OK, here goes! I’m getting out of my comfort zone a little! Gonna try an aircraft as kind of a palette cleanser!
I’ve got the Squadron Signal walkaround book, the Grand Phoenix cockpit, 3D printed R4M rockets and Eagle decals.
This is my first aircraft model since I was a teenager! Be gentle! 
I had this kit decades ago… don’t know what happened to be honest.
Anyway, I’ll be following this one !
Step 1: The Gun Bay
The front and rear bulkheads are masked along with the guide holes for the guns and the edges of the deck.
Blast from the past! I don’t recall building this one although I built two of Revell’s 1/32 Me 262s. I’ll be watching.
Yeah, there are some areas where detail leaves something to be desired. Fortunately, I’ve got a second one that a friend of mine gave me after he started working on it; but got frustrated.
I wanted to have it ready for my club’s contest in September; but I’d rather take my time and get the details right so I can show these wing-nuts and rotor-heads what an armor guy can do. 
I have 2 of that kit. where did you get the aftermarket cockpit? what else are you planning to detail? I think it also has an engine to display.
Joe
I bought it off eBay a couple years ago. I’m not sure how much detailing I’m going to do on the cockpit itself. Not very much of it is going to be visible. I might run the wiring for the gauges; but probably not much else.
