Finally I have some progress shots. Sorry for the delay folks.
applied a timber imitation finish to the decking, installed and painted the kickbars. Attached scratch built control cables (not entirely happy with the result). Fitted and painted the control column, colours are too strong but wont matter once everything is fitted
The main fuel tank. The paint flakes you see are peeled off from the aux tank which is meant to sit above the main tank. When I went to dry fit the tank behind the pilot, I found I had miscalculated the dimensions and had to pull the assembly apart to downsize everything , Fits now, after a LOT of fiddling and modification. The hole at the top is the fuel inlet, whilst the coppered over hole at the side was meant to be the fuel outlet for the main tank. Unfortunately the tanks are too big to use them but they are not being removed.
Tank is a mix of a brass piped bent and reshaped, then painted, and styrene ends, unpainted
This is the auxiliary tank which Ive left unpainted in the brass. none of the fuel tank assembly will be visible after fabrication so I might just leave the aux tank as is .
The leather straps are in fact scrap PE metal that Ive cut myself to size. There is some variation in the widths unfortunately
Some further progress with the IP. Ive realigned the switches in the lower left, and reduced the sized of the pulsometer on the far left. its still out of scale but I'm having difficulty making it smaller. its the right height, but its about twice as wide as it should be. The bottom half is 1.5 mm brass tubing, whilst the top is just a drop of woodworking glue. I do have some 0,08mm solid brass rod so I might try and make a replacement for the pulsometer ....if I can remove it. switches right of the Pulsometer are the same tubing, cut and sanded back far as I can take them with 15 amp fuse wire as the actual fuse.
Gadget bottom right is made from modified sprue off cuts with the very last of the 0,05mm aluminium capillary tube that I had on hand. Painted and shaped to simulate the primitive altimeter fitted to the Camel
The brass nameplate is just scrap PE sprue which I fluffed up to be raised off the backing if I can find a decal that has small enough writing, I might apply them to the plate, though the words wont read what they should.
I cant finish the IP yet because I'm waiting for some parts Should arrive in the next week or so
The dash is an odd shape, but it fits the space well and wont look that odd shape once fitted, The sides do get covered, or at least were during the dry fits
This is the pilots backing board....looks rough art this magnification but is okay
this is the Kit supplied pilots seat that I rejected . you can see the crappy injection marks but the seat is also about 30% out of scale. Compare this to the after market ones that geo posted and which Ive purchased a copy and there is just no comparison