Courageous Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 52 minutes ago, Magua87 said: Might try some surgery and see if I can cut it down as it sure looks the part. The size and detail between kit seats and resin offering forced me to rebuild the cockpit on my Buccaneer, I just couldn't take the detail off the resin seat....I could have just lowered the floor I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Does anyone have the Pavla seat? I'd like to know how tall the seat is to see if it's a better fit. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/PAVS72092 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Here's a comparison of the kit and Quickboost seats. See the second photo. I might have room to cut down the floor of the seat to make it fit. Although I could grab the Pavla seat first to see if it'll be a better fit. I have a feeling both the Pavla and Quickboost seats have been designed with the Airfix kit in mind, which seems to have a deeper floor to the cockpit. Edit: I've ordered the Pavla seat from Ebay. I'll compare all three seats when the latest purchase arrives. I've tarted up the instrument panel. The kit panel has recessed instruments, but no detail on any of the dials. I've overlaid the panel with a Modeldecal decal meant for a Sepecat Jaguar. Edited November 29, 2017 by Magua87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 My Pavla seat arrived. Here's a comparison between the three. Left to right we have Quickboost, Pavla, Xtrakit. The Pavla is clearly the winner. After a bit of sanding it's looking pretty good. There's another sneak peak with the gear door now attached to the front wheel bay. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) We're almost there. Final touches now. In typical fashion I had to fix another self imposed disaster. When trying to create a secure footing for the landing gear I drilled straight through one wing. This led to a lot of filling, sanding, polishing, painting, and gloss coats to even everything out. I'm hoping to finish this project on the weekend by attaching the above parts, the exhaust, and giving the fixed wing a final flat coat. I'm quite proud of both my ability to fix a disaster and to stick with the kit! Edited February 14, 2018 by Magua87 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Gents, she's finally finished. Thanks for joining me for this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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