Working on a 1/43 Tin Wizard Mercedes 380S. This is most of the interior the seats bear a passing resemblance to the 1:1 but lack depth
So I tried to make smething with a little more robust
(Pics are from my cell phone and are a little rough the seat base is about 1/2" by 5/8" and a little hard to photo.)
First I cut the base from 1/16" oak. I laminated a piece of 1/32" scrap on the bottom crosswise both to hekp it resist warping and give a little elevation
then I cut some 1/16" dowel and wrapped and glued the 1.5 ounce goat skin around three sides of each piece. After it dried I trimmed the leather.
I made the edging from a strip of leather with the top edge folded over
Glued the pleats to the base
Trimmed them to fit
and glued the edging around it
now to do the back the same way
Any tips on how to do this better would be appreciated. I need to pinch in the back corner a little but will do the other seat the reverse and put the two coners inside so it doesnt show. Of course with the top up in 1:43 there isn't much to see inside