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I placed an order with USCP for several items including these seat belts. Smooth and easy ordering on their website, PayPal transaction, items all well packaged. It took some time, but that is not unexpected, coming from Ukraine to USA. The seat belt material is the best I have seen. The weave is as close to scale as I have seen, and the material is very soft (not stiff like some other brands). But there is a problem. The belt slots in the photoetched hardware (like buckles) are too small. The belt material ends up folding over. It doesn't look good. I took measurements and the belt is 0.149" (3.78mm) wide. In 1:24 scale that scales out to the 1:1 belt being 3.58" wide. The slots in the hardware are 0.103" (2.62mm) wide. Scales out to 2.47" in 1:1 scale. I'm not familiar with 1:1 scale belt dimensions, so I don't know which (if any) of those are in-scale. Still, what is painfully clear is that the photoetched hardware cannot be used with the belt material. The belt cannot be trimmed to be narrower - it will unravel and fall apart. All the other products I have purchased from USCP (this is not my first order) were very well designed and flawless. I'm really puzzled as to why USCP did not make the photoetched hardware match the width of their belt material. I'll have to see if photoetched belt hardware from other companies might have wider belt slots in them. I would hate not to use that great looking belt!