Hi friends,
after being "rewarded" with a new project in my job during the autumn, I finally have some free time for getting back to cardmodelling. I decided to start Halinski's Thud this time.
At the moment, I have completed central part of cockpit and I'm moving onto the side panels. The build was a breeze so far, fit is perfect. Model is almost "as is", without any serious modifications except for instrument panel + wiring, seat belts and the stick - I've decided to do most things as intended by the authors, although there's a few doubtful points - especially the control stick looks like it was taken from a different model, including the steering mechanism.
No serious pitfalls were encountered, I didn't like only a few things:
- the instrument panel is printed very poorly, it's too light and without much contrast. I wanted to scan, edit and reprint it, but the print raster become too visible after the scanning, so I used original part from the kit.
- inside and outside of pilot's seat didn't fit perfectly, maybe my fault. No problem to deal with it anyway.
- the scratches on the floor from the feet controlling the rudder reaches too far below the seat.
And now for something completelly different:
ribs after cutting, rudder pedals and the instrument panel