Thanks guys.
To finish the instrument panel, I cut some decals from the kit instrument panel sheet, used some generic aftermarket decals, and added the canopy locking lever and what I think is the drogue chute pull. Here she is, all done and awaiting installation into the pit.
Anyone with this Hasegawa kit needs to watch the sequence of assembly closely. The instrument panel is to be glued to the shroud first, then after the fuselage halves are glued together, the panel/shroud assembly is to be inserted into the tub from the outside in a twisting motion. To allow that to happen, the joy stick needs to be left out until the very end.
While all this was going on, I had been assembling miscellaneous parts while I waited for paint or glue to dry. I had temporarily clamped the fuselage together to hold the tailpipe in place in the correct position on one side while the glue set and while that was happening, I attended to the cannon aperture. Early Canadian Starfighters were deployed to Europe in a nuclear strike role and so they dispenses with the cannon and installed an additional fuel cell. The opening for the cannon was faired over as seen in under the "R" in this pic:
Fortunately, this kit provided supplemental resin parts for the German CCV test aircraft in this included a resin plus fro the gun trough. Before and after below:
The wheel well was also assembled and installed into the belly of one side of the fuselage. Most of the details will be hidden once the rear gear door is installed so I won't bother with detailing this area.
Here's how it's left for the night with everything ready to mate the fuselage halves.
Thanks for checking in.