COCKPIT
The Aires resin cockpit is a
definite improvement over the
standard item, although I think
the central, circular display in the
pilot’s instrument panel should be
rectangular on the GR4. I opted
to leave it alone, since trying to
correct it could well have resulted
in a worse result. The cockpit tub
and wheel well bays required a
significant amount of scraping
and filing of both the resin and
corresponding kit plastic before a
good fit was achieved. The cockpit
floor had to be thinned until it was
almost transparent before the nose
wheel bay could be fitted below it.
There were several pieces
of photo-etch to add to the
instrument panels, ejector seats,
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