Gardens never tend to rest, Erik @airbum
Been reading back this thread and although it is slowly progressing, you are making great steps.
Looking forward to the challenging filling steps.

Whoopsie – my bad! I forgot to post the last update some 3 months ago! @fiveten, the LqS will have to come into action again later. Thanks @johnb, and so do I. @eb801 As noted earlier I did think about making new windows, and I will do so next time I have a Dove on the bench. Now, some progress made today, but first I have to bring you up to speed on last years finished items,

Interior, undercarriage and engines

I did more or less get the interior finished

With the news that WhirlyBirds will be closing, I am happy that I got the seats. One of the steering columns were missing, so a new one were fabricated from sprue.

Seats lined up and ready

Frontwheel in place (and dry by now), windows installed

And engine attached to the wing.

next up will be a minor testfit

Nicely done, Erik @airbum.
Those seats do look amazing, can imagine that you are happy to have them before WhirlyBirds gets closed.

Thanks @fiveten and @johnb. Actually I did think a bit if the weight of these seats were going to be a problem. After all they are nearly all behind the main undercarriage, and they do feel a bit heavy. @eb801, sorry, no seatbelts this time - they did use them, but with the quality of the windows they will barely be noticeable.

Tailheavy!

well, a testfit showed it to be more than just moderate tailheavy

First off, a testfit of the major parts to check the need for lead.

As expected just about every possible space had to be used.

I cut lengths of flat lead to build up plates everywhere in the nose.

It would have been a lot better to have cast a weight that fitted, but for now this is my preferred method. (I will have to get started melting the stuff)

next up – well, it is set aside again to cure – I have glued the nose only, the rest to be testfitted and adjusted and so forth later on

Nice steps, my friend @airbum, great that you solved the tail-sit problem.