Marco Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Hi! The Nespresso capsules are made of thin aluminum. At first I thought about trying to make some seatbelts out of a capsule. Then I thought they would look nice on a pilot´s seat... and, in the end I managed to make a whole cockpit out of one capsule. I drew the seat with a ruler and pencil. Cut it out with scissors and marked the folding lines with an Olfa scriber. The material is really nice to work with. Marking the folding lines makes it very easy to bend straight edges. The belts are just thin slivers folded and the buckles are even thinner slivers. I guess I could have easily punched small holes to replicate smaller details. The belts fold very nicely. Much better than Eduard PE belts. Hope you like it! 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Great idea and execution! Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) Impressive work here, was it for a specific kit or just an experiment to see if it could be done ? Dennis Edited July 30, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrProd Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 This is great. I'm not keen on decal seatbelts, my homemade masking tape on tinfoil belts are so-so and I find pe really difficult to fold and look natural. I'm going to attempt this on my next aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis95 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Now I just need to find somewhere to purchase this type of foil for my own belts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Nice! 👍 I think aluminium is not as widely recognised as a modelling material as it should be. Aluminium printer’s lithoplate is another great material to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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