Keith,
Glad to hear you are making progress on the Titan.
I am still very much enjoying mine. We flew at Huntsville this weekend .
Scott ha his there as well.
As far as LG plate, I use a 3/16 plate 2" wide across the fuse width. 2 6/32 bolts per Bolly gear half.
Its tied to the F2 former above the tunnel, the tunnel itself, and some small tri stock at the rear. Bulletproof! You will remove the bottom of the fuse before the gear plate gives way. .

My Titan has glassed and painted fuse. Monokote wing,stab and rudder.
used Tony Paint (PPG). Send me any photos you have of construction and finishing and I will post them on my webpage along with Scotts and mine. There are 6 or 7 being built from wood plans now, and Scott is near finished with the glass plug for the composite fuses this winter.