Thanks Bud & Mark...
Last night I put the seat assembly together, the control column, rudder bar etc. This included the internal control lines and floor frame rigging. The latter was made with 2 strands of EZ line, zig zagged between the frames and fixed at each end with a drop of CA. I made a tiny nick with a scalpel blade at the bottom end of each frame component in which the EZ line sits, so as not to protrude where the side frames will go. This rigging could do with painting, and a bit of touch up to the floor itself.
I used steel painted invisible thread for the control lines, and all 10 lines are run through the seat support, to be terminated later behind the cockpit structure. These lines will be pulled tight as the fuselage is assembled. I noticed that I have put the elevator control lines from the stick to the top of the pulley, rather than the bottom - too late to change this but it won't really be seen. The aileron control lines are EZ line hanging loose, and will thread through tiny holes I drilled in the fuselage halves at the lower wing root therefore easily hidden once the model is buttoned up. I decided not to model turnbuckles as the 'pit is busy enough.
Seatbelts to be added and touch up paint, then I can move on to the side frames. The oils on the prop are dry enough now for klear coating too.
Not too happy with the photo quality, but with the next update I will try better. I am much happier with the assembly of this model than when I built the Pup a couple of years ago. My painting of the rudder bar etc is much more effective - still far from perfect but I can see improvement in my own work.
