I've been chewing over how I would make the first class seats for 150 for quite a few weeks - not in any kind of constructional detail, just thinking about how curvy and awkward they are.
You see what I mean? Not your average seat, is it.
Having said that (or indeed, written it) it's reasonable to aspire to make up something that looks vaguely like it in 4mm.
It is not, however, reasonable to make sixteen of them. Not for me, anyway.
So I shall reach for the resin and I have begun work on a master I can make a mould from.
The trick here, given that I don't do split-mould casting (yet) is to break the seat down into bits that can be cast in an open-back mould.
One of the issues is that these high back seats have a pronounced bend in the lumber area. (The old Pullman seats do as well, of course, but it's hidden by the wings to a large extend so you can get away without representing it)
To do this in a way which is mould-able I have filled the gap with my old friend Millput.
I have also had to leave off the front legs.
I may add them on later, or a may not, given that no one will ever realistically see them and the seats should support themselves quite adequately because they are either placed back to back or up against a partition.
The same goes for the armrests.
I will most likely add them on to the castings with strips of styrene, but to put them on the master would increase the probability of miscasts greatly.
I don't need that much frustration in my life, I have quite enough already, thank you.
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