Guys, you've all been way too kind. Thank you. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We're kinda busy at the moment, selling one of our rentals. It's in Montana and we live in California, so it's a challenge.
Finally finished the WNW cockpit. This subassembly is a very nice kit in it's own right with lots of rigging. I found it more challenging that an entire 1/48 scale plane. I must have pulled out more than half of my anchor points while tensioning my lines. Apparently, I cut the stems too short for corner locations. Got it all sorted, though, with no real frustration. I can see why you large scale guys love these kits so much.
On the other hand, I was very dissatisfied with the Eduard instrument panel and decided to make another from scratch using Airscale and APC decals with Aeroclub and Copper State bezels.
I also finished the 1/48 engine. I replace the kit Clerget with one I had left over from my Camel Comic build. I added brass tubing to the ends of the push rods to add a little dimension.
Just checking to see how it looks in the cowling.
The kit cowling had to be modified, as well, since it didn't have the correct ventilation slots.
Thanks for looking in, my friends. Hopefully, I'll have both fuselages closed up by tonight and I can get some painting started.
Cheers,
Bud
