Some work on the nacelles did result in unexpected repair work. During opening one of the air inlets, a large piece of one nacelle half broke off, the plastic seems more brittle than I expected. Luckily the largest piece could be re-glued. The missing smaller pieces I repaired with parts of Evergreen.

All four nacelles are mounted on the wings now. Fitting was not too bad, just a bit of cleaning required. In total the aircraft does weigh already 275 grams. While balancing the aircraft, it looks she will not be tailsitter.

Looks great, John (@johnb). I have built a couple of Heller kits that seemed to have really brittle plastic, so I'm not surprised that you had problems. Nice save with the plastic bits.

@fiveten, thanks, Spiros
@gblair, thank you, George. It is a warning for me to take care with the landing gear which is up next.
@chinesegeorge, thanks a lot, George. Just a bit of smoothing left.

I remember the thrill of opening those Humbrol tinlets, John @johnb, the paint always looked so smooth and glossy.

Nice painting result, my friend @johnb!

The thing I was a bit affraid of, unfortunately did happen. After mounting the nose gear and let the glue dry for over 24 hours, I tried to see if the gear could carry the weight. Already when softly lowering the nose you could clearly see the plastic of the gear starting to bend. After just a couple of seconds followed by the terrifying "snap" sound. Need to figure out if I can repair this gear using the original plastic or replace the main strut with a metal one.

Ouch! Best of luck with the repairs. Impressive how such a civil plane can put up a fight.

@fiveten, thanks a lot for the suggestion, Spiros. Definitely going to have a look into this solution although I'm a bit of afraid that the plastic is too brittle to perform this correction.

@airbum, thanks, Erik. Yes, she is really fighting me even though this kit looks pretty simple. Still not giving up the fight.

@chinesegeorge, thank you, George. I will find a solution for it.