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Author: | rwright142 [ Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:49 pm ] |
Post subject: | 1/6 Scale F4U-1A Cockpit |
I'm making slow progress. Here's the left panel: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I still have not been able to find close-ups of the switch/breaker panel for the -1A but I have a wiring diagram. Using that and pictures I think this will be right, or at least very close: ![]() I will be changing the colors of some of the levers like the dive brake handle. You'll also notice a few places where I need to add some touch-up paint. I should have sanded more before I painted. I didn't realize how much the paint shows the errors. Oh well, I'll live with it. Some of you may have noticed I had to take a few liberties. The early -1's did not have dive brakes but I liked the look if it so I added it. I guess it is possible that the ones the Jolly Rogers flew may have had them. Since I did that, I moved the flap lever from the brace where the throttle quadrant is located to where you see it now. To me, this is a more logical position. In older -1's and the 1D's they flap lever is closer to the instrument panel but again, it's conceivable that the 1A had them where I have mine. Also, the CO2 tank should be further back but the area 'back there' will be hard to see with the seat in place. Much of the floor will be hidden anyway but I wanted the tank to have some possibility of being seen. The bomb arm/release lever in the picture I have of the full scale -1A does not show it as being primed with the flat black. I made the assumption that since it was still in the factory they just hadn't painted it yet. I will just have to guess how the lever and knobs were painted. I don't know if I should use yellow, white, keep it black, or paint it some other color. What do you think? The elevator trim wheel should be slightly forward but the kit had it where it is shown. I guess I could have cut it out and repositioned it but the difference is minor. Next will be the switch panel, wires, hoses, throttle quadrant connection rods, and the flap activation rods. BTW, the throttle lever will move when the radio throttle lever is moved. My pilot will have his hand on the lever so it will appear that he is actually changing the throttle. |
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