Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
I should also mention that anyone else is also welcome to "have a go" with those drawings too.
Pete.
Pete.
Just hope your inks are archival and don't fade.
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I realised making the entire seat cover in one block was probably a mistake. Because I had retained the original scaled outline of the seat features as a fine black line, I thought I could try splitting the patterns between seat back and the bolster. For the first class seats in particular, this made it a bit easier to align the pattern with the arm rests.
Each block is over size by about 3mm all round. To apply the printed sticker I carefully aligned the edge with the join between back and cushion, then gently rubbed the fleshy part of my thumb across the sticker until it was stuck down. To work into the moulded cushions I used thumbnail and a cocktail stick. The final act was to trim away the excess material with a sharp scalpel blade.
Slater's seats are, like most of their injection moulding, a bit flat. The real seats are a bit more rounded and plump. Still, they’re good enough for inside a coach, and I think my tests have proved my idea worked well. There is a little matter of applying squares of material to various side panels. I think I may measure things up and produce another sheet of material with the shape marked out.
I have to say I’m very pleased at how this worked out.
Excellent results Heather, well worth the effort.
Aaahh, clearly one who had regular encounters with the "thing crates out the back" from the early days of virtual addressing.... so it was just calling up how to do it from the lower memory registers.