.: Budget Belts
Heres a great tip for adding interior detail to a bland cockpit without spending a cent.
What you need: Superglue - Scalpal - Rule - House Paint Color Cards & 15 Minutes Colors used for this project : Wattyl Pewter Cup & Dulux Swamp Fox
This is how we all can, easily make "low cost" but very effective seatbelts. I admit you probably wouldn't dare use these on a 1/48th open canopy "Show stopper". But if your the everyday modeller like myself trying to save some cash, then have a quick read below.
When i was building 3 x 1/32 Beaufighters, i searched the internet including Ebay to find some reasonabley priced belts . The cheapest i found were priced at nearly $29.00 per plane. That's around $90.00 dollars for the 3 aircraft. Something i couldn't justify, so heres what i did.
1. Took a trip down to our local hardware store, marched straight to the paint color card wall, and grabbed a handful of paint sample color cards, some for me and some for my modelling buddy.
2. With a little imagination and these cards you can create pre-colored cartons, controls etc etc. So with that in mind i set to work. Using earthy tones for the belt webbing and greys for the buckles. Within around 15 minutes and a few dobs of superglue. I had created a seat belt for next to nothing. And the best part is you don't even have to paint em ! "How goods that"
3.To hide those stark white corners I then brush over a burnt sienna water colored wash.
4. "Hey Presto" a good looking and effective finish.....
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