I've made a fair amount of progress since the last photos, so here's another update as of this morning.
The cowling had the double retention straps added; stretched sprue threaded on with super thin CA did it nicely.
I judged the "lip" on the forward opening adequate and primed the cowling for a coat of Alclad II later.
The upper decking has it's coat of Alclad Dull Aluminum, the Ammunition magazine had to be trimmed to allow closing of the fuselage. (conflicted with some of the installed PE additions)
The cockpit area is about 90% complete, the seat from the Brengun PE Set and belts are HGW.
The instruments are a mix of the kit ones and a scratch built one, all with PE Bezils added, decals from the spares box with Future lenses. The control rods for the fuel and oil selectors were added, the wire bracing lines at the extreme front, some "plumbing" lines as well, and a scratch built spark advance selector and control was added to the left side. (more or less hidden behind the seat side)
The "baffle" behind the seat is from the Brengun Photo Etch Set as well.
The wings and flight control surfaces all have received a coat of Tamiya Gloss white in preparation for the Aviattic Lozenge.
Finally, perfect timing with the arrival of yesterday's mail; the package from Aviattic with the resin Siemens-Halske SHIII Engine and the 45 Degree joined lozenge.
Sorry about the poor quality photo, but you get the effect I'm sure!
Next is a welcome break from the cockpit detailing, that engine is going to be a long and busy session or two and I'm looking forward to some decaling as well.
Still going well, the Kit is a solid basis for a good model however it's not a "perfect out of the box" contender!
Cheers,
Lance
