With SE.5a finally completed and the publication of Aviattic manual pdf I could return to this model.
The preparation of fuselage innards is underway.
The elements of control gear
The fuselage frames
Opening for the fuel tank cut out in the fuselage bottom
The resin plate from the fuselage bottom served to thicken the tank. With the resin and photoetched bits added it looks like this
Then it turned out that the thickness increase with the fuse bottom was not enough to have the tank bottom surface flush with the fuselage bottom. I decided to add spacers to the floor underside to correct this
And finally the instrument panel with the ammo magazines together with the gun support. The latter in my copy had missing pair of gun brackets - they seemed to be broken off but I did not find these bits in its plastic bag. They were rebuild from scratch plastic bits.
As is seen, some elements have the primer paint applied - Sand from Vallejo. I meant it as the base for wood but I will most probably redo it with my preferred Pactra A123 Mid stone colour.