Another Super 7

[Scale-Master]

Oil overflow tank and mounting bracket. Also aluminum and brass.

[Scale-Master]

I added the clamp mechanism to the oil tank as well as some of the line fittings and the cap to the overflow tank.

The brackets have the mounting hardware installed and are painted.

[Scale-Master]

Finished oil tank and overflow.

[stump]

Super SUPER (7) work as always Mark. The larger tank has an awesome shine to it.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks Greg!

These are most of the raw acid cut brass lap belt buckles.

Here is the seatbelt hardware set after it has been “powder coated” semi-gloss black.

The belts and hardware have been assembled. The shoulder belts have pull down adjusters; the lap belts are the pull up style.

[Scale-Master]

I am making a diamond tufted pattern for the seating surfaces. First I cut the pattern of properly spaced diamonds out of vinyl and applied them to a sheet of decal paper. Then I cut another set of diamonds, each about .020 smaller, and applied them individually to the vinyl already on the decal paper. (That is 262 pieces of vinyl per seat.)
In this photo the left (the seat back) shows the two layers of vinyl on the decal paper. On the right is the lower seat cushion, it has a decal I made applied on top of the vinyl texture that contains the red stitching that runs between all the diamonds.

Here are the textured decals ready to apply.

[Scale-Master]

Applied to the seats… I still need to add some stitching to join all the panels.

[eugene78]

Almost every post in this thread demonstrates some technique I haven't seen before. The seats look amazing!

[Scale-Master]

Thanks!

Seats are done, French stitching and seat beat guides have been added. Ready to fit the harnesses to them.

[white97ex]

I definitely need to go back and read what I missed over the last year of not being here!

[OliverHorton]

That's very impressive! I wish I had the same skills as yours. Man, I'm envy. Can't wait to see your output! Good luck!

[Fabbri_Guy]

do you ever get the feeling, that since one thing is detailed everything must be just as detailed!?

[Scale-Master]

Started installing the seat belts, shoulder harnesses first.

[Scale-Master]

After I test assembled the lap belts by bolting them into the frame and wrapping them over the seats I found they would not lay the way I wanted them to. So I had to mount them to the seats and forgo the lower mounting points. Not a real issue as they were not even visible once the seats were installed. All the stitching and labeling is done on the shoulder harnesses even the ones behind the seat.


And here are all the lap belts. I’ll probably add some wear to the assemblies later, but they’re done for now…

[andybmw7272]

Man, so cool you are still going strong on this one!!!! Haven't you ever heard of Modeler's ADD?!?!?!?!

Keep it up. This keeps getting better and better!
Andy