats.
http://www.seatejectcolor.com/seat/index.html
Lots of pics and info about AM seats too. One tip I got and used on some seats, is masking tape cut in thin stripes. Works fine on 1/72 and 1/48. Here is one of my seats.
Azgaron
Hi again Azgaron,
Thank you for the link, another quite fascinating site. Well armed with new info all I have to do is paint the things so they at least look right lol. I was quite taken with the pic of your masking tape seatbelts, will be having a go myself when I can. Were the buckles PE or did you make them up as well, and what from if I may ask? I won’t make any claims to be a scratch builder, but I have managed to get myself out of a hole with some lateral thinking.
Best Wishes,
Mick C.
You’re welcome! Yes it’s an useful site. Thanks for appreciating my seat! The buckles are actually merely painted on. First a dot of black and then some silver(Hu11). You can use tape to build up the buckles a bit too. Good luck with your seats!
Azgaron