All that great work on the interior is now hidden, John (@johnb), but the work to close up the fuselage looks like it is proceeding well. It bothers me that sometimes you end up with gaps and problem areas no matter how carefully you build. I think this is one of those that will need some extra work, especially on the long sections of the fuselage. A lot of plastic needs to come together perfectly, and that is asking a lot for an old kit. It will all look great when you are done.

I’ve been following your build from a far and it sure is coming along nicely, John @johnb. Folks say 25’s are the nosiest planes of all the WW II to ride in. My late Uncle who was a Michell navigator in the South Pacific said they would break off cigarette filters and use them as ear plugs. Of course that was after they smoked them first..

@eb801, thank you, Eric. What a great idea to protect your ears by using the cigarette filter as an ear plug. A very creative solution.
@stephen-w-towle, clearly not the most convenient working environment. But I think that was valid for most of the equipment used during the war.

Some strong work being done in the wheel department, John (@johnb)The Achilles heel of B-25 kits in 1/48 is finding enough weights to hide and prevent the tail from sitting. I have used white metal landing gear reinforced with piano wire to represent the brake lines for the main landing gear. A bit of overkill, but it works. The conundrum with the nose gear, as you have stated, is will it hold? I believe if the majority of the weight is placed on the main gear, the nose gear will hold. With this setup, you might try using piano wire only. The brake lines (wire) are placed vertically on top of the gear and then bent towards the wheel—it's an easy way of reinforcing the gear. You can cut a straight section of piano wire and splice it with copper wire or soldering wire or what have you.

Excellent progress, my friend @johnb! Great that the model does not tail sit and those wheels look really nice!

Some smaller parts are prepared today. Starting with applying masks to the canopy. Montex masks, which means they do not hold that nicely on curved parts.

Engines are mounted.

And propellers are painted.

I also started to strengthen the main landing gear as proposed to Stephen @stephen-w-towle. There are two lines running in parallel of the strut as you can see on the reference picture (found on a website posted by inch-high-guy). I assume one is the braking line but no clue what the other is used for. I will definitely attached both for extra strength.

Excellent job so far, my friend @johnb! Looking forward to see those gear legs improved!

Apologies for being offline for a couple of days. Health is draining the mojo away currently together with other unexpected issues. Nevertheless, today I was able to spent a bit of time behind the bench. Not a lot is done but at least she is on the move again.

The bottom half of the nose is attached now.

The machine guns and the ammo box are nicely detailed and I thought it would be nice to be able to have it visible but also to have the option to close it. Therefore I modified the upper part a bit and it seems to fit nicely right now.

I also attached the engine covers of which the fit was not perfect but look nice after doing some cleaning work.

Dry fitting the wings and the canopy finally shows the beautiful looks of the Mitchell.

Slowly reaching the point of painting, to make it easier to handle I will paint the fuselage and each wing separately like proposed by David @kahu.