Carrying on with the final parts of the cockpit, before moving on to the nose conversion, the windscreen has been masked, the frames painted inside and out, the roof switch panel done, and the instrument panel shroud fitted and painted.
PIC 1 Shows the masking on the windscreen. The matt black was first painted on the outside, then where access was possible, the internal frames and roof panel were also painted.
PIC 2. Work under way adding switches and knobs to the roof switch / navcom panels.
PIC 3. The finished panels and rotor clutch - a little re-touching will be done when the paint has fully dried.
PIC 4. Making the shroud round the instrument panel, using thin plastic card.
PIC 5. After sanding and painting.
PIC 6. Next stage is the modifications to the nose. The detail will be sanded off or filled as required, and a new filter box section moulded, fitted, and blended in with Milliput. The finished sub-assembly will be fitted with a spacer around the joint between nose section and fuselage, to move the whole assembly forward a few millimetres, thereby increasing the overall length. As soon as the required materials arrive, work will begion on this, the trickiest part of the conversion.
Thanks once again for your interest in this project, and for your kind comments. More as soon as there's something to show.