Eduard 1:48 Boeing F/A-18F Hornet — STEEL seat belts is a small photo-etched set of pre-painted seat belts for the cockpit of the two-seat Hornet. It is not a full photo-etched set for the whole model but a narrowly aimed set of a smaller extent.
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A photo-etched accessory in 1:48 scale from the Czech manufacturer Eduard. It is not a kit of the aircraft but a small set of parts for the cockpit of a plastic model you have already built. It belongs to a smaller, mostly pre-painted range: it deals with the seat belts, not with a complete rebuild of the cockpit, which the manufacturer's more extensive full photo-etched sets take on. If you are looking for a set that will replace the instrument panel, the side consoles and the floor, this is not it.
Molded straps on a plastic seat look flat and far too thick, and in a number of kits they are missing altogether. Photo-etched belts are as thin as foil, they can be bent over the edge of the seat pan and left hanging loose, so the seat finally looks occupied. The STEEL designation refers to the steel version of the etching — the material keeps its shape after bending and does not spring back flat, so the folds and buckles stay exactly where you put them. The parts are supplied pre-painted, so they do not have to be repainted.
Separate the parts with a sharp scalpel on glass or on a hard surface, never with pliers, which will deform the edge. Make the bends in a bending tool or between two blades, so that the edge is sharp; the layer of color will take one proper fold, not repeated straightening. They are glued with cyanoacrylate glue applied with a pin in a microscopic amount, as ordinary cement for plastic will not hold on metal. Do not overspray the pre-painted surfaces; when their sheen differs from the surroundings, a light pass of matte varnish and a discreet dark wash into the folds will even it out.
It is an accessory for a plastic model, not a kit. The model, glue and paints are not included in the package.
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