Top Flite Q8404 INSTRUCTION BOOK

SCALE COCKPIT KIT – ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

Congratulations for deciding to install a fully detailed, scale
looking interior in your Top Flite F4U Corsair. This is a project
that can be as detailed or as straight forward as you care to
make it – the choice is yours.We have provided the basic
kit that can be assembled and painted in a few hours. It
represents an F4U interior as delivered from the factory.
By using this kit, some imagination and your modeling
experience, you can create a great looking interior that will
“wow” them at the flying field.

PARTS LIST

❏ 1 Side panel – left
❏ 1 Side panel – right
❏ 1 Instrument panel
❏ 1 Floor
❏ 1 Aft bulkhead
❏ 1 Seat
❏ 1 1/8" x 1-1/2" dowel – control stick
❏ 1 1/4" x 18" black elastic – seat belts
❏ 2 Round head pins – control levers
❏ 1 Instrument panel decal

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES

❏ 6-minute Epoxy (Great Planes

®

Pro™ GPMR6045)

❏ Hobby knife and #11 blades
❏ Scissors or Lexan

®

shears

❏ Round file
❏ 220 and 400-grit wet or dry sandpaper
❏ Sanding block (Great Planes

recommended GPMR6170)

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Easy-Touch™ Bar Sander

❏ Selection of small paint brushes
❏ Model Enamel paint – (Testors Enamel recommended)
❏ Needle nose pliers
❏ Tweezers

ASSEMBLY

❏ 1. Cut each of the plastic parts from the master sheets. Be

sure to leave the raised edges around each piece as they add
stiffness and depth to the parts. Lightly sand the edges smooth.
The instrument panel looks best if the “dead” space between
the rudder pedal supports is carefully removed. The support rails
can be reinforced with strips of 1/8” balsa if desired.

❏ 2.Test fit the parts into your model, trimming and sanding as

necessary to obtain a good fit.

❏ 3.Wash all of the parts with warm soapy water. Then rinse and

dry them thoroughly before painting.

❏ 4. Paint all parts with enamel model paint following the

suggestions on the photo.

❏ 5. Trim the decals to fit the instrument faces and placards.

Then apply them to the painted parts. A sharp hobby knife and
tweezers work well for this purpose. Be sure to burnish the

Silver Trim Tape
Seat Belt Ends

Olive Drab

Flat Black

Aluminum
“Scuff Marks”

Flat Black

decals down so they “stay put.” NOTE: The instrument panel
portion of the decal is arranged to match the plastic part, so as
you cut each instrument, adhere it to the corresponding spot on
the panel. For added realism you could also cut (or drill) holes
through the plastic instrument panel, and then install the decals
as a single piece from the back surface.

Gloss Red

White

Flat Black

Olive Drab

Brown

Olive Drab

1/4" Elastic Seat Belt

Olive Drab

2 Pins:
Paint heads
red & white

Flat Black

Yellow

1/8" Dowel Control Stick
Flat Black Top End

❏ 6. Glue the painted seat with CA to the top of the spacer on

the floor.

❏ 7. Glue the painted control stick with CA into the center of the

“boot” on the floor, ahead of the seat.

❏ 8. Cut the pins to about 3/4” long. Then insert them into the

throttle quadrant where desired. Glue the pins in position to the
inside of the quadrant with blobs of epoxy.

❏ 9. Glue the seatbelts into position with CA.
❏ 10. Glue the finished parts into your model with 6-minute

epoxy or Silicone adhesive.

When you take your F4U Corsair to the field, try to be
gracious in accepting all the praise you will undoubtedly
receive. Happy flying!

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