The kit uses a clever plywood tongue to hold the front of the wing, but because I’m using retracts and needed the wing cutout I’m using two dowels. The wing dowels were glued in using lots of 30 minute epoxy inside the holes at the root of the wing. The dowels were coated completely with epoxy and then wiped clean before insertion into the wing. All the epoxy inside the hole makes good contact with the dowel after it is inserted. The coat of epoxy on the dowel will keep engine oil from soaking into the dowel and create a strong bearing surface. After the dowels were in place the wing was installed on the fuselage and bolted down to hold the dowels in place while the epoxy setup.

To be continued..