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Great start, my friend @yann!
Thanks a lot gents. @chinesegeorge, @gblair, @johnb, @fiveten Here under the real IP's
This week a bit more work on the cockpit: IP's installed
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Those homemade seatbelts look great, Yann @yann I was a bit surprised about the 'simplicity' of the IP from this jet, was expecting a lot more instrumentation.
The cockpit is coming along nicely, my friend @yann! I agree with our friend @johnb for the great looks of the seatbelts.
Things look great, Yann (@yann). I was initially also a little surprised by the instrument panels, but more by the age of the instruments. Many of the instruments are similar to the ones in the T-38 when I flew it (and I flew it a long time ago), but I guess both planes were produced around the same time. I was initially a little surprised by the simplicity of the instrument panel, but then I reminded myself that the Mirage had only one engine.
Many thanks for your comments @johnb, @fiveten, @gblair. You are right the cockpit is very basic. But we need to take into account that those aircraft entered in service in 1970 and that the mirage III started his career late 50's. Late 80's, beg 90's the mirage V has been modernized with the program MirSIP (Mirage System Improvement Program). This included a new cockpit. You can learn more on this website:
http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/mirsip/mirsip.htm
And there he is the full assembly of the cockpit:
That's a super looking cockpit, my friend @yann!
I agree, @yann, cockpit looks good. Sometimes it seems that the cockpit is very dark until you put it in the fuselage, and then it magically looks lighter.
Also agree with above gentlemen Yann @yann, this is an awesome cockpit.
Thanks a lot gents @fiveten, @gblair, @johnb. Yesterday I did a mock up with the fuselage and it was looking good and not too dark.
Some progress this week (not much...) After burner module and wheel bay have been painted and detailed and I painted . I'll try to assembled the 2 halves of the fuselage this Sunday.
AB module had a poor molding but after some scalpel ops I succeed to get something decent.
Wheel bay painted and detailed as per a you tube movie about Belgian Mirage Pilot where the crew chief was inspecting the those bay after flight and the inspection cover looks more or less this color.
Good progress, Yann @yann The afterburner looks very nice, like the detailing on the wheel bays as well.
Looking great, my friend @yann! You did a very good job on the A/B and the bays! Looking forward to this gorgeous Mirage!
