Cockpit assembly

cockpit painted and chipped. Used this session to see how Gunze handled hairspray chipping.

Lead wire was used to detail the oxygen canisters.

Not my best attempt at a instrument pannel, but the canopy will be closed so this will do.

Oils were used as a wash, Abteilung Bitume and Buff were used.

Seeing as the canopy will be closed, I was really debating adding a wash as most of this detail won't be visible. I'm glad I did it because I do feel that it's good practice being away from the bench after so long.

This will be a American Spitfire based in Italy, I really wanted some nice dust tones on the dark surfaces.

I drilled out the holes on the seat bracing, this was incredibly easy to do and looks fantastic imo.

I feel I may have overdone it on the seat, but it's acceptable imo.

I feel that somebody at Eduard really hates the idea of dry fitting a model, it was very hard during the build up to do test fits as the parts don't have secure joining.