Solid progress and great looks, my friend @johnb!

@gblair, thank you, George. Hope to be able to mount the wings this weekend.

Oh! This is going to look great when fully painted.

@clipper, thank you, Carl. I will do my best to make it look nice.
@alfred, thanks a lot, Alfred. I would have done the same, did you also paint it prior to the encapsulation.

@gblair, thank you, George. Hope to get the main wings on soon.

Nice work John, a bit late to the party. Your off to a great start. I'm strapped in for the rest of project.

Hi, John (@johnb) and Alfred (@alfred): I didn't plan to show the engine for my build, so I left it out completely. I did add the large flanges that support the engine in the fuselage, thinking they would provide support for the wing-to-fuselage joint, as well as providing some support for the fuselage itself. As it turned out, it was difficult to get the engine supports into the correct positions without the engine to hold them in place, and I ended up having supports that were slightly crooked. This resulted in a poor wing-fuselage joint that needed a lot of work to fix. If I was to build this kit again, I would absolutely add the engine.