Mistake behind me now, I've made some nice progress. I got the Bisson muffler installed and the cutout made for the exhaust tubes. They are unobtrusive on the very bottom of the cowl. I might cut them off some to keep them even less noticible... not sure.

Also, I've lined the wheel wells with plywood. The instructions call for 1/32nd, but I had 1/64th handy and went with that instead.

Finally, you can see the 1/4" dowel installed in the control surfaces with a 4-40 threaded hole in the middle of it. I found this very difficult to acheive without a drill press! Next stop: wing joining!!!

Regards,
G

P.S. In the second to last pic, if you look closely at the servo pocket, you can see the four square ply mounting blocks with 4-40 holes it them. These secure the servo hatch to the wing, and those hatches have the servo's mounted in them. I wanted to make sure the blocks don't loosen, so look close and you'll see that I've made a fillet of epoxy and milled fiberglass under each of them. Should hold.