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That cockpit starts to be really a "chunky" piece of details !

The IP panel looks really good, was it made of wood in the Arado or perhaps Bakelite ? Either way around, looks great!

- Kari

Thanks Kari. I believe it was wood. Haven't done the research on that yet but I'll find out.

KSaarni wrote:That cockpit starts to be really a "chunky" piece of details !

The IP panel looks really good, was it made of wood in the Arado or perhaps Bakelite ? Either way around, looks great!

- Kari

An educated guess says wood. Bakelite is far heavier, and weight is always critical on an aircraft.

This is true.....
Sorry to hear 'bout your dog Carlos. Hang in there buddy.

mustang1989 wrote:This is true.....
Sorry to hear 'bout your dog Carlos. Hang in there buddy.

Thank you my friend. He put a smile on my face when things were hard. The house is too empty and quiet without him around.

Stikpusher wrote:

mustang1989 wrote:This is true.....
Sorry to hear 'bout your dog Carlos. Hang in there buddy.

Thank you my friend. He put a smile on my face when things were hard. The house is too empty and quiet without him around.

Very sorry to hear that Stik, very sorry.

- Kari

I had two Dachshunds (Scooter and Sweet Pea) that lived for 17 years and I dubbed them "Idiot 1" and "Idiot 2" but they were good dogs. Scooter had a heart attack and we had to put him down and Sweet Pea just flat out lost her marbles (not that she ever had a whole lot to work with..lol). Perfectly healthy dog at 17 but her mind was just gone and that really sucked to have to put her down. She was wagging her tail all the way to the vet that day.

If you ask anybody closely associated with me in the modeling realm about my thoughts on landing gear, they'll tell you that I cannot stand this part of an aircraft build. To me it's the one thing that can absolutely make or break an aircraft build outside of a really obvious flaw or wing dihedral especially when it comes to shows. I judged aircraft at the last show I went to back in February and it was the one area of the build that was the deciding factor in a lot of the aircraft that were candidates for an award. Outside of the show and award realm, it's really irritating to spend a lot of time and put all kinds of work into a build only to see it either lean because the gear wasn't set up right or to see two landing gear legs that are waaay off in angles. I've got an Fw190 A8 build that I had such an experience with. It still sits in my display cabinet but has the flaw of incorrectly angled gear. I put all that time into the build and neglected to get the angles right and it really shows when it sits right next to my Fw190 D-9. So I get really nervous during this part of construction. This build is no exception to that rule and is IMO a lot harder to get the angles right because the gear has to be assembled in separate pods and then inserted into the fuselage as the halves are joined which is one aspect of this kit that REALLY sucks. I think I've got it though after a lot of time aligning and making sure everything was just "so-so". I didn't care for the RLM 02 that turned to more of a 66 after my shadowing attempts though, I can tell ya that!!
Here's this (and last) weeks progress so far:

I've got the fuselage halves joined together but again.....no pics as of yet. Just lots of body work. OMG!!!

I will say again that the cockpit detail is outstanding.