Nice job on the graphics. Can wait to see how it will look in your cockpit. I would try them out, but my cockpit is already glued in. I'm not up for going back and taking it apart.

Stephen

Like the sticker will play with them see what I can do with them, I might try it on the decal parer I picked up it has white and clear the white should work and being a decal hope to make easier to place "am not that great with Stickers"

Have had a bit of a hiccup with my sever as of late and have had difficulty getting my images to post... but here are the stickers again for anyone that is still interested:



You can download the stickers here: New Sticker Replacements

Looking pretty cool and should look pretty sweet when painted up

Ok... after taking the above pic I realized I needed to work on that nav console. First off, I painted the whole thing in a buffing gunmetal so I get a good shine to it after it's done. Next I began adding detail to it. Most of the detail is there, but it's lacking alot of little things. Like buttons on the console itself and a big round greeble in the center.




Not to mention those nav cans. After studying the screen caps, I discovered the nav cans on the console are actually square bottom solo cups glued down and a painted. But figuring out how to simulate those at this scale isn't easy. So, I thought about it for awhile and finally ended up finding some bamboo skewers that I had. The tips were sharpened and in the general shape of what I needed. So I took some putty, formed it around the tips of the skewers, and allowed it to harden.



Then I pryed them off and cut them to size and glued them over those little round bumps where they should go. Seems to have done the trick.




A little paint, a good dry brushing, and some fine detail lines, and this is the final result.



Now all I have to do is put the fibers in and we're in business!

I think I got my cockpit finished and fibered. I did all the details in putty that includes the nav shroud, the lever box, the botton panel, the light domes and all the little toggle switches. I used my custom sticker replacement for the graphic background. Made finding the holes for the fibers alot easier. I hooked up some LEDs to it temporarily and took some pics to see how it will look. Whatcha think?

Very nice detail with the putty. Really like the tiny buttons and switches on the cockpit console. Definitely makes the build more fun when you can add your own touches to the model. I will be watching your build with interest.

Thanks bro... yeah... it makes it alot more rewarding when you're done you can say "I DID THAT" like in that commercial! LOL I'm sure there are alot of little things I can redo, but at this scale you really can't make out alot of the details with the naked eye. The camera picks up alot of stuff that's really hard to see, but it registers unconsciously as detail and makes it look that much more impressive. There are alot of little things I'm sure I can fix and I probably will over the time of the build, but right now I'm pretty happy with how it's coming out so far. I hope that the progress I make will help alot of people with their builds as well. I am attempting to be as screen accurate as possible!

Again... before I placed those details on, I used my replacement sticker for the console. I found a photo I took of the console with just the new sticker on it just after I drilled the holes for the fiber optics. With it it really makes a difference in finding the spots where the lighted buttons and fibers should go. Really comes in handy! Lemme know what you think...

Alright all you happy peoples... got a big update for everyone. Have been working on scratch building the nav chairs. I got out my reference photos and set to work with my putty and began working on the first frame.




My first task was get some kind of measurements. As far as I can tell from the photo the top of the nav chair is a head and a half taller then the front seats, but I also had to factor in the fact that the floor is also dropped a bit lower then then one the front seat is on (hence the reason for the lowered floor in the cockpit). So I took a stick and placed the front seat in place and eyeballed the measurement on the stick. I used that measurement to figure out the rest of my build. Using that measurement I pulled out some putty and started shaping it. I placed a couple of strips of styrene down to give a better ridge to it. Here's the result...



Althou it didn't come out too bad, I realized I was gonna have to repeat this process 2 more times and frankly, getting the putty to this point took about 2 hours. Didn't like it... so I basically started over again with styrene and think it came out looking better then the putty. I also have some styrene tubing that I thought would make the look a lot nicer, so using the thickness of the tubing, I figured out the width of the framing... Came out looking alot cleaner and straight-edged.




I needed to encase the tubing inside the frame but I also had to make two 90 degree tubes along the side that kinda of protruded thru the framing in the bottom of the top hole of the frame and the second to bottom hole. I used my dremel to make some concave cuts in the end of the tubing and then cut 6 little pieces to glue onto the tube in the proper places. I had to fit them into the holes to make sure I had them in the right places. I painted them black, glued two strips to the sides and then glued them onto the backs of the frames.




So far not looking too bad. I cut out the seats and backs and the back tops. I glued one together and I started thinking that maybe these frames were too big, so I placed them next to the provided seats to compare them and I guess not. Looks like I'm right on track.




More to come!