Bill,

Ah, yes. Fuel lines. I would have remembered those. When it was too late.

You're right about the nose, of course. Easy enough to add a bit of length.

Well, for better or worse, the fuse sides are now joined, and I'll plank the bottom. I'm thinking it wouldn't be a bad idea to paint the firewall before epoxying it in. Probably white or black. By the way, I'm assuming that the thick F4 doublers are glued-in *after* the firewall. Unless I missed it in reading and rereading the instructions, F4 is never mentioned.

The latest order of sheeting from National Balsa arrived. This time, I asked them to make the edges straight. The first batch had too many C-shaped planks that had to be trimmed to the point that it took more sheeting per wing skin and I was running out.

Between long hours at work this past week to meet Friday's deadline, and some photo shoots to raise a little extra money, I have not accomplished nearly as much as I had hoped. Murphy strikes again. ("Everything takes longer.")

Cheers,
Richard