Btw, I will note a few things about the chairs. Afterall, this is a WIP... I think, and I might as well celebrate another thing done.
1. In the image below you can see that the movie prop had the chairs with a round chrome base. I thought I should mimic those to some degree, so, I lopped off everything below the seat and built up from there.
2. I had a tough time finding something that would match the diameter and thickness of the base. In the end, I settled on some scrap that mimic, at best. The scrap that I found are shaped like a collet, and they are used below a ships gun turret allowing the gun to rotate. I removed the upper collar and this left me a flat disc. I sanded, shaped, and then drilled a hole in the center allowing for styrene rod to connect to.
3. I drilled a hole into the underside seat cushion (not all the way through), thus providing the other connection point.
4. Using Evergreen styrene rod I connected the base to the seat using CA glue.
5. I painted the base using Molotow Liquid Chrome. This is the first time that I worked with this and it’s pretty amazing stuff. It produces a highly reflective shine, and it’s the closet thing to painted on chrome that I have tried. I flowed the liquid on using a flatted hobby stick. Best results come from heavy application. From what I have gathered, you must let the stuff cure AT LEAST a week before touching it, or you risk marring the finish. I will wait at least two weeks. Also, using clear coats are said to deminish the chrome effect.
6. The aluminum arms are painted with Alclad Aluminum and all black are with using Tamiya gloss black sealed with a mixture of 90% Testors Flat and 10% Testors gloss, roughly.
7. I used epoxy to blend the seat rolls to the back of the chair, sanded, and then shaped.
I think that is about it. They are loose representations of the movie props, and that suits me fine.
Next up is to fabricate the interior.