Ok,I made a start on this little project beginning with the cockpit.
Here is what I have to work with -
Not a lot of detail as u an see
Here is where I am at currently -
I sourced various photos of Mig 17F cockpits,a lot had a neutral grey scheme but some had a light bluish scheme which looked a dead ringer for Humbrol's Aircraft Blue so that's what I plumped for.Looks a lot more interesting than grey imho.
I fashioned 2 control panels (on each side of the lower slot)from balsa.I love balsa,used it heaps in car dioramas,so easy to shape and mould.
Wasn't happy with the arms for the chair so flipped them on their sides and curled a piece back to make an arm.
Made a small shelf on the left side and wiring will be placed under this.I'm using strands of fly-wire to replicate the wiring as it looks the right scale.
The harness came from a 1/43 scale racing car!
I chopped and changed it a bit,not perfect but not too bad.
Control stick from the kit was just straight and featureless so I am using a part from the rear suspension of a 1/43 F1 car.
Next on the list is to add the wiring,and a couple of levers on the panel on the right.In this scale the levers will be about 3mm long so that should be fun!
Then it will be a case of adding switch colours and hopefully it will look half-presentable.
Not having any knowledge of the workings of a Mig doesn't help my cause!
Cheers,
Tony.