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It was decision time. Knowing that there was certainly something amiss in the panel's proportions I had two choices. Firstly to just wait until the time came when I would finally find some photograph or illustration that would provide the elusive answer. Secondly, to soldier on with what I had until that time came... I took the second option.  I cut out all nine of the main instrument holes in their 'imagined' positions on the shock panel— a process that took a couple of hours with the Olfa hole cutter. The result was pleasing but I immediately knew that it was wrong headed. To the left of the 'six-pack' would be two smaller instruments, a clock and another whose purpose I could not work out from photographs.  These had far too much space as things stood. In the real plane they are positioned really close to left edge of the shock panel and the upper of the two almost crosses that edge and touches the glare shield. Oh dear!   However, I carried on. Having done so mu