Time for a mini photo update. The HGW seatbelts are installed and the cockpit is officially finished. Here are some shots of it sitting in place in the fuselage:
I'm happy with the overall look, but I think the observer's stool might be a tad high. I'm not going to change it though, as it will look fine from above when the fuselage is closed up. I have some photos of the Lloyd with a pilot in his seat, and it apears that the crew sat fairly high in the cockpit anyway (the photos also show how relatively small the Lloyd was for a 2-seater---you can really tell that with the pilot in the cockpit). I still have to add some wires along the near side of the cockpit framing. The observer's desk will be added when the cockpit assembly is glued in place, as it rests on the interior fuselage longeron running along the top of the cockpit on the port side. It will cover the front port quadrant of the observer's space.
This is as much detail as I like in a cockpit, since much of it will be hard to see once the fuselage is closed. Not museum standard, but I'm satisfied, and it was fun to do! I've been largely following the lead of the two build threads for the 1/48 Special Hobby Lloyd C.V with regard to the interior, along with the prototype photos posted there.
The engine is now complete with the addition of spark plug wires, although you can't see much of them behing the tree-like manifold. I chose to do little detailng or weathering of te engine (a WNW sprue from the LVG kit) because most of it will be invisible in the fuselage, hence no wires to the distributor caps, since they will never be seen. Here's a shot:
I hope to close up the fuselage this weekend. At last! I finally feel like I mght get this done by April 29th!
Thanks for watching.
Regards,
Bob
