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Old 24 April 2006, 06:27 AM   #1031 (permalink)
JohnReid
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Smile Front and rear pit panels

The above pics are the front and rear pit panels.Note the map case door in the front panel.There is also a glove box( not shown in this pic) behind the rear pilots seat in the turtledeck.The compass is located on a shelf just below the rear panel and is mounted horizontally.The wood is American cherrywood and the instrument faces are from the R/C supplier J'tec.They are supplied in 1/12th scale but can easily be reduced in scale with any good copier.You will have a lifetime supply for WW1 & 2 aircraft as well as most cars and boats all in one package.
There will be no cowling covering this area on the Canuck as it is just too interesting to spoil by covering it.I have however fit this cowling on the "A" fuselage which helps to cover up the lack of detail in the scavenged cockpits.
If I had to do it over again I may have considered doing the instrument rims in brass instead of silver.
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