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Many thanks for looking in and your nice comments Mark, Al, Daran, Chris and Tom, greatly appreciated as always.
I love 'Aires' products very reliable and always fantastically detailed. Just a shame that they don't produce a resin GR.4 cockpit in 1:48 scale! 
Kev  Per Ardua Ad Astra
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Very nice progress so far Kev! It's starting to come together. Regards, Phil W. Completed projects: 1/43 scale Bedford HA van / 1/43 scale MG TD sports car
Current projects: 1/48 scale U-boat [U230]
Future projects: 1/148 scale railway diorama / 1/50 scale R/C Volvo F89 logging truck / 1/148 scale Thunderbirds Fireflash
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Hello all,
Haven't had a lot of modelling time since last week but have managed to get some of the cockpit detail work done. A lot of buttons, levers and panels and other bits have been scratchbuilt from various materials. All of the white buttons and various other parts that you see in the photos are what I've either corrected or added because it was missing detail when checked against my reference photos.
I was going to use the 'Flightpath' PE brass instrument panels to replace the kit panels but they are unusable as they all appear to be way too big by about 30%!! They most certainly aren't to 1:48 scale and this is not the first time that I've used their products only to find that they are too big and don't fit where they should. I will NOT be using their sets again. Because of the ill fitting parts I have dissected some of the PE brass into smaller, closely trimmed sections and used as much as I could that way, but there's an awful lot of expensive upgrade parts that will be wasted!
Some of the computer screen parts were scratchbuilt out of plastic sheet and strip as were the various levers and lamps, etc. Still a lot of detail to build and add to the cockpit but I think it'll all be worth the effort in the final look that should show a very busy cockpit.
Thanks for looking, much appreciated, all comments and criticisms welcomed. 
Kev Kev the Modeller attached the following image(s): Per Ardua Ad Astra
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Hi Kev looking so good ,amazing detail your adding to this ,cheers mick.  Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Nice update Kev, some fantastic added detail going into this build, can't wait to see it painted and weathered. 
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Amazing work Kev. Currently: Soliel Royal, Deag DC-3, DeAg Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500
Prior builds: Mayflower, USS Constitution, Academy 1/800 USS Kitty Hawk, Revell's 1/48 A 10 Warthog
Under the Bench:
On Hold: Revell's 1/48 P 61 Black Widow; AL L'Hermione La Fayette
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The detailing looks great
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Loving the cockpit detail Kev, fabulous work....  Regards Alan
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Nice work Kev, those resin exhausts look great. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Beautiful detail, this is really going to stand out. Lovely work Kev.  Mark
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Those resin-details are amazing!Greetings,
Walter
Present builds:
Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
On the shelf:
Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
Completed builds:
McLaren MP4/4, D-51 Steam Locomotive, HMS Victory, GWH F-15D Eagle, St. Stephen`s Cathedral (cardboard), Solar-powered paddle Steamer (little project with my son), HMS Victory X-section, "Geli" Phantom II (cardboard)
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The resin details will really pop once a little metallic paint has been applied. Great job Kev! Regards, Phil W. Completed projects: 1/43 scale Bedford HA van / 1/43 scale MG TD sports car
Current projects: 1/48 scale U-boat [U230]
Future projects: 1/148 scale railway diorama / 1/50 scale R/C Volvo F89 logging truck / 1/148 scale Thunderbirds Fireflash
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Liking all the added detail going into this build Kev Al
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Top notch detail going in there. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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That etch really lifts the detail Kev
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Hello all,
I have done some more work on the cockpit detailing, but I'm not ready to show that just yet. However, I have also been working some more on the jet exhaust assemblies, which I have now finished, as can be seen in the photos below.
Many thanks for looking in on my build, always greatly appreciated. All comments and criticisms welcomed.
Kev
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