06-12-2012, 11:17 AM
Moving right along , we continue working with the seats . They are a pain . Our "quick and easy " method of making a retainer for the legs and simply gluing the seats into the retainer didn't work for various reasons I won't bore you with . We had to move on to slooowwwwer Plan B .
As you can see there are 2 different seat configurations ....the 2-leg version for all upper deck seats and the 4 leg version for the complete lower deck . The rows in the upper deck are at a steeper angle than those in the lower deck ; hence ,the different seats . That's how Ebbets did it , so we follow along .
The 2 leg version is by far the easiest to install and we made pretty good time ....the 4 leg type has got flaws in it ( some warpage when molded ) and have to be cut and fitted . What we thought was solid green plastic is really white underneath with a green coating . When you trim or alter the seat , you need to touch up with green paint or marker . Very time consuming .
The good news is we have battled on and made some headway
...seats are about 80% complete
As you can see there are 2 different seat configurations ....the 2-leg version for all upper deck seats and the 4 leg version for the complete lower deck . The rows in the upper deck are at a steeper angle than those in the lower deck ; hence ,the different seats . That's how Ebbets did it , so we follow along .
The 2 leg version is by far the easiest to install and we made pretty good time ....the 4 leg type has got flaws in it ( some warpage when molded ) and have to be cut and fitted . What we thought was solid green plastic is really white underneath with a green coating . When you trim or alter the seat , you need to touch up with green paint or marker . Very time consuming .
The good news is we have battled on and made some headway
...seats are about 80% complete
To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.