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OK I'm back guys! Just returned from my mountains vacation on italian Alps! Just like past year I took with me my "cardmodeler's travel kit" (see first photo) and, as we had some very rainy days (big thunderstorms, better not go outside!) I had the chance to do some "build work" ... for my wife's joy!
Well, let's go on with the build...
The front wall (photo 2) was divided (like other big pieces) in sub-components with "special" tabs realized to join them. This wall, as you'll see after, is a little too weak in this scale. Perhaps would be better to double it.
The upper console (photo 3) was divided in 3 slices in the same way.
When the 6 pieces were joined in one (photo 4) I realized the fitting is very good (the parts join together at very tight angles but the edges are always perfectly aligned)
The dashboard (photo 4) is the most interesting spot (I LOVE dashboards... like many Flight Simulation enthusiast I think!) The two "TAB?" writings were soon disproved... there's no contact with the upper console there (contrary to what I thought).
After joining the parts I noticed that the HUD boxes are a little too big: they push back the dashboard (photo 5) . Another point to enhance is the lower side of the console, I'll have to detail it adding the underside wall and the lights.
In photos 6 & 7 you see why the tabs in that spot would have been useless... In the front lower part (both sides) is an opening that I will have to close somehow.
(more to follow)
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