Some plastic cutting has been completed since the last activity; The forward lower fuselage has been modified to provide the exhaust channel not molded in the Kit. The opening is as follows, and will be covered with either an aluminum or brass shaped panel or, second choice, plastic.
.........and the cutout completed:
As suggested by Borsos I compared the cockpit opening to the drawings in the references; some modification was indicated. The pencil lines show my version of the correction required:
......and here's the finished version:
At this point I commenced modification of the Mastercaster's Resin components for the cockpit module removing the internal bracing wires which will be replaced by proper rigged versions. The top is untouched, the bottom is partially completed:
.....and last the floor portion with the exhaust channel molded on it was modified to make it fit without interfering with the scratch built version for the exterior.
....and with the channel removed. The wire cross braces on the floor portion were left untouched as they are covered by the seat and frames once installed.
These last components have since been given a coat of light wood base acrylic and will receive oil wood grain tomorrow.
Cheers,
Lance
