A bit more progress to report. I glued up the fuselage sides, making sure I built a right and a left, cut the fuse top, then glued it all together. The tail feathers have all been hinged and tapered, and are ready for their final sanding. I boxed in the nose after installing the engine, and spent a couple of minutes on the belt sander getting them to their final shape. I even decided to build a canopy out of blue foam, and it only took 10 minutes to get it to this point.

I altered my course just a bit, and will use a Super Tigre S90K with a Davis Diesel conversion head as opposed to using the OS 91, mostly because I sold it. I'm going to break with tradition and mount the engine on it's side, this seemed like the only way to get the fuel tank height correct in relation to the carb.

I started playing with the mountings for the retracts, and have the nose gear mount taken care of, and have done a rough layout on the wing cores for the mains. One thing I didn't get with the Spring Air gear was a steering tiller. I went on their site the other night and ordered one, but it might be a while before I see it in my mailbox.

All in all, I'm happy with the short kit, and the progress so far.