My progress on this has been slower than I had hoped. As I said previously, the kit supplies a lot of the internal fuselage detailing, but it's only when you begin to put it together you realise just how much isn't included. The main cabin, which I am currently working on, has no detail on either the pilot's sidewall or the starboard wall, apart from the engineer's panel and electrical junction panel. So it was back to the references, some of which were supplied by Terry and show the sidewalls in some detail. Then it was to the scraps box and spare bits box to scratch-build something that resembles the actual cabin. Then I needed to trawl through various issues of the magazine to make sure that I wasn't going to put in something prematurely, that would have to be removed later.
Anyway here are some photos of my latest efforts. Any scratch-build additions are indicated in red. I have tried to rely on photographs, where possible, for my additions.
Photo 1. I started by stringing the port side of the cabin - a slow and tedious process. I'm still trying to leave as much unstrung as long as possible, for ease of access. Putting pressure on the tops of the formers has caused me problems also. I managed to break the two formerS
'D' above the longerons. These are held in position by cocktail sticks for priming, as I decided that it will be easier to fit the radio operator's seat with these missing. In fact, I've discovered it would be impossible to instal the seat with them in place!
'A' is panelling for the starboard wall made from spare aluminium sheet. '
B' Some wiring looms added before painting.
'C' is the main spar cover previously installed but left unprimed - as most of the final coat is worn down to the bare metal, in patches, in some of my reference photos.
Photo 2. Scratch-building some detail to the port wall by the pilot's seat. As you can see, it's made from many scraps and tied together with a coat of primer. The two boxes at the base are VHF sets. It's designed to slot together with another part of the panel which was already positioned.
Photo 3. Here you can see the pilot's platform and side panels.
'A' is the rear face of the starboard panelling.
'B' Wiring looms made from picture framing wire, which comes pre-twisted.
'C' is the panel shown previously, mated with a piece of scrap fuselage wall
'D', which matches some of the instruments on the Lanc. these will be tied together further with more wire, cables and instruments after painting. The loose masking on the pilot's console is to leave the surface paint-free for good adhesion of the control panel, when added.
At this stage this section is ready for a coat of black, after which I can start adding the instrument console and other pre-assembled panels. These will be added hopefully in parallel with further progress on the remaining build, adding further detail as I come across it.
That's about it for now. I'll post some more shots, in a few days, when I have the pre-assembled elements installed.
Sláinte,
Gerry