F-84E Seat Belts, Anyone Have Pics?

[Jeff T]

Hey all,

 

Anyone have any pics of the Seat Belt set up for the F-84E Thunderjet?....or for the Cockpit for that matter, I have the Hobby Boss kit, but any aftermarket for it is virtually non existent, so I was going to try and fabricate my own belts with lead foil, but can't find any good pics anywhere.

 

Any help will be very much appreciated!

 

Cheer's,

Jeff.

[LSP_K2]

From this Detail & Scale volume.

 

[Jeff T]

Thanks a lot Kevin!

 

Cheer's,

Jeff.

[LSP_K2]

5 hours ago, Jeff T said:

Thanks a lot Kevin!

 

Cheer's,

Jeff.

 

No problem. I'm working on the 1:32 kit right now myself.

[Ol' Scrapiron]

I have photographed the interior of F-84F 0-19522 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. It is a Thunderstreak rather than the -E Thunderjet, but I don't think the seatbelts would be among the differences in the variants. However, bear in mind that this is an aircraft on display in a museum so no guarantees on authentic equipment.

 

The first two shots are from my first visit to the museum... and on a later visit I saw that they placed a paper "Do Not Enter Cockpit" sign over the buckles (no doubt because some jackass had climbed in at some point)

 

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...three years later

 

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Hope these are of some use for your project.

 

 

If you need exterior shots for reference (or inspiration) I have taken pics of 15 different F-84s (5 Thunderjets, 8 Thunderstreaks and a pair of Thunderflash)

 

 

[Jeff T]

Thank you very much Scrapiron!

 

Great pics, it looks very much  the same as the Thunderjet,.....much appreciated!

 

Cheer's,

Jeff.