Who never imagined oneself flying its own "Warhawk" or "Mustang" over burning Europe or the Pacific seas?
For this dream to come true, depending on age, some turned to legos, model building, and later to flight simulators (and of course real flying lessons when possible).
But after all, why not building a realistic airplane cockpit for kids? Adults do create a more immersive play experience by building physical cockpit sims around their computer/flight simulators (see all "pit" builders)
Based on this idea - a downscaled, simpler version of these sim "pits", I started designing a 1/2 replica for my kids. And let's be aspirational: based on the king of WWII, the North American P51 Mustang!
I started with the insturment panel, hand-drawn in Illustrator (antiquary CS2 version), then got in produced in HIP (High Impact Polystyrene) in Poland! After a few nights on Illustrator and some back & forth emails with the printing/cutting company in Poland, there it is!
Out of the 15 or something instruments the main panel sports, I made 9 functional, i.e. having a real needle that you can turn with your hand. Other smaller instruments just have the needle pasted on the instrument... Actual size of this panel is 40 x 20cm..
Now let's turn to the cockpit structure!
For this dream to come true, depending on age, some turned to legos, model building, and later to flight simulators (and of course real flying lessons when possible).
But after all, why not building a realistic airplane cockpit for kids? Adults do create a more immersive play experience by building physical cockpit sims around their computer/flight simulators (see all "pit" builders)
Based on this idea - a downscaled, simpler version of these sim "pits", I started designing a 1/2 replica for my kids. And let's be aspirational: based on the king of WWII, the North American P51 Mustang!
I started with the insturment panel, hand-drawn in Illustrator (antiquary CS2 version), then got in produced in HIP (High Impact Polystyrene) in Poland! After a few nights on Illustrator and some back & forth emails with the printing/cutting company in Poland, there it is!
Now let's turn to the cockpit structure!
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