Eaglemoss 1:8 Scale Aston Martin DB5, Part 17, Back Seat

Not much of a back seat in a DB5... 

These are the parts making up most of the back seat. There are a couple of other side parts that I don't have yet. It will all need to be covered in the grey leather I'm using.

The odd assembly sequence on this model makes this rather tricky. The seat and the back of the back seat do not actually come together until very late in the build. The seat bottom will be part of the interior assembly that I have already done. The seat back will go into the top and back of the body along with the parcel shelf, and parts of the trunk. The side parts of the seat are yet another separate stage. They do not all come together until the body is assembled. It had better fit. I can't really test this.

The leather will add something between .5 and .75 mm to any contact face of the parts it covers. I have to more of less guess at where to grind down the plastic before covering it, to make things fit when they come together later. The surfaces do not have to be neat and smooth since they are covered.

Various sanding and grinding done, the way to do the leather is to secure it down the middle and work outward. I pull the leather and glue it down into each pleat in the plastic.

At the ends I apply glue, then pull the leather very hard over the edge to avoid any extra folds as much as possible. You can pull very hard on this stuff and it will conform. Holding to taught for a few seconds is just enough for the glue to grip. The leather gets thinner of course when stretched, which is also good.

Seat and center bit done. These mount to the interior assembly already built, here.

This is the glue I'm using. Other types of CA glue can be used, as well as other types of glue. I've tried a number of things, this has been the best for leather on plastic, for most contours. 

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