Thank you, everyone. Your comments are most appreciated and motivating.
Another update coming your way now, mostly in-progress shots.
Here is the fuel switching panel. I didn't have the correct size faces for the valves, so I just painted them black and scratched some markings - true Roden style. In closeups, its obvious they are not writing, but from normal viewing distance, one cannot see that.
Some in-progress pics of the pilot's office. With Rick's help, I discovered the Roden D.III cockpit is not correct at all. There are difficulties to making it correct, as the flooring between the wings is just not deep enough. The rudder bar is too high and too close to the seat. The stick is not configured correctly at the bottom, etc. My intention with this model is to gain some experience with woodgrain decaling on the exterior, so I will forego these details and just keep going. I usually have a particular objective in mind for each model build, to gain experience with some technique or try a new process.
Getting a few sub-assemblies in place. Test fitting showed the engine cover had to be cut into two pieces to get around the too long spark plugs and the lower wing to fuselage joint is going to require some work. I hate to undo work previously done, but nothing is going to slow this build down.
Don't know why the pictures are so small. I'll have to investigate. If you click on them, they are enlarged, but surrounded by ads.
Until next time - keep on building.
