1:32 aircraft photo-etch makes full use of the large surfaces this scale provides: seatbelts etched from springy steel, complete flap assemblies and detail sets for the Hawker Hunter. Large scale suits a combination of pre-coloured etch inside the cockpit and sturdier structural parts on the airframe itself.
At large scale it pays to work in stages: cockpit first, then flaps, then the skin. Choose a machine from 1:32 aircraft model kits, see the complete fret range in aircraft photo-etch sets, and hold the small parts with gel cyanoacrylate from adhesives. Dry-fold the flaps and test them first, because a bend over a steel rule has to be right the first time.
