Hawkwrench Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 After looking at the baggage compartment more, I decided to add a little more detail to the back of the 172. I scratchbuilt a storage case and painted and weathered it to look like a well used wooden box. I found some 1/24 3d printed prepainted oil quarts on ebay and the shop rags are painted lead foil. I also scratchbuilt the fuel sample tool. Now the back looks alot better!!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Agreed and the always present towbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 After a long absence and a forced change of jobs due to my plant closing the doors, I found a new job and finally some benchtime. The cockpit is completely done FINALLY! Until next week! Tim 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Glad you were able to find another position and things are back to near normal again for you. Some mighty nice progress on the 172. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 On 2/13/2024 at 6:57 AM, Peterpools said: Glad you were able to find another position and things are back to near normal again for you. Some mighty nice progress on the 172. Thanks Peter! Hopefully more progress this weekend! Tim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Tim Looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 Last night I was able to do a little bit more work on the 172. Nichimo gives you 2 sunvisors, and wants you to just glue them the the top of the fuselage, but I opted for some more detail. I scratchbuilt an overhead light/map console with the speaker from sheet styrene and PE from my spares box. The speaker grill is a seat cushion decal from a 1/48 F-14. I also uses some lead wire and L shaped styrene for the sunvisors and finally glued both of them together and onto the cockpit ceiling. That's all for now! Tim 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 This is looking sharp for sure. You need to do a wash on the seats. nice work my friend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axeman Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 This looks great. Brings back memories of flying lessons during college in a Cessna 152. looking forward to the rest of the build. Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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