Over the course of the last 1 1/2 years, I put piece by piece together again. It took about 2 oz of CA to put back together a 46% Cap. I used every single piece that I could figure out how. It was the "expert" level 3 dimensional jigsaw puzzle. I mean everything from about mid-fuselage (from the elevator ) and forward was splinters and foam pieces. I used RC56 glue for the foam pieces, and CA (and acclerator) for the balsa and plywood pieces. Everything went back together again. The cowl and canopy were the only things that were not reasonable to try and repair. The cowl was in about 20 pieces but what was left was very helpful in terms of setting up a new cowl.

Where are we? Well, after assembling the rear fuselage from the back moving forward... and the front part of the fuselage, from the front bulkhead back, the final joining took place last Spring.

This winter, I've got the firewall box rebuilt (the engine box sides and firewall had do be made from new wood) and engine mounted so far. Things are starting to pick up. I also got the wing tube back in place. (see pictures).