Spitfire Mk.Ia Cockpit
Instrument panel and cockpit floor. I would have preferred to use the resin panel with decals, but I botched that up a little. Still, the pre-painted brass instrument panel looks very nice indeed.
Starboard sidewall. Note the early wobble pump style of landing gear control. There is an associated square tank for this system behind the pilot's seat that is clearly visible in a photograph I have of N3277, and so despite what some people will tell you, this aircraft certainly had the wobble pump.
Port sidewall. Incredible detail on parts such as the throttle block and fuse panel.
Seat and seat frame. The armoured headrest is clearly visible in photographs of N3277, and so presumably the armoured seat back was installed as well. The black unit on the frame just below the armour plate is the horn that sounds when the throttle is reduced and the landing gear has not been deployed. I could not confirm if this unit was installed, but it makes for a nice bit of extra detail.
Aft face of seat frame and rearmost cockpit frame. The holes in the resin parts were filled in (or at least covered with resin membrane), and so each and every hole was carefully drilled out by hand.
Cockpit with starboard sidewall. Note that the resin parts do not cover the entire fuselage side; the styrene fuselage parts contain additional detail that I have not yet worked on.
Cockpit with port sidewall. Not much to add here, other than how nice the Brassin cockpit looks when carefully painted and weathered.
Pilot's view of instrument panel. While perhaps flatter and thus a bit weaker than the resin instrument panel, the crisp printing on the brass panel certainly does look lovely.
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11 20 November 2021, 01:15
Lochsa Riverif anyone tells me different about the wobble pump....you are the source...
i've seen some dudes that looked like they had a wobble pump....good thing they took an Uber hone....
20 November 2021, 02:45
Lochsa Riverwe could all use a horn that sounds when our throttle is reduced and our landing gear not deployed...
20 November 2021, 02:48
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The completed (more or less) cockpit of my Spitfire Mk.Ia. This is Eduard's excellent Brassin cockpit. While the cockpit in the base Eduard kit is very nice, the level of detail in the Brassin cockpit simply blew me away. Resin is a little trickier to work with, to be sure, but I'd say it was well worth it to have a cockpit that looks as stunning as this.
Some people might ask "why pay for an aftermarket cockpit if it's going to be hard to see it at the end of the build?" Well, cockpits are my favourite part of any aircraft build simply because of the incredible detail you can get in them. Plus, by taking plenty of photographs like these, you'll have something you can see at the end of it all.
