Center section is glued on, but not without some drama. Several of our "pathfinders" have noted that the center section requires a firm push to seat it in the fuselage. They noted you will get a "click" when it is in place. I can confirm all of those notes. This is where you find out if you have built the cockpit correctly. It took a lot of force to get the cockpit halfway into the fuselage. After that, I had to use a small screwdriver to reach inside and push the fuselage side walls away from the cockpit section so that it would move all the way in. I was sure I had broken something, but it looks like everything is still where it should be. I used tape to be sure everything stayed where it was meant to be. The clamps held the wings firmly against the wing spars while the glue dried. Hopefully everything will dry where it is supposed to be. I plan to let the glue firm up for at least 12 hours, and then it will be time for the bottom wing sections. Really looking forward to seeing if the complex nose assembly fits as it is supposed to. :o)

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Good progress indeed, my friend @gblair!
All looking good.

Assembled the wheel tubs, not sure if that is the correct wording, and started by mounting them first at the frontend of the wings. This to make sure there is no gap. First let it dry thoroughly before glueing the part at the bottomside of the wing.

@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros

I think that is a good plan, John (@johnb). This kit benefits from some progressive, well-planned gluing.

@inflames, thanks a lot, Sebastijan. Looking forward to your first steps in this group build.

@gblair, thank you, George. This kit is indeed not straight forward. It needs a bit of help here and there.

A successful approach, my friend @johnb!
Looking superb!