Well, taking Evans advice on the stringers, i added a few, not many though.
Where i did add them were at the corners of the cockpit where the slider rails would be.
After sanding the entire fuse to bring all the stringers and block balsa parts even with each other, I began sheeting the fuse.
First up was the fuse under the stab. Then the fuse extension.
Then I used a 48" piece of sheeting to go from the fuse extension to just forward of the cockpit. Normally i dont place sheet joints at the same location as I believe it builds in a weak spot. BUT since the forward end of this fuselage has Many more stringers than the rear and this isnt a flying model, i didnt follow my normal rule for ease of sheeting this monster.
The remainder of the front of the fuse was then sheeted. I then trimmed the sheeting and sanded it down flush to the stringers around the cockpit opening and gun hood.
As far as what is left on the top of the fuse is:
1. Carving the gun hood
2. Sheeting the area around the cockpit glare shield
3. Installing the ply base plate for the canopy on the fuse
4. Figuring out how to shape the spin of this thing (suggestions?)
5. Build the vertical stab.
Once that is done I can remove it from the table and flip it over and start on the bottom.