I assembled the fuselage and glued the formers and sides to the bottom from F3 back, and glued F2 with the cockpit floor setting in place. After all that dried I took the cockpit floor out, epoxied the firewall in place and mixed alcohol with epoxy and lightly painted the area behind the firewall and the sides back to F3. That might seem a little excessive, but the area around the fuel tank had to be sealed anyway and the area in front of F3 is open when the wing is removed. I did a test fit of the landing gear mounting block, but have not decided whether to mount the landing gear with the supplied 6-32 screws and blind nuts or install nylon 10-32 screws. I would appreciate an opinion.

The instruction manual has a warning about covering the wing with fabric. It states that the wing must be covered with plastic film for strength because it is not as strong as a wing with a bunch of sheeting, cap strips, etc. I would like to use Sig Koverall applied as follows:
1. Dope the exposed wood of the wing including the rib edges with two coats of nitrate dope.
2. Dope the koverall down to the perimeter of the wing to make it activate the nitrate dope underneath and stick.
3. After the dope dries heat shrink the koverall.
4. Dope the koverall to the ribs, spars, and the rest of the wing sheeting and all exposed fabric.
5. Follow up with a second coat of nitrate dope, and then start painting when you can't smell the dope anymore.

Maybe the koverall won't shrink tight enough to provide the necessary strength. If anyone has used koverall on the wing please respond.

Joe