Great pictures.  I am right behind you in the build.  I am thinking of doing the same with the landing gear plate - I have 1/8 birch ply - however I don't have a band saw so it is more manually intense.  I have had a couple of beers tonight and previous experience has shown me that I shouldn't do any major gluing at this point.  Maybe I will just cut out the landing gear plate and glass it together.