Oh I don't know George. You're getting things built, so probably more like 1 forward, 2 back, and then 3 forward, then rinse and repeat. The net effect is a slow forward movement! 🙂

Hi Carl (@clipper): That's me. Slow, but sure.

Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten).

Absolutely impressive, George @gblair

What an upgrade to this oldie, George. Looks better every day.

I finished the cockpit today. I completed the last of the gauges and added them to the cockpit. I was started to get a little nervous, because the cockpit is getting a little crowded and I was worried about knocking something off while trying to place something else. So far, so good.

I am trying to make this cockpit fairly accurate, but I added something that I have no idea if it was really there or not. The forward part of the cockpit contains two large metallic ammo boxes for the Spandaus. This plane was an unarmed trainer, so logically the ammo boxes might have been removed. I started wondering if the ammo boxes might have been retained and filled with a weight equal to the weight of the ammo. I suspect that if the planes flew without this weight that the balance of the plane might have been adversely affected. So, I decided to build an ammo box and place it in the cockpit, based on the idea that it would keep the balance correct in the trainer. Probably more important, it filled a large hole in the forward part of the cockpit that would have allowed us to look into the area where the fuel tank and other aircraft parts should have been.

The last thing I did was start to assemble the anemometer. An anemometer is essentially a device that measures wind speed. The Dr.1 had an anemometer mounted on one of the wing struts that acted as an airspeed indicator. I found the plans for this device online. It was designed for a 1/8 scale radio control and consists of 7 parts. It is very tiny, so I hope the effort was worth it. I guess this is a testament to 3D printing technology that it can print something so small and fine.

I have tried a different glue for the cockpit parts that seems to work surprisingly well. I have been using Gator's white glue for canopies and PE, but I decided to try it on resin parts. It forms a surprisingly strong bond. I am kicking myself for not trying this sooner.

Tomorrow I get to see if the cockpit still fits in the fuselage. Yeah!

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This interior is a build by itself, George @gblair
You did some amazing work with it.
At least the name of the glue looks promising.

Thanks for stopping by, Spiros (@fiveten), John (@johnb), and Ian (@firelockg). There was a lot of delicate stuff in the cockpit, but it was sort of surrounded and protected by the cockpit framing. The anemometer will be sitting out on a strut, just waiting to fly off into the carpet. I suspect it will be the last thing added to the build.