finished final shaping of the upper wing today (no pic to post as it's just like the bottom one).

and started work on the landing gear. i spent probably a week's worth of time studying the plans for the gear's construction and it wasn't until i actually starting bending wire and positioning that i found i made a mistake. the plans show the upper section of the gear mounted to the firewall but what i didn't realize (and it's not stated on the plans) is that the firewall depiction on the plans is from rearward looking forward not looking from the front (this is the first time i've run across this). what that means is that the gear should be mounted on the rear of the firewall which, of course, is already permanently installed with no way of getting to the rear. so i'll just have to settle for the wire mounted to the front and hope the dummy engine covers most of it.

there are 4 sets of music wire to bend and solder to form the gear. the photo shows the first set which is tack glued to the firewall to aid bending the second set.