Bughunter

Finally, it's time to work on the cockpit. I have so many things on my ToDo list, I need to hurry up!

Pic 1 There was already white primer in the first update. Now I painted linen and beige as preparation for the wooden parts.

Pic 2 The wood grain was made using oil paints.

Pic 3 I lost a picture?! After some days drying time I painted the "wooden parts" with Clear Yellow and Clear Orange. The front part was painted Dark Aluminium and got some aluminium blotches. The frame was mounted and rigged (very thin wire; the turnbuckles are 0.3mm brass pipe).

Pic 4 Here I have added the air pressure tubing, which is part of the fuel system. Some scratched brass and annealed copper wire were used. So the right side is prepared.

Pic 5 For the other side there is more work to do! Here some scratched brass parts:

- on top a fuel filter, turned on lathe

- in the middle the main shut off valve

- below a fuel gauge. I opened a brass pipe and fit a heat stretched clear sprue in. The "fuel" was painted with Clear Green. The question is: Is the tank half full or half empty?

Pic 6 Now it is the first time I use another PE set of the company "PART". Although it's not intended for this kit - it's for the older Camel kit from Eduard - I can still make good use of some of the parts.

Pic 7 The throttle and mixture control is from this set, I added only the lever in the front. The PE looks better, so I can remove the kit plastic.

Pic 8 Left side is done, with the rigging in same way and all the additions mounted.

Pic 9 The lens position must be adjusted so that the exposed glass of the fuel gauge is visible.

Pic 10 With both halves of the fuselage hold together, you can get an idea of what the viewer will later see of the cockpit.