Mercedes AMG W12 2021

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I am absolutely amazed, to put it in few words...
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Nice work Thomas, still looking great! :)
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Hi Thomas,

Thank you for showing us the technique. It is much better than some carbon decal sheets.

I find the decal patterns too prominent and not very realistic. I always have to tone the decals down by Tamiya smoke.
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First thanks to all of you guys for the kind words.
CK wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 2:51 pm Thank you for showing us the technique. It is much better than some carbon decal sheets.
So this was not my technique, I only copied it because I found it relatively simple and also very realistic for the effort.
But I am happy when I could help someone and show something "new". This is exactly what such forums are for. :D :D
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Thank you Thomas for sharing the technique, and your detailed explanations & photos! :)
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I have a question to the group.

I am currently working on the seat shell, which I have just painted and already applied carbon decals (this time really decals). :lol:

Now I have 2 questions:
What do the seatbelts look like?
At the moment I haven't really found anything looking for pictures. It looks like the upper belt pieces are black and from the adjuster (silver to white). I would estimate the color of the adjusters to be black. The plug-in elements are certainly chrome-colored. The buckle is black. The side belts should also be silver / white and from the front come 2 thinner loops in black, which merge into silver / white again. The manufacturer of the belt is OMP. Maybe someone can confirm it or not. :?

https://cdn-5.latimages.com/images/mgl/E6o26R/s3/1018624752-LAT-20210522-GP2105_093233SNE39733.jpg https://cdn-4.latimages.com/images/mgl/qk0Rk1/s3/1018624746-LAT-20210522-GP2105_092917SNE39711.jpg

And now question 2...
For the seat I would like to have the upholstery in the head area / back - a black foam so that it is slightly raised from the rest of the seat. Does anyone have any idea how to do it best and with what material?

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Hi Thomas,

W12 use OMP safety harness. It is stated on the www.mercedesamgf1.com

You can find a picture and discription on OMP site.
https://www.ompracing.com/en_gb/car-kar ... rmula.html

Mercedes is using a mix of black/white on different sections of the harness system.

For the foam pad on the seat, you may use thin foam felt sheets for hand crafts. I have seen sheets about 1 mm or less thick in craft stores. Another method is to spray a matt black coat on plastic at a distance to give it some roughness to simulate the foam surface.
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Yeah... Thanks for the pictures of the seatbelts from the OMP site. :D

I ordered some silver/white satin ribbon for belt material.
I attached some carbon decals on the seat and added adhesive cloth from MFH (I had it ion stock) - the color was beige but I recolored it in black.
I will use some PE from KA Models for the buckle and also designed some new element for 3d printing.

http://steinietrabi-skoda-fabia.de/Modellbau/Mercedes%20W12/IMG_3094.jpg http://steinietrabi-skoda-fabia.de/Modellbau/Mercedes%20W12/IMG_3098.jpg http://steinietrabi-skoda-fabia.de/Modellbau/Mercedes%20W12/Gurte.jpeg

More pictures of the complete seat will coming soon. :wink:
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Re: Mercedes AMG W12 2021

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wow....it is impressive
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Badi wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:45 pm wow....it is impressive
Thanks :)

The print worked... I have to say I'm surprised myself that the small openings really remained open.
Now I just have to put paint on it, but I do that with the airbrush for the buckles so that there is not so much paint on it and then I wait for the ribbon. :wink:

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