<p class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-size: larger;">Looks good to me &ndash; only differences I can see are is the 1 1/2&rdquo; or so of fuse aft of the edge of the cowl that joins the forward deck. The kit I have has the foam butted against F-1, I think I&rsquo;ll do that too. I can see a partial former between F-2 and 3 that I don&rsquo;t have either (F-2A?).

Couple of questions:
1) Does your Ace kit have stringers on the bottom of the fuse from F-4 to F-7 or is it sheeted? From pictures I&rsquo;ve seen on the internet of the 230, stringers start behind F-4 but I&rsquo;m not too sure how the transition from round to angular is going to look particularly in the spaces if only the covering is expected to take the place of balsa sheeting &ndash; I know it will add a little weight but it should be marginal.

2) How much gap between the bottom of F-1 and the inside of the cowl&hellip;.I&rsquo;m measuring a little over &frac12;&rdquo;. Is this normal?

3) Does anyone have a picture of the cowl?

With the exception of the foam and F-1 in my kit, all of the other formers appear to be very close dimensionally to the supplied plans &ndash; they will get adjusted to the 8 &frac12; degree taper though, so I&rsquo;ll be cutting material in a couple of days and getting on with the fuse build. I&rsquo;ll post a couple pictures when I get to that point.</span><p class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks, Iappreciate the help.
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