LOCKHEED MARTIN F16C FIGHTING FALCON ANG 1/48 Plastic model

After finishing to build Star Wars X-Wing, I have just start to build this F16C.
This is just 1/48 model because there is not enough room to display this kind of plastic model in my living room.
My wife is very cool for me to display these, because there is one big model Lamborghini 1/8 model exist already.
So I have to reduce model scale from 1/32 to 1/48.

Anyway, Let's open the box to build it up.

The first stage is "making a cockpit"

You can image how small these parts are !
My personal idea to paint this kind of small meter panel is

1, Put silver lacquer a little bit on the edge of each mecanical device on the cockpit panel.

2, Put red / yellow / blue lacquer on the top of toggle switches.

3, Paint enamel flat black color on the panel.
4, Touch up device edges / switches you would like to see its color under the black paint by cotton swab / tooth pick.
5, Then you can get this. (It is a toothpick !)

This is the cockpit.

To be continued