Good Evening, All,
Andy, I am still in and you have my information correct. Glad to see this is getting popular. Can you ever really have too many Long Noses?
I spent the weekend with the cockpit from the Eduard kit. I love and hate PE. Love the looks mostly. But, my eyes are hate the size. Sprayed the basic parts in RLM66. I then started in on adding the included PE to the various cockpit pieces. I am not 100% happy with what I have. However, once everything is installed in the fuse, I figure it will look good.
I did run across a couple of photos on the web that showed a cushion in the seat. So, I took some tissue, folded it carefully in several different axises (is that correct for plural axis?). I glued it all up with some thinned Elmer's white glue. Once that was setup, I mixed a little dark green in with some umber to get a shade that looked appropriate to me. Too bad most of it is under the lap belts. I added tiny drops of Future to give an instrument glass look to the lower panel. Any details were picked out with silver or red with a toothpick. I used an artist's silver pencil to do a little weathering on the floor and a few edges in the cockpit. I was going for subtle with this. Under the mag lamp is looks good, I must say.
As soon as the seat is dried into place, I will add the shoulder harnesses.
I sure hope the pics are viewable. I do not have a good macro lens yet. I am shooting with a std Canon 50mm lens and cropping/zooming/ adjusting to get enough detail for you all to get an idea of my results.
I welcome positive and negative feedback (heck, how does one improve with only positive feedback?).
Dale
PS Sorry for the lighting. I'll try to get more light on the shots going forward.