1/72 Short Stirling BIII - Heavy Hitters II GB

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys, and thanks Terry, some helpful pictures there, especially of the overhead panel. I started fabricating the navigator's seat, a curved back bucket as suggested by Terry. Pictures tonight when its done.

 

[A4K]

Great work Glenn, and great info Terry!

 

[Wurger]

 

[T Bolt]

Finished the navigator's seat and added some wire to the cockpit side walls. also a pic of the finished control panel.

 

[A4K]

Great stuff Glenn!

 

[B-17engineer]

Looks awesome!

 

[Wurger]

 

[parsifal]

love your cockpit additions glenn. looks very smart.

 

[Airframes]

Glenn, from what I remember, and having seen similar seats, the Nav's seat was more like this.
BUT! I'm only going off memory of the film footage and, although I think I have a photo somewhere, I haven't been able to find any proof yet. Lacking evidence, either style would suffice.
(Apologies fro the rough sketch!).

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Way to go Glenn!

 

[Crimea_River]

Terry, that's the bar stool you were sitting in last night.

 

[meatloaf109]

Very nice!

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks for the info Terry. My seat is a bit too high in the back, but at this point it's too late to change it. I finished everything up inside and closed it up. The fit was better than I expected but I'll probably lose a lot of the rivet detail on the top and bottom when I smooth out the joint.
That's it until next week. I'll be gone for the holiday. Thanks for looking in everyone and happy 4th !

 

[A4K]

Lovely work Glenn!

Great sketch too terry, will use that one day when I do mine....whenever I see my models again...

 

[Airframes]

Nice work on the cockpit Glenn, and that Nav seat looks fine the way it is.

 

[Wurger]

A nice job so far.

 

[Andy70]

Great looking cockpit, Glenn!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great detail on the interior!

 

[Matt308]

Great detail work!

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far Glenn!