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Another one of the many steps before closing up the fuselage was to add seat belts to the pilot's seat. I decided to scratch build these rather than spring for a new set of PE belts. I made these from plain masking tape and stainless steel wire for the buckles. The grommets were done by placing a dab of chrome paint from one of my new Molotow chrome pens I got for Christmas and then, when dry, placing a black ink dot in the middle.
Note that at some point I must have brushed the cockpit against something and obliterated all the throttle levers I worked so hard to make. I'll need to redo these now. I'll also need to come up with seat belts and the back rest for the Flight Engineer. Though the back rest can be seen in one of my reference pics, I have not seen if and how the seat belts attach to the folding seat.
In the meantime, the back of the instrument panel was given some spaghetti wiring which was then painted, some black and some silver. I only did enough to suggest the mess that was really there as just the bottom stuff will be seen through the hatch. With this all done, I glued the panel securely in place with CA. The below pic shows the panel in place and the cockpit floor loosely positioned. Two wires emanate from the camera so far; one goes to the controller and one runs behind the camera and stops. The drive cable from the motor can only be installed once the floor is permanently attached.
Next up was the wing spar, a rather important feature that Trumpeter omitted. I got my reference for this from the Eduard detail set instruction sheet that I downloaded from the net and made it using styrene card. Two sides were made with spacers in between.
Here's the spar in place ready for paint.
I also assembled the forward turret. I cut off the thick triangular parts, one of which can be seen in the below pic, and replaced them with card. Lightening holes and a stiffener plate was also added and I also added a box representing the gun sight. The reflector will be added once I paint everything.
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