The cockpit requires a lot of work. The photoetched is fragile and should be folded only once, unless it should broke (this happened to me for the small wedge behind the dashboard, on which lies the HUD screen. Given the level of detail, it should be difficult to paint it once assembled. So it is better to paint everything before folding. For this, the brass surfaces are first sanded, for a better grip of the paint.

The painting is done following captures of the show, found on the web.

The screens are those of the upgrade kit.
For the buttons, I glued transparent plastic on the back, frosted with sandpaper, on which the buttons are painted with clear colors.

Little test.

During folding, I prefer using white glue, and very few cyano glue. The curing takes longer, but it is more tough to manipulations. To hold parts in place while curing, I use clamps and pliers.
As white glue becomes translucent when dry, it is then painted with matt black to prevent light leakage.

I ended up to use temporarily black tape to see how it fitted into the cabin, and it was a good idea as because it has been pushed this cockpit, and glue would have not resist to this !
It needed to :
- Dig inside the cabin (areas highlighted in green stabilo)

- Cut the corners of the photoetched

- Bevel the side panel edges.

Flat white paint is applied behind the dashboard, for a more uniform diffusion of the light.