mh. the stitching is rather fragile, as is.
I suppose after a coat of primer will set strongly (at least, so said the instructions) to me the decals are fair better than PE, being quite easy to work with.
just my two cents, obviously!
hem... the instruments... those are quite not my worth. the dials are airscale product, simply beautiful, and the gauges aeroclub, idem!
the intentions today where totally different, but I find myself entangled within cockpits and fuselages, so here we are.
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I wanted to improve the leather pads around the cockpit, and after some trials with green stuff, I tried fimo. I read somewhere that's unnecessary to cook it, so...
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well, here just some pictures of the three cockpits.
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phew. I glued also the front plate(s), and sanded, and sanded, and sanded.... until the cowl seat flush with the sides. engine start test, as usual.
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next stage, metallic panels (cowls, upper fuselage, inspection panels, etc) then primer and preshading on canvas parts.
cheers, p.
