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This is an old Testor's boxed kit. Here are some pics of the almost completed cockpit. Just need to add a wash to dirty it up and smooth out some holes drilled in the rear bulkhead.
This is the first time I have added detail to a cockpit. Drilled the holes that were used to lighten the weight of the plane. Scratched a trim wheel using punches due to shooting the kit piece into the carpet monster. Added levers, and used wine foil to create the lever over the port side electrical box, and added wire "cables".
Overall, I am happy with the result except for the seatbelts, which were also done with wine foil, but was rushed and not done well. Not sure if I will try again, or will spend a few bucks for PE seatbelts on my next plane build.
Thanks for looking,
D
Dwayne or Dman or just D. All comments are welcome on my builds.
Pit looking good. Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming. I usually use masking tape for belts as it shows up with a slightly coarse texture. Use the foil for the buckles.
Jim
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Great start, you'll do well as you continue to improvise and adapt well!
Toshi
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Really nice start. I don't think the wine foil belts look bad at all. Looks convincing.
fox Pit looking good. Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming. I usually use masking tape for belts as it shows up with a slightly coarse texture. Use the foil for the buckles. Jim
I used masking tape on my last plane, and it did not look bad. Thanks for the suggestion.
Stik, Toshi and Ultra, thank you for the encouragement. It is much appreciated.
Things look very good MCF. You can make some very realistic looking belts with wine foil and thin wire or left over pe parts for the buckles.
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Nicestart on the pit.
I'm to lazy to make my own belts, i use PEones in the samller scale and fabric ones in 32nd.
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Very good work!
Great job on the pit especially the scratch built items. I totaly enjoy scratching out parts, and the more you do it the more you wanna do it it seems. It brings so much more realism and satisfaction to the models I think.
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plasticjunkie Things look very good MCF. You can make some very realistic looking belts with wine foil and thin wire or left over pe parts for the buckles.
Thanks Bish, Piper and JayJay. I think it is true that once you start adding details to a pit, it will be hard to let another one go just stock. I really liked studying pictures of the Zero pit and trying to figure out "how am I going to do that?".
Thanks again for the encouragement,
The pit is looking awesome, and kudos for doing the scratch stuff. I think they look great.
Cheers, Mark
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