Leather seats for 1:43

[jaxenro]

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

Edited January 21, 2022 by jaxenro

[jaxenro]

 

[NOBLNG]

Dang that looks good! Hard to believe it is 1/43.👍

[jaxenro]

54 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Dang that looks good! Hard to believe it is 1/43.👍

Thanks it came out just a tad too wide but it was also to get the concept down. I think I will go with a 1/32 thick core and maybe six pleats i need to trim almost 1/8" off the width and height. 

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by jaxenro

[jaxenro]

finished in the mock up - like I said there isnt a lot of room to see in the interior and when the glass goes in probably even less but I do think they are a improvement