I know I didn’t update the blog a lot during past months, but don’t think I gave up the project..! In truth I’ve worked a lot on many different parts of it but simply haven’t had the chance to make one of my usual build stories because none of the pieces were really complete. Actually I’m working at the same time on different jobs:
The avionics set is about complete. All the parts have been milled, painted and engraved. PCBs for the Display Units are ready as well and I managed to have the RMU ones (that are very complex) fabricated in a professional center. Those should arrive during this week, so I hope I can complete them very soon. Also a lot of time was needed because those sets have been made in multiples because some will be sold to finance other parts of the cockpit (this is a very very time and money consuming hobby…)
I’m also hardly working on the lower panels. The elec panel is complete so as the Gear and Lights panel that only misses the gear handle (I will receive one soon from Ron of hangar45.us). In this moment those parts are having a small makeup to allow a different backlighting way. In the early periods I chose to use wheat of bulbs to backlight the panels. Though this is the way the panels are backlit, for our purposes the power drain and hot that they produce can become an issue, so I gave a shot to both SMD and 3mm high intensity leds and both gave me the sensation that they can substitute bulbs still giving a very good overall eyecandy.
Also the small details of the cockpit are in production. Six full sets of MIP and glareshield knobs have been created and shipped oversea past Fall to take part to other fellow builders projects. Now the Lower MIP and pedestal knobs are being developed. It will still take about 3-4 months to complete them, but I can say that this other part of the building has had a start as well.
I leave you with some spare images took here and there from the various progresses:
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