View of the instrument panel. The panel and most of the other instrumentation were painted in black, providing contrast from the Interior Green of the structural elements. The standard blind flying panel adds to the sense of tidiness and allowed a broad spectrum of RAF pilots (not least ferry pilots flying with the ATA) to switch between different types of aircraft rather easily.
Remarkable re-build, perfect! I remember from the SAAF Museum Spitfire IXe, the night dimming system for the U/C indicator was very quaint, two small knobs could be gripped by forefinger and thumb and a little white cloth screen is pulled down to cover the lights. It has a hole in the middle to accomodate the silver cover removal screw in the centre of the indicator face. Simple but effective. The rudder trim has no indicator I recall, but you can’t forget it, I tried once to see if I could override it should it fail (you took off with full right rudder trim set), the rudder is immensly powerful in flight. As the speed built up after take off, I tried to hold it, but the pedal just came back and pushed me up the seat, against my harness lap strap. Quickly wound it off before things got out of hand!