I laminated a piece of 3/16" ply wood onto the back of the first former to help strengthen it since I cut out a bunch for the cans. I glued it with a 5 to 1 mixture of Titebond II and Gorilla glue to get a little expansion to help fill some of the unevenness in the wood. For those who are curious, you do loose some strength in the glue mix, but the 3/16" ply failed before the glue bond in the test piece I did. You can see the test fitting of the gear block and the rear gear block support in the last two pictures. I intend to and further bracing along the sides to help strengthen the whole structure.

So now I am caught up with pictures and the work log. I'm making good progress on building the cannister tunnel and rebuilding the underside of the radio bay, so I should post some more soon.