April 12 - 22: Building the cockpit:
Cockpit details won't be very visible through the narrow windscreen, so I cut the seatbelts out of the Eduard packaging for US belts, saving the photo etch for open cockpit fighters. I also lost one of the pilots' steering wheels to the carpet monster, replaced it with curved wire (again, won't be too visible). Cargo compartment painted matt aluminum, Tamiya panel line into the grooves and used strips of extra fine grit black sandpaper for no-slip walkways.