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Super Fabric Seatbelts

Eduard, 1/72 scale


S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number:

672022 – Seatbelts Luftwaffe Fighters

672023 – Seatbelts USAAF & USN WII

672024 – Seatbelts IJN

672025 – Seatbelts RAF Early

672026 – Seatbelts RAF Late

672027 – Seatbelts RFC WWI

672028 – Seatbelts France WWI

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media:

Item #

Peel-off pre-coloured seatbelts

672022

Lap & Shoulder Harness x 2

672023

Lap & Shoulder Harness x 2

672024

Lap & Diagonal Shoulder Harness x 2

672025

Lap & Shoulder Harness x 2

672026

Lap & Shoulder Harness x 2

672027

Lap & Shoulder Harness x 1, lap belts x 2

672028

Lap Belts Style-A x 2 & Style-B x 2

Price:

Available online from these stockists:

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Eduard for €3.78

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Hannants for £2.75

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Squadron for US$5.36

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Modelimex for €3.10

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Lucky Model for US$4.99

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Review Type:

First Look.

Advantages:

All the benefits of coloured PE belts, but with none of their disadvantages.

Disadvantages:

None noted.

Conclusions:

Eduard’s Super Fabric seatbelts area real boon for 1/72 scale modellers, offering all of the benefits of coloured PE belts with none of the downsides. I have yet to see them in larger scales, and so I cannot comment with certainty that this holds true as the belts get larger.

However, for builders of “The One True Scale”, I highly recommended all of the sets reviewed here.


Reviewed by Mark Davies


Eduard's 1/48 scale MiG-21R Interior is available online from Squadron.com

FirstLook

 

I first came across Eduard’s new Super Fabric belts in a Weekend Edition of their 1/72-scale MiG-15 kit I reviewed. At first glance, you could be forgiven for assuming Super Fabric seatbelts are water-slide decals. It is only when you run your finger over their surface that you realise they are thicker than decals and have varying textures and layers.

They combine all the attractions of pre-coloured PE belts without the disadvantages that include attachment points to trim, stiffness and springiness when shaping to the seat, cracking of the colour finish, and thickness when multiple layers are called for. Perhaps a final blessing is you do not use CA glue with them. Just peel them off their backing with fine tweezers, position and secure with PVA (white glue).

For me, Eduard is a brand name that is synonymous with superb quality, and this is certainly the case with these items, from packaging and instructions to the actual components. Each set comes packed with a large card stiffener sealed in cellophane. Within are the printed instructions and a small sheet carrying the seatbelts.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and so it is the case here. The following images combine Eduard’s CAD illustration (top-left), instructions (bottom-left), and my scan of the actual Super Fabric seatbelts (centre-right):

 

672022 – Seatbelts Luftwaffe Fighters

 

 

672023 – Seatbelts USAAF & USN WII

 

 

672024 – Seatbelts IJN

 

 

672025 – Seatbelts RAF Early

 

 

672026 – Seatbelts RAF Late

 

 

672027 – Seatbelts RFC WWI

 

 

672028 – Seatbelts France WWI

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

Eduard’s Super Fabric seatbelts area real boon for 1/72 scale modellers, offering all of the benefits of coloured PE belts with none of the downsides. I have yet to see them in larger scales, and so I cannot comment with certainty that this holds true as the belts get larger.

However, for builders of “The One True Scale”, I highly recommended all of the sets reviewed here.

Thanks to Eduard for the samples and images.

Review Text Copyright © 2014 by Mark Davies
Page Created 29 December, 2014
Last updated 29 December, 2014

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