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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Aircraft Information/Questions => Topic started by: petero on July 05, 2014, 05:03:47 AM
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I've just started assembling the seat belts, as the first step in my WNW E.II/E.III Early build. It's the first WW1 kit I've built since I was a teenager
a few several years decades ago, and I haven't worked up the courage to actually touch the kit yet ::)
After studying how the belts thread through the buckles, there's something wrong. Threading belt 2 through PE part 4 the way the instructions show just won't hold. It will pull right out of the buckle. The same is true for lap belt 5.
(http://cdn3.volusion.com/xphvb.mdwan/v/vspfiles/photos/HGW132512-3.jpg?1372598062)
And in a similar vein, just what do PE parts 2 and 3 connect to?
Are there any period photos of real harnesses that I could use to figure out how the belts should be threaded? The belt set looks great, but knowing it won't function as is would just bug me every time I saw it :o
Thanks!
Peter
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Hello,
they are not supposed to hold, you have to glue them :) USe superglue like locktide or something
Best regards,
Sasho
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Eureka! I found the answers to my questions here:
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/aviation-history/seatbelt-carl-menckhoffs-fokker-d-vii-16092/
It took a minute for the photos to load, but they're there. Although this is a D.VII belt, other sources indicate that Fokker used this type of belt on all his aircraft, and I did find a few photos of the same type of end hanging over an Eindecker's cockpit coaming.
Peter