Thank you Fredrik and Dave for leaving some nice words!
CockpitThere was a lot of work to do for the cockpit.
On top of the fuselage there was a fine line, but I opened the fuselage there according to the picture from back.
I primed the inside of the fuselage, painted wood base and some wood structure.
Some frames made from real wood are also added.
A coating with clear orange made it more look like wood. The instrument panel (shown some postings before) is mounted. A base plate made of real wood is also prepared.
I had forgotten the brackets on the rudder pedals, now they are there.
I soldered a seat from brass.
Curved at the top and a base glued underneath.
I wanted to add a tubular structure on the outside of the seat, but since this is not visible later I dropped that idea.
The seat cushion was made from
milliput.
Also the small cushion in the back. The seat belts are by
Eduard/
HGW.
Instead of using the plain kit stick I soldered a new control column, with real wood handgrips.
Forgot a picture before mounting it.
My new part compared to the kit parts. There is no information about the cockpit of this prototype, but I used the assumption, that it looks very common to other late types of Aviatik (summer 1918).
After mounting the base plate to one halve I added a upper belt.
To avoid a empty side I added an engine control.
That was a lot of work, but there are still some parts missing before the fuselage can be closed.
Cheers,
Frank
