Condor
1/48 Heinkel 178
Kit C48002
The cockpit during assembly. PE parts made up the throttle console.
I think it was originally made for another kit, I trimmed off about
half of the
width and made a tapered edge before the seat would fit next
to it properly. I tossed the stick in favor of one from an Me-109 as
the one supplied looked like
a telephone pole and was way too large.
The front bulkhead has been sawed off and installed at an angle, a more
fastidious builder would have trimmed back
the floorboard and put a
curved part there, but painted RLM 66 it isn't very visible. At this
point I have just figured out that the very nice instrument panel is
going to leave no room for the pilot's legs and under no circumstances
will anyone ever glimpse the fine job I did soldering up the rudder
pedals and adapting
them to the initially oversize fixture they attach
to.
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