Update time! Been working on little bits and bobs to add to the interior.
I made the forward fire extinguisher from a capacitor (resistor?) That I have for detail parts I pulled off a circuit board years ago. I added milliput to one end to lengthen it. After this photo was taken I realized the bottom should be round and not flat, so I corrected it with more milliput.
Here is the forward bulkhead painted up. I have added the fire extinguisher, the hose and nozzle made from lead wire and stretched sprue respectively. I also added a rectangle of styrene and painted as a med kit. Electrical conduit was added on the left in the picture from lead and copper wire, and the tiny junction box from a scrap square of styrene, painted silver. The bulkhead is painted Euro 1 dark green, the canvas area painted the same as the cockpit, French tan with oil paint highlights. I still have to add another smaller fire extinguisher at the top left, oxygen hoses to the two regulators, and a couple more wires.
I made blanking panels for the interior where a large recess from the main wings would be visible. The larger cylinder is the hydraulic reservoir made from part of plastic q-tip cylinder, punched styrene disks for the bottom and cap on top, and the top is a piece of one of those random sprue gate pieces with a rounded top that are usually hanging off of smaller pieces on the parts tree. I save these since they can come in handy for scratch building as is the case here.
The smaller cylinder is the hydraulic accumulator made from styrene rod, punched styrene disks and a slice of stretched sprue for the cap on top. The yellow straps are tamiya tape.
Here are the hydraulic cylinders with a base coat of dark green.
This is the cockpit floor. Of note here is a rolled canvas cover made from milliput at the front of the floor entry way and grooves cut into the center console to accept control levers later. A smaller console on the port side floor has been added from styrene stock.
Cockpit floor partly painted. Dark green forward, same acrylic paint wood technique as the nose area aft. I may not add the anti slip areas over the wood simply for the sake of contrast in a rather dark cockpit area. Wear was added with a fine brush and chromate yellow followed by careful silver dry brushing. Still a few more details and painting to go in this area.
I started assembling and painting the bomb racks. All parts received a base coat of MM Acryl flat black followed by a coat of Tamiya flat silver. A heavy wash of raw umber oil paint was applied to all the pieces and excess wiped away when dry. This gave a very pleasing patina to the bare metal parts in my opinion. The placards in the center of the racks were painted light grey and a tiny strip of gloss red in the center of each one.
Here are some of the bulkheads painted up. They received the same treatment as the bomb racks. The one on the right still needs the excess cleaned up. A little more detail painting, a couple decals and other small details will be added soon to finish these up.
Finally, I have made various oxygen cylinders and pieces for later detailing from milliput.
That's all for now. I think I am getting close to finishing all the small details that I will add to the interior so hopefully things will start moving quicker pretty soon. Thanks for taking a look guys!
Chad