Many thanks for the kind wishes Richie, Alexis, and Rick. Much appreciated!
Right, where were we?
Prop has been finished with highly thinned leather followed by clear orange as usual.
I'm still not sure about that, I may redo it.
The Barracuda seat is very nice, but has no cushion for some reason, so I made one out of an offcut of plastic card. I astonished myself by actually getting the curve bang at the back spot on at the first effort! It was then painted with MIG light wood to give it a slightly darker shade than the linen.
After that it was time to add some interior detail. There isn't much, but it needs what little there is! In addition to the seat and framework already mentioned, I cut two thin strips from a beer can for the foot rests (why paint plastic to look like aluminium when you can use aluminium?), then made up a rudimentary pair of rudder pedals, a joystick, and an instrument panel - the PE one is nice but it's totally wrong! I also added some of the interior bracing with 0.06mm nickel chrome wire just for the heck of it.
I've been doing this in between attempting to get the Merc wheels finished, which is a soul destroying task, so the "break" is welcome!
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Once that was al done there was only one thing for it....
There's a slight lip on the underside but that should sand down easily enough, all other seams are good.
You'll also notice the cowling there - two thin discs of sheet were glued onto the front and then sanded back to give the more rounded front of the earlier cowlings fitted to the Gnome engined aircraft.
As it happens, I had a few pre cut discs that fitted perfectly left over from building the brakes for the Merc!
I also took a look at the kit wheels - they're not bad, apart from the inner sides.
PPP has been applied!
So for tomorrow it looks like finishing off the wheels, then tidying up the fuselage joints and maybe getting some primer on to see how it looks.
Thanks for looking in, and stay safe!
Ian
