Seat belt ribbon Q

Ferrari TR · #1 12-12-2003, 12:08 PM

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.

dag65 · #2 12-12-2003, 12:34 PM

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

ales · #3 12-12-2003, 12:48 PM

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.

dag65 · #4 12-12-2003, 12:57 PM

By my calculations an eighth inch or slightly bigger

ales · #5 12-12-2003, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dag65

By my calculations an eighth inch or slightly bigger

2 divided by 24 = 1/12
3 divided by 24 = 1/8

tdoty · #6 12-12-2003, 09:41 PM

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

RallyRaider · #7 12-12-2003, 10:02 PM

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.

86_SR5 · #8 12-12-2003, 10:04 PM

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''

ales · #9 12-13-2003, 01:18 AM

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

Ferrari TR · #10 12-13-2003, 02:04 AM

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?

RallyRaider · #11 12-13-2003, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferrari TR

So, how do you make shoulder pads for harnesses?

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:

86_SR5 · #12 12-13-2003, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RallyRaider

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:

That's basically what I do, but if you cant find anything wider, about 10strips of same length sueprglued together works.

dag65 · #13 12-15-2003, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferrari TR

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?

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

Honoturtle · #14 12-15-2003, 11:07 AM

Phil, what kind of tape did you use?

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