Bf109 F4 early (high backrest) seat and seat belts question

[Nikola Topalov]

Hi gents,

 

Does anyone know or have a reference photo of how the seat belts where attached on the early type (high backrest) seat on a Bf109 F4?

I have everything ready but just don't have a clue how to fit it correctly as the instructions don't show it.

The kit is Hasegawa 1/32 and the belts are Eduard.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Best,

Nikola

[thierry laurent]

Tricky question...!

 

here's what I found some years ago.

 

 

For the lower ones, without other specific evidence, I would fix them as they were on the Emil seat:

 

 

Hth

 

Thierry

[Nikola Topalov]

1 hour ago, thierry laurent said:

Tricky question...!

 

here's what I found some years ago.

 

 

For the lower ones, without other specific evidence, I would fix them as they were on the Emil seat:

 

 

Hth

 

Thierry

 

Hi Thierry. Thanks for your reply. Appreciated.

 

Ah s&%t, now I am even more confused, haha.

The Hase seat doesn't have that extra part at the back to put the belts through. The just tell to bend the decals around the top.

 

 

These are some of the example 1/32 seats that I found:

 

[thierry laurent]

I know... This is why I wrote this is a tricky question! Because of the lack of documentation it looks nobody depicted that correctly!

[MikeMaben]

The F-4 changed seat somewhere near the beginning of the series , it went from this (same as the F-2) ...

 

To this ... this looks like the front with the parts that went down the back exposed for illustration purposes ...

 

It looks to me like there were more than one design they tried in the F-4.

Edited November 26, 2022 by MikeMaben

[Nikola Topalov]

1 hour ago, MikeMaben said:

The F-4 changed seat somewhere near the beginning of the series , it went from this (same as the F-2) ...

 

To this ... this looks like the front with the parts that went down the back exposed for illustration purposes ...

 

It looks to me like there were more than one design they tried in the F-4.

Thank you Mike! Much appreciated.

 

The first picture is what I especially needed. 

 

Best,

Nikola