A little more progress...

Turtle deck is now complete and glued to the fuse. Polyurethane was the glue of choice... Just a smear of it is all that's needed.

I found that the turtle deck template drawings supplied in the kit are a little too small in height. I had to add some balsa (2mm) to the top of the fuse to lift the turtle deck up to match with the canopy. This balsa was glued to the top of the fuse and a small piece of 1/16th balsa was added to hold the foam core in correct position. The core naturally pulls in so the balsa prevents this. You may be able to see what I'm on about from the pictures. Masking tape was used to hold everything in position while the glue cured.

Next will be fitting the cowl.... Starting to look like a plane now...

Cheers,
Jason.