I know you prob aren't anywhere near this point yet Ken, but do you glue your dowels in before or after covering? I am thinking it would be easier to glue them in before covering because after the covering it will be very hard to get in there and glue them. Also with them just sliding in and not having any contact with any wood except the fuselage around the dowel holes, I would like to add scrap balsa between the dowel and the formers so I can have more wood to glue them to. And that certainly can not be done after covering. So I have the dowels in now with the scrap balsa shoved in BUT I AM NOT GONNA GLUE THEM YET until I hear from you and maybe some other members about the advantages and disadvantages of gluing the dowels in first. It shouldn't be too hard to cover the plane with the dowels in and the dowels would have more support. What do you guys think?