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Congratulations on the shakedown cruise.
Real DC-6B pilots will chime in on the joys of fuel management. Here is a start. In the VC you will see a set of icons on the left side of the panel. The one with "wings" is the pedestal. You can pop it up by clicking on the icon.
On the top left of the "popup pedestal" you will see the four throttles. Next is a smaller lever with a red handle labeled "T". That lever switches your fuel tanks from MAIN to AUX to OFF. On the far right are your Cross-Feed levers. (As far as I know, these fuel-flow controls are not in the VC itself.) Hope this helps.