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Info Eduard - March 2011
WORKSHOP
REFERENCES:
- www.cockpitinstrumente.de
- http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/Panelnachbau/Cohausz/Cohausz%20Me%20110/Bf_110-6.JPG )
- Large Scale Planes (http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=16010).
(Note: most of the photographs in these references are of Bf 110G model planes, while the kit panel depicts a ‘C’. Keep in mind that there were like-
ly to be differences between instruments even within the same version, and more likely so with a longer the service life of a given airframe. So, take
references also as inspirational, and don’t get too hung up on them.)
- Period RLM manuals for the Bf 110, and construction plans.
The nal look of the middle section of the panel, with painted instruments and limit indicators on the altimeter
and air speed indicator.
Upper right portion of the panel with the clock and patch over an unused instrument space.
WEATHERING
Weathering was restricted to areas where the
panel would realistically be expected to be han-
dled, such as around switches, and metal instru-
ments which would be touched physically, such as
the compass and clock, and around the edges of
screws around some instruments. This I attained
through the use of a cotton swab and a metal
paint. The last application was a light dirtying
and localized staining of the grey panel, which
added to the panel’s realism. This was done by
using ash (from a late-night modeling session
next to my home replace...;-) )
Despite entering this project as practically a
greenhorn, I am pleased with the outcome. The
overall look may have likely been improved with
more detailed attention paid to parts K2 and
K3. Unfortunately, I was not able to study refe-
rences closer on these parts until after completi-
on (it’s always a good idea to disclose mistakes
and oversights in a build article).
As you can no doubt gather, the kit can be built
out of the box, and will stand well on its own
merit. Building of this kit also carries with it the
advantage that unless you are modelling a well
documented, very specic panel, you are cer-
tainly allowed artistic license within reason, such
as with details as hand written placards and la-
bels, common on German instrument panels (see
the model by Zdenek Sebesta in the ‘Built’ sec-
tion). Also presenting themselves to this end are
wires permeating to and from the sides of the
panel, orientation lines and moveable indicators
on the glass portions of instruments or their be-
zels, and so on. How much more to ‘personalize’
your panel depends on you, and your imaginati-
on, supported by references and documentation,
and modeling knowhow. What is certain, though,
is that this kit will bring you a lot of enjoyment.
BUY Bf 110 Instrument panel 1/4
