Thank you Frank, Rick, Alexis and Guy!
Yes, the spare ammo drum rack is beautiful. Well done there CSM! You will see it installed and loaded with ammo drums a bit further down.
A lot of work for nice cockpit parts! I hope that some of those are visible later.
So do I Frank. I always find it a bit tricky to know how much work one should do and so tend to over work details that end up hidden. This time though I ignored some bits, thinking that they wouldn't be visible later, but had to go back and fix them as dry fitting seemed to reveal that they would indeed be visible... but then again they mightn't be once the top wing and all other bits are in place. Anyhow, this is the rather large fuel tank that sits between pilot and observer. Quite ugly seams I didn't think I hade to care about.
Dry fitting showed that the flat end facing the observer's seat would be visible and that it had to be sorted. Easiest option was to cut a thin disc from plasticard and glue it on top of the seam.
There are control wires running from the rudder pedals and towards the back. It's a little unclear how these actually should be placed, but in the end I just let them pass through the observer's pit and used a couple of short lengths of brass tubing to guide them once out of sight. The tubes also make tightening a lot easier.
You might remember that I missed a few internal bracing wires behind the observer. Once the spare ammo rack was in position I could simply place another piece of brass tubing to make it look like there is a wire there too. Lucky!
Other bits have been painted and installed in the fuselage halves. I do think CSM could have supplied better painting instructions, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the fit of the parts!
And finally the IP with paint and decals. I did manage to destroy the compass(?) decal in the centre.
Cheers
Fredrik
