The next "milestone" was reached today!
I spent yesterday making up a couple of seats and doing some other small bits and pieces including the rudder pedals and control wheel. I cut the seat bases from plastic card and held them together in a pair of pliers for sanding so that they would be identical. I then measured the length and height required for the rear of the pilot's seat and cut a piece of paper to size. That was then folded in half and the shape of half the seat drawn on, then cut out. I used that template to cut a piece from a beer can to form the seat back. The same template was cut down and used for the observer's seat. They were then given a little "body" with some milliput.
I painted them this morning, added PE seatbelts and glued them, along with the flight controls, in place.
The engine was then given a little more detail, in the form of some detail painting and the water pipe along the right side, and the oil tank was sanded out of plastic stock, painted, and installed.
The engine was then glued in place. That completed the interior...fortunately I started thinking about the exhaust, and noticed that I would have to remove a little more plastic from the rear right of the engine fairing area. The engine was removed and this was done, and then thinned, before reinstalling the engine.
That's probably the last that will be seen of most of that detailing as the final task today was to close it up!
So tomorrow I can fill the seams and start on correcting the tail profile. Then there are some inspection panels and a couple of vents to add around the nose.....
Thanks for looking in!
Ian
