I've been plodding along on the cockpit interior details and have made some progress. To this point the Build has been very enjoyable and has progressed smoothly.
The wood grained floor portions were given a spray of Tamiya Clear orange and, following Karim's lead in the E-Book Build, this was followed by a coat of AK Interactive Heavy Chipping Acrylic Fluid.
Once dry a coat of Tamiya Nato Black was sprayed and again, after drying, the chipped and worn finish was done with water and a stiff brush. I wanted to try the AK product and quite like the effect that it provided.
I then applied a very light wash and pin wash to various features on the cockpit side walls and panels, this ended up being a two application process later in the sequence.
The next component tackled was the seat assembly. Both "How to Build" Books pointed out the lightening Holes in the pilot's seat which were not represented in the kit and which I decided to add. I used the Albatros Publications method utilising Evergreen Sheet to produce a back cover for the seat made with the help of a Waldron Punch and Die Set. Having just again viewed the actual subject on another visit to the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum just three months ago I elected to go with black vs brown for the leather as applied to the Musem's Re-Build.
The assembled seat still requires some wear and tone adjustment before it's complete.
Next I added the interior lozenge to the inner fuselage halves. Since it will be almost completely invisible on the completed model I used the pre shaped and fitted Kit decals vs. the Aviattic Night Lozenge destined for the model.
And that covers approximately half of my recent progress, I'll get a few more photos uploaded and catch up to the present status later today or early tomorrow.
So far a smooth ride!
Cheers,
Lance
