Thanks for the comments
Yes Nigel, "with a bit of work", you're not kidding!
Here's the state of play with the cockpit assembly. Some non-ideal aspects, but overall I want to move forward now and seal it up.
The seat belts and instrument dials are from old Eduard sets.
Main novelty for me was fitting control lines, I think the first time I've tried to render them. I didn't appreciate that the geometry of the control column pieces in this kit would make this a little tricky.
The plastic blob at the back is just stuck there to act as an anchor for the control lines.
Btw KiwiZac, I don't know what this says about me but regarding my imaginary list of reasons to ever visit New Zealand - fjords, mountains, amazing bird life, Lord of the Rings stuff, etc etc; floating near the top has always been that SSW replica
. Love the D.III and D.IV, I'm sure we'd have heard a lot more of them in 1918 but for the issue with the engine oil. And who knows what how good the D.VI monoplane might have turned out to be?
Cheers
Mark