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Old 11-23-2006 | 05:13 AM
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Default RE: SE5a 1/6 Scale

Well, I guess since I’m starting this thread with the plane half built, I should briefly cover what’s gone before. Since I wanted a full cockpit, I started there and pretty much framed the plane around it. I used pictures from the Memorial Flight Association web site for most of the detail work. I compared them to pictures of other cockpits, and used what was common to all. I used Model Cad to draw the instruments, based on the pictures, and printed them with a high definition printer. The bezels are made from various pieces of tubing, ink pens, etc. The metal edge around the cockpit stiffener is a soft aluminum strip, with the “rivets” pressed in with an awl. The control yoke is brass rod with an aluminum top and ring, wrapped with rigging twine. The compass is shaped and hollowed out dowel rod. The inner ring is printed on photo paper, cut out and shaped. It’s held in place with a thin wire through the center. The ammo bin is made of aluminum. I added it because it can be seen through the window above the instrument panel. The bullet belt is from a GI Joe action figure.
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