Gary, nice job on the hatch. Think you have the post too far back. When the hatch is opened, it rests on the rear two posts. You pull down on the hatch lever to raise it, swing it to the right and drop the hatch lever, so that it seats on the posts. The one closest to the hatch is a safety stop. For realistic look, the hatch should be seated over those posts. The red color is not that far off.....the internal lights have a 3 way switch....white-off-red. (Red used as it does not seriously interfere with night vision). At night with the individual station lamps on, that's what it looks like. It's hell to play chess on a standard chessboard on the breech with that red lamp directly above it. [:@]

Bill