Ivan's coupe: seeing RED

[Ivan141]

Another thing that has been keeping me busy the past week: I found a spare steering wheel (missing the horn assembly)
and thought it might be interesting to see if I can wrap it in real leather (because what was on there looked positively vegan).

Here's what it looked like after spending 6 years in a box:

The picture above is flattering, heres a better look:


Off came the leatherette, which I used to make patterns, then I bought myself a nice and supple piece of cow.
Here it is before final stitching, you can see where I was to cut the foam rubber to make room for the seams (leather is thick and I hadnt heard of skiving tools yet):


I couldnt find a shade of silver in my box of paintcans (all too sparkly) so I went with a metallic black center.
Here it is all done. It is not perfect, but frankly I'm amazed how it came out for an amateur job:



The puffyness on the left is due to the leather being just slightly more thick and loose there, I could stick it down like the original eventually.