Hello Ernie and Don, thank you for the kind words.
Ernie, I learned a lot from reading and looking at photo hasimproved my projects. Thank you again for the fine comments.
Don, I looked at the photo you sent and it is very nicewoodwork and craftsman ship for sure.
This is the second scratch built model I have accomplished,the one last year is my profile photo and of course this 1886 Benz. I havelearned a lot between the two and to get to the seat, on the Benz. Just so youknow, I had a time of it on the 1915 Speedster; I am no expert but here is whatI learned.
The 1915 is just about like your wooden model. On the seatsI made the seat pan a little bigger by only thickness of the material. I thenmade a second seat pan out of .010 aluminum,took a little hammer work, a very small hammer to pound it into a wooden moldof the seat pan. Once fitted and with room to spare, I learned that super gluewill make a seat work out well. I cut a thin piece of foam and super glued itto the aluminum pad. Once it was set I heated the material with a hair dryerand starting on the back side of the pan insert, and gluing it to the foam,worked it until it was glued and pressed into the foam. Once it was finished Itwas glued into the wooden pan on the car and the glued edges were hidden by thewood seat pan.
On the 1886, I cut all the seat pieces from thin imitationleather, cut a ¼ thick foam the size of the seat, turned all the parts insideout, while watching MASH on TV, I took needle in hand and stitched it up. Oncecomplete (leaving the back open) I turned it right side out, stuffed it, tooksome kind of pin I got from a craft store, pressed them through and bent a Jhook back into the seat. The back is a wooden pattern of the seat, foam gluedon the material heated and stretched over, The mounting bolts were put inbefore the foam and as you can see on the back a second board hides the glueddown material.
I hope I have not dragged on with this and hope it makes sense.
Thank you,
