Hi George,
The engine is just test fitted, not fixed,

Mike

Mike Norris (@sandbagger)
I'm very impressed with the engine and the instrument panel. I have never built a resin kit before. If and when I do, I will keep this company in mind. The details look incredible.

Hi all,
The fuselage is now ready to be closed up.
As the fuselage and internal parts are 3D printed, there are no locating stub or recesses for most parts.
Therefore they have to be individually test fitted between the fuselage halves, then all secured to one half before closing up the fuselage.
So aligning the various parts as you close up the fuselage can be tricky.
Due to the deep fuselage, most of the internal detail, as usual, can't really be seen.
Like the cockpit frames, I found that the instrument panel was too wide to allow the fuselage halves to fully close.
So that had to be reduced in width.
The only extra details added are:
The control rod from the engine speed selector
The two trigger cables from the control column
Rudder control cables
Elevator control cables
The ailerons were operated by control tubes, so will be added later in the build.
These tubes were between the cockpit control lever on the torsion bar of the control column and the underside of the upper wing.

Mike

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Very impressive, Mike (@sandbagger). The interior is flawless, and the instrument panel looks like it could be the real thing. Well done.

Hi all,
The kit supplies 1.2 mm diameter steel rod for use as the supports for the lower wings.
However, once the fuselage is joined together, I found that rear rod locating holes on both sides of the fuselage were obstructed by the internal cockpit bulkhead.
Therefore, new locating holes needed to be drilled,

Mike

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Great result on this correction, Mike @sandbagger

Nice work, Mike @sandbagger. If I had drilled the holes, nothing would have lined up.

Excellent job as always, my friend @sandbagger!