Kalakan
Airman 1st Class
Hello fellows.
I want to share with you the advance that this project presents till this day.
To be honest with you, I´ve always loved the design of this kite. Made several versions around the years, but this time I found this 1/32 baby in a scale store in Texas. The only missing pieces were the pilot, the tech officer and the gunner. Even so I decided to continue with this project. In the same store I found some 1/32 pilots and decided to proceed with the purchase.
I also always liked building several models with pieces of styrene sheets and after reviewing the pieces of the plane, I decided to continue with the project. In particular this Bf-110g model lack a lot of details in the cockpit, as well as several details in its surfaces. Since young I´ve been fascinated regarding the WWII Luftwaffe cockpits with all its gadgets and colours. So after consideration it was decided that the plane was going to be finished with the crew onboard and the plane in a designed transparent display in order to present its attributes in a glance.
The challenge seemed reasonable.
First I decided to work in the cockpit in order to remember the hobby and to warm hands cause there has been several years since my last plane.......
The original gunner/radar operator seats were left untouched due that both figures (after presenting them in place) will not let the seats be visible and that was ok with me at the moment. Lot of scratch building in order to make the cockpit sport most of the original gadgets found here and there. Most of the ideas are based in the Squadron Walk Around BF-110G book.
Here they are some images of the cockpit as it was being constructed.....
I want to share with you the advance that this project presents till this day.
To be honest with you, I´ve always loved the design of this kite. Made several versions around the years, but this time I found this 1/32 baby in a scale store in Texas. The only missing pieces were the pilot, the tech officer and the gunner. Even so I decided to continue with this project. In the same store I found some 1/32 pilots and decided to proceed with the purchase.
I also always liked building several models with pieces of styrene sheets and after reviewing the pieces of the plane, I decided to continue with the project. In particular this Bf-110g model lack a lot of details in the cockpit, as well as several details in its surfaces. Since young I´ve been fascinated regarding the WWII Luftwaffe cockpits with all its gadgets and colours. So after consideration it was decided that the plane was going to be finished with the crew onboard and the plane in a designed transparent display in order to present its attributes in a glance.
The challenge seemed reasonable.
First I decided to work in the cockpit in order to remember the hobby and to warm hands cause there has been several years since my last plane.......
The original gunner/radar operator seats were left untouched due that both figures (after presenting them in place) will not let the seats be visible and that was ok with me at the moment. Lot of scratch building in order to make the cockpit sport most of the original gadgets found here and there. Most of the ideas are based in the Squadron Walk Around BF-110G book.
Here they are some images of the cockpit as it was being constructed.....