Thanks for the encouragement Stephen, I'm slowly getting over my sheer terror of making an utter mess. In fact I've come to the conclusion that this is much less intimidating than building a WNW kit because the materials are cheap and easily replaced.
Richard, totally agreed, I'm enjoying learning about this era of aviation as well as the scratch building techniques you lot use to build some of the more unusual aircraft.
Well, thanks to the advice from you amazing people I ploughed on and finished the instrument panel. I'm actually quite pleased with the results of my first attempt, it was great fun too.
What looks a bit like a bug splat to the bottom left of the panel is my attempt at a pulsometer. Again great fun and good enough for me, thankfully in the scout I am building the pulsometer was moved from the instrument panel to the cockpit frame.
Scratched Scout IP and Pulsometer by
Richard Williams, on Flickr
Many thanks for all the advice and encouragement everybody, I'll keep muddling on and see if can get the wings skinned and the cockpit details finished this week. No deadlines though, that way lies madness!
Cheers
Richie