Seat belt ribbon Q

I need to get some ribbon for belts and I don't know what width to buy.
I was thinking it was about 1/8" but I really don't remember.
:p

I happen to have my Detail MAster PE seatbelt kit with me and am bringing it tonight. You can take a look at it to get an idea of you want.
Dag

1:1 seatbelts are pretty much 2 inch or 3 inch ones. So, depending on which one you want to have, divide the corresponding width by 24.

By my calculations an eighth inch or slightly bigger

By my calculations an eighth inch or slightly bigger
2 divided by 24 = 1/12
3 divided by 24 = 1/8

2 divided by 24 = 1/16? 1/16" is more like 1 1/2" in scale. Besides, 24 divided by 2 = 12 ;o)

2 inch belts don't correspond to any readily available ribbon size.

For a quick way to figure these things, there is a spreadsheet on my site showing the scale equivalent of a given measurement - it might help.

Tim D.
http://modelcartech.com

My method, which may be confusing to some since it mixes imperial and SI units is that roughly one 1/24th scale inch equals 1mm. Most belts are 2 inches wide, so use 2mm wide ribbon or tape. Modern F1 and occasionaly some other cars use 3 inch belts so use 3mm ribbon. Simple.

The other deciding factor is the width of your buckle hardware. Pick something to fit that.

Umm, actually, the way I did it, I brought my GTR R34 vspec II seat with me to wal-mart, and found some ribbon(green) wide enough to fit in perfectly, like 1/8''

Did I say 1/16? Brain fade! Shame on me. I'll edit the post.

1/8 is as small as I found...
But they were out of the shade I wanted!
Green at Walmart (bad words), I was hoping not to go back there till after the season was over too!

So, how do you make shoulder pads for harnesses?

:p

So, how do you make shoulder pads for harnesses?

:p

I make them by a cutting wider piece of tape (or ribbon) and winding it around the harness a few times. Fasten it with some superglue and done.

Results look like this:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/50846seats-03.jpg

I make them by a cutting wider piece of tape (or ribbon) and winding it around the harness a few times. Fasten it with some superglue and done.

Results look like this:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/50846seats-03.jpg That's basically what I do, but if you cant find anything wider, about 10strips of same length sueprglued together works.

1/8 is as small as I found...
But they were out of the shade I wanted!
Green at Walmart (bad words), I was hoping not to go back there till after the season was over too!

So, how do you make shoulder pads for harnesses?

:p
Bill , Missed you at the meeting Friday. I was at Hobby Lobby before I went and found two types , some nice black in something around 2.5 mm with a great weave( this one fits my Detail Master kit pretty closely ) , and some red in 2.0 mm. They cost a bout a buck for 3 yds. so I have plenty if you want some. BTW they had some blue also but I did not like the color

Phil, what kind of tape did you use?