Hi, George, Squiffy, RAGIII, Martin and Des, Thank You all very much for your encouraging comments! It makes posting here an absolute pleasure, and it's real encouragement... Herewith a few updates: I spent some time on the seat with some Tamiya brown undercoat shades (in Acrylic), then followed that up with oils to give the leather effect: Then I added the seat belts after some weathering... Sorry, but photobucket wouldn't rotate the photo for me, I tried hard enough!
Then I moved on to the cockpit floor. I have been warned that the fit of parts is very tight, and even a coat of paint can upset the fit and cause alighnment problems in later steps... Also the control wires need some help to end up in the right position... so there is no paint on the edges of the floor and the white bar (a piece of plasticard that will be hidden by the seat) is glued in place:
Then I started the fun bit: Control wires for the elevator (from the stick) and for the rudder (from the rudder bar)... due to the shadows these look a bit curved, but are straighter in real life!
It all looks a bit messy now, but I think all the rough bits will end up hidden! I work on the basis that if you cannot see it, it can't hurt! Thats all for now.
Regards,
Marc
