Alright, Fuse assembly commences

Remember when I said don't sand until the laminations are done? Shifted a little.



So got the parts all cleaned up and started fitting. Step 5 in the manual is to epoxy the landing gear blocks together. Don't do this until you fit them in the fuse. If you get them assembled incorrectly they will not fit.



A little sanding of the slot on the rear part and it fits like a glove. Had I epoxied it first, it would have been a PITA to get assembled.

Two minor issues with the fit of the formers. The middle 1/4 Ply former that has the wing support v in it doesn't fit the slots in the fuse. The doubler slots are fine, but the outer slots are too narrow, so they have to be notched out.



The other issue is the wing bolt own plate at the rear. It appears to fit into the rear 1/4 ply former, but it is not notched to do so. I believe the RCG build pointed this out so will investigate the outcome of that.



One other minor issue is the fit of the firewall, the notch is missing in the doubler.



The manual is also missing a step. Somewhere between step 12 and 17 the forward former and firewall are installed, but not shown at which point to install them. Step 20 has you gluing the triangle stock to the firewall. Step 17 is contradictory in that it shows one view with the firewall and former installed and another without it. So based on what is shown that needs to be in place prior to the bottom sheeting, I will go ahead and install them now.



This is how it looks so far. All dry fitted of course. Still a little sanding to do before fitting the left side. Once I fit the left side then I will epoxy the LG parts. I am going to do that while its assembled using parchment to keep the glue off everything else while it sets.