Got more bench time in today. Left wing is done. This is big compared to my past planes. Not my largest plane, I have a CARF with 104" span, but that was already built when I got it. My 80" bench is just long enough for the fuse.
So the full wing is assembled minus flaps and ailerons, and the center section is built, but not top sheeted, nor are the nacelles touched, those will wait until I have the wing bolted to the fuse, mainly so I can put the flats of the nacelles to work supporting the plane.
I built myself some stands for supporting the crutch and started to dry fit the pieces, and looks like only one SS-1 is cut, so I made a second one. Since the wing will be bolted in and removable, I will be doing it from the bomb bay, the top of the fuse will need to remain solid one piece. I want to build in some rigidity by adding some 6 ply between formers 5 and 10, so need to get a 12"x36" 1/8" plywood sheet to cut the parts out with. These will replace W4 on the upper inside of the fuse, and I have to think about how I will insert them into the formers and at what point. Since the upper hold down blocks are not cut, that gives me the opportunity to fine tune the inner ply.
Going to need to get a couple more tiles, I dont have enough to go the length of the fuse, so in the mean time I will set up the cradle so that I can align the crutch and formers so that I can make the other parts fit.