ORIGINAL: Waco Kid
Hello fellow WACOphiles, First of all I'm new to RC universe hopefully I can learn from some of you veterans. I have been conversing with Scott C. at SIG via e-mail since this plane came out and cannot say enough about how much help he has been, I'm waiting patiently for my new WACO. I purchased a foto-pak fron Bob Banka and it shows alot of detail. I would like to make this plane as close to scale as possible so I ask you; Where can I get stuff for the interior ei; seats, dashboard, and the steering wheel that's in this plane? Does anybody know? Thanks for any info you have. wayne
I doubt you'll find anything ready-made in the way of interior. What's wrong with scratch-building it? There's a lot of good builders here that are happy to share techniques and ideas. The other thing to consider in detailing the cockpit of a plane in this scale: sometimes this space is required for the Rx, servos and/or batteries to achieve proper balance, and you're limited by what you have to put where. Don't get me wrong, I think putting the scale cockpit in the SRE would look great, considering how beautiful it is, but from a practical standpoint, the only way to see it will be through the windscreen, as the windows are all under the top wing.
Just to get into the swing of things, think terminology: dashboard and steering wheel are good if you're talking Studebaker or Hudson, but instrument panel and yoke is more correct for WACO
For some great interior (cabin, cockpit) photos, look on the Antique and Classic forum under the WACO YMF thread. Skylarkmk1 and I have posted pictures from the WACOphile's dream. Look on pages 110-current for the shots.