Thanks for the replies guys!
I started this build a couple of weeks ago when this GB first started. It seems like I have been a little cursed with it since then. Soon after starting it I sliced my hand with a utility knife while working on my front door. This gave me 10 stitches and a 2 week break from modeling.
Then I went skiing on vacation and promptly got a mild concussion when I got tangled up with one of my friends on the slopes.
Hopefully things will go smoother from here on out. I am going to do a couple of posts to catch things up to where I am now on the build.
The kit has a lot of great detail right out of the box but I always love adding extra PE when I can.
The IP is molded in clear plastic so you can somehow stick a decal on the back side of it and see the instruments through it but I'm not sure how this is suppose to work in reality. I scraped off most of the molded on details to make room for the pre-painted PE from Eduard. I also cut off the rudder pedals which will be replaced by PE as well.
This is how the IP looks now. And here is what the PE rudder pedals look like.
I added a strengthening plate to the seat from plastic card (I think that's what that angled plate is) and some PE details as well. I had some black paint in my airbrush so I shot some pre-shading on the seat as well.
Here it is with some Interior Green paint on it.
And with a little weathering added as well.
I still need to add an oil wash for the recesses and add the PE seat belts.