This easy scratchbuilt tip will make for a nice addition that will make the cockpit that more busy looking. North American P-51 Mustang cockpit Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800 aircraft: 63 models tanks: 59 models vehicles: 59 models guns: 3 models units: 2 ships: 47 WW2 battlefields - 12 weapon models: - equipment: - World War Photos 2013-2023, contact: info(at). Cutting the styrene to length and gluing them to the bases of the supports I left on the headrest, the springs slide over the styrene. 6mm which is perfect since my outside diameter of my styrene rods are. Now for the cool scratch built tip, I found that oil seal gaskets contain garter springs that have an inside diameter of. I cut the posts off, leaving the the top section, which will give my styrene rods something to mount to. These raised posts are what are supposed to represent the seat suspension system. The kit headrest contains two molded raised posts that the seats mount to.

I thought I would try to mimic the spring system for the seat. The seat sits on a suspension system that is attached to the armor plating that is essentially the headrest. Note: the photoetched corners on the radio are from the Eduard Interior set Seatįor the armor plating behind the seat, I decided to add a little extra detail. The radio installed on the rack with the wires running behind the seat. Knowing the diameter of my new Detail Master harness, I drilled out the connectors and plumbed the wire to disappear behind the seat. The Barracuda harness has the connector that plugs into the radio box so those needed to be separated from the harness.

To form the new harnesses, I cut four equal lengths for the back connector and three equal lengths for the front connector and with a couple of twists I was able to create more accurate bundles of wire. 012” diameter and are coated with a rubber like texture that will give a great surface for paint to adhere.

To correct this oversight I went to Detail Master and bought their ignition wires. After lots of research I learned that this wire harness is a bundle of wires that is not covered by a shroud, a shroud that Barracuda has on their harness. The only downfall of this kit is the wire harness for the radio. In Barracuda’s P-51D Mustang Cockpit Upgrade kit they supply the radio, battery, gunsight, stick, throttle quadrant, and throttle levers. Once again Barracuda Studios comes to the rescue with another great upgrade, this time for the radio. Instagram page opens in new window Pinterest page opens in new windowįuture is used to glue the instrument bevels to the instrument panel Radio Wire Harness

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