Ive made some good progress tonite, fitting the rudder kick bars, the tubular frme that surrounds the pilot, the pilot seat, the front firewall and finally the IP to the cockpit assembly. Its all pretty good, but I have run out of time and will post photos topmorow.
I think Ive found the problem with this kit. its in the area afdt of the pilot seat. The kit has a lot of detail forward of the pilot, and then just leaves a void behind him. This is clearly wrong and will be visible (highly so) from the outside.
The attached cutaway drawing shows what I think shoud be there, paraphenalia for the radio, a supporting deck. Underneath that a 70 gallon fuel tanki and leading froim the tank to the dorsal, a fuel fillier line leading to the port side. In the tail there is an oxygenm supply and of course the rudder and tail plane cables.
Some of the stuff not visible doesnt need to be made (but depending on how it goes I may attempt it). But some of the gear does need to be represented, because its visible from the outside, I need to scratch build this and it wont be easy, though Ive attempted harder. ive made a start, cutting from styrene card the rear deck. I will also at least build or simulate the radio assembly and the fuel filler line....the rest is optional