Thanks David and Even for the kind words.
Today I have made a start with the cockpit. Taking the added resin parts the selection of bits that need fitting makes for a lot of fiddly painting. As I have no cockpit etched parts that I'm happy with I decided to use mostly plastic or resin. Here are some pics of today's production.
A couple of days ago I gave everything a couple of sprays of RLM 66.
A couple of nice resin seats which I'm happy to say are not duplicated of each other.
The pilots joy stick. I have a sketch of this showing a couple of loose cables coming from the side and going into the floor framework. A nice touch I think.
These are a couple of kit parts for the radar operators position, the one on the right still has to have the viewing scope added.
Resin side walls for the radar operator, he would need lead lining as he is right between the four cannon firing mechanisms.
The pilots instrument panel, this is from the kit which is moulded, so no decals to fit over it. As the rear panel is also visible from above, I decided to add some cable detail exiting from the rear of the dials.
The pilots side panels from the kit with the addition of a resin oxygen hose (I think) and the detail of the throttles, fuel feed and trim levers.