Halinski 1:33 Ju 88D-1

[YOAVHOZMI]

Amazing work on the cockpit, Especially on the pilot instrument panel .... well done.
But in the end, can we able to see the back of the instrument panel?

By the way, how did you cut the inner circles of the flight devices? With which tools you used?


YOAV

[smithdr]

Wow Erik! Looks schnaztastic! Really nicely done on your instruments. I like the back side too. Great detail and you seem to be moving pretty quickly on this puppy!!

Cheers,
Dan

[birder]

That looks incredible. I think some gratification for doing your extra "Halinski " details will be the beauty of a museum type model ....

[alzictorini]

Hi Erik

A good looking model which I know you’ll ace.
Keeping an eye on this one buddy.

Regards

[Erik Zwaan]

Thank you Yoav, Dan, Glen and Al Z. To respond to Yoav's remarks:

Yes, the rear side of the instrument panel will be visible, at least for some extent. Now the nose cone has not been installed yet, the details are clearly to be seen. I'm not so sure yet when the nose is in position as it has quite a bit of framing.

To make the holes I simply used a hobby knife with a sharp point and made small cuts on the outline of each instrument. I didn't take pictures of the process but can illustrate this best by pictures of a few other structural parts that I installed in the nose section just a few days ago. The holes are even smaller and more difficult to make as the parts have double thickness. Like for the instrument panel, I first make the holes and only then cut out the part.

After cutting out the circles, I very gently roll in the sharp point of a small wooden dowel or a sharp metal pin, to smooth out the holes. Finally color mark-up by a grey felt marker. Note that the actual build is a bit ahead of the building thread and where these parts have been installed will come later .

More progress later this week.

Erik

[Erik Zwaan]

Now it's time to start working on the bigger cockpit internals, the control column (part no. 12), some other instruments (18) and the bomb aimers seat (13), placed right over the bottom entrance opening. The crew must have been acrobats as well to be able entering this narrow space.

The seat is almost a full model by itself, especially the restraining straps, of which I highlighted the buckles with aluminum paint.

I assume that the bomb aimer in this (reconnaissance) version of the Ju-88 also had to operate the cameras further up in the nose dome.

Some pictures have a bit of an orange tone as they were taken late at night with artificial light.

Cheers,
Erik

[Richschindler]

Looks amazing. Keep up the great work.

[dje]

Awesome work.
I suppose this halinski model is faultless as usual

[gotham]

Good luck with this build, looks like sooo many small parts.

[Dick]

It is a complicated model with lots of details. Although it's not my climate but I'm watching with great interest. Excellent job !