Eric F

Hi John, and every body, Here are some tips. The black panels are made from Evergreen 0.13 mm plain sheet. I first adjusted all panels before painting them. To do so, I sticked them on tape ribbon. I sprayed Tire black paint with 70% dilution. Thinner the paint is, easier is the scribing for the lettering. You just have to use a thin needle to smothly scratch the paint to let the white styrene appearing. The knobs are from sprue stretched over a flame. All panels are prepared before to definitly glue them on the side console. The arm and wrist rest are scratch built to make then thinner than

Hi, The arm and wrist rest are attached. Eric

Just the oxygen hose for today.it is made with a E guitar string.

Hi, Many many thanks! Today I post the first side console. Next will be the LH side console.

Some details on the doc case and the canopy locking mechanism. Bye

Yes the seats will be out of the cockpit. Some more pics for today. See you

I worked on the back seat today: Thanks for your support. Eric

Hi, Some update on the front cockpit tub. Eric

Thank you very much indeed! Small update for today See you

Thanks a lot!!! I'm back on the workbench! Hope to work more regularly now. Bye

Hi gents! I'm back again, working onthe cockpit detailing. Going back working on it. Eric

I kept few hours this WE to work on my cockpit. Stll resuming detailing of the rudder pedals plus some add on. Eric

Hi! Starting a new topic. The dorsal spine is not an issue anymore. I'm able to start again on the cockpit. This is the begining of the rudder pedals. Bye

Other pics showing that we are able to make the depth we want. Eric

Dear all, The dorsal spine is on the way to be finished. I "sprayed" today the last stiffeners ribs and plates. The method of the tape plus the Alclad grey primer works perfectly. The pics here below show the emplacement of the next stiffeners. I'll be able now to work again on the cockpit. Ah yes, something new: the Academy canopy is deffinitely wrong to fit to the Tamiya kit. I will have to heat the oil to vaccu it like I did on the Mirage 2000D. A new challenge yet! See you next time Eric