INSTRUMENT PANEL
Well I am now thru my second week of chemo and radiation. It was not as easy as the first week so I have slowed down the amount of building that I am doing on the Spitfire.
The gauges that come with the semi scale from Tyspplanes.com. did not look that realistic to me so I ordered some 1/4 scale gauges made to WW2 British style.
I got them from HOBBY EXPRESS and they are made by
www.aerocockpit.com. The look very realistic but they don't have a compass or the gun sight for the instrument panel.
I ordered both the compass and gun sight from Mic Reeves, but I had to do a fair amount of modifications to make them fit onto this panel.
I found a tiny true Hunter's compass at CTC that was just the exact size to fit into the Mic Reeves frame. I had to shorten Mic's gun sight so that it would fit onto the top of the panel.
All I need to do now is glue the panel in place and the cockpit interior details are done.
The size of the panel is about 6" by 6" and it weighs 62 grams.