chuck540z3 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 To echo the others, this cockpit looks real, and there's no better of a compliment than that. Awesome! Cheers, Chuck Pete Fleischmann, HB252 and Alain Gadbois 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, easixpedro said: I've always wondered about the visibility. How in the heck did the pilot see over / around those honking radials that extend forward?! Flying form must've been an experience... Had to be loud as hell too- parked between those two barking radials with nothing but a little aluminum and Perspex between you and them. JayW, easixpedro and Oldbaldguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: Had to be loud as hell too- I have to believe all these aircraft were loud as hell. Just watched "Devotion" (I do not really recommend), and the scenes in the cockpit of the Corsairs suggest little to no noise. ?? Oh well - cannot expect too much of a movie based on flying aircraft (although Top Gun 2 got me pretty excited...) Edited January 13, 2023 by JayW Oldbaldguy and Pete Fleischmann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Short pipes, no mufflers, loooong props and no real hearing protection. Must have been really painful til you started going deaf. The closest I’ve ever come to that experience was a stripped Cessna 185 equipped with a Borer prop for skydiving ops. Jumpers wore no hearing protection and when the guy pushed the throttle up, you could feel your eardrums meet in the middle of your head. And that was maybe a fifth or less of the horsepower and racket you’d get out of a big radial or, worse, a Merlin. Think of sitting through that for two or three hours at a pop. Okay. Back to Beaufighter pits. Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Great cockpit!!! You probably know this one but it is a great reference book. I used it a lot Rick. Derek B and Pete Fleischmann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) Levers from strips of extra photoetch and knobs punched out with a .048 Waldron punch. Attached with tiny spots of black CA- obviously these all get painted- cheers P Edited January 13, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann chrish, airscale, geedubelyer and 24 others 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 42 minutes ago, vvwse4 said: Great cockpit!!! You probably know this one but it is a great reference book. I used it a lot Rick. Yep! Got that one Rick- Agree- it’s fantastic O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Those books are great and so is this model. Pete Fleischmann and Derek B 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) A little paint- vallejo for the knobs and levers- cheers P Edited January 13, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann D Bellis, Tolga ULGUR, Derek B and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Love it! Ive got the same AM at home and am really waiting for the late war observers station at this point. Cant wait to see more! IainM, D Bellis and Model_Monkey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Go Pete go! We all seem to be loving your Beaufighter progress. Pete Fleischmann and IainM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model_Monkey Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Here's a photo of the Revell kit parts for comparison. chrish, Scotsman, IainM and 15 others 6 8 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 jaw dropping work Pete !!! Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 this is one real looking cockpit. Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Great cockpit work! BTW, my Waldron .048 holes are all worn out! Don't work worth a dam. Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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