After cockpit, it is time to fix the fuselage
First is to test fit all the parts which fit inside the main fuselage which is a sandwich design :
1. drill a hole and inplant a 2mm cooper wire for the horizontal stabiliser to sit in as there is no other locating pin to help.
2. sit the front cone, nose gear well (with the landing gear), cockpit, engine exhaust and test fit, make sure all of them fit well
3. add some weight in front the fuselage - I added some steel balls inside the nose cone and use AB glue to fix them
4. Finally, applied glue in each session of the fuselage and sit in, add masking tape and let it sit in 24 hours
Good news is that there is no major gap found, but instead there are steps.
I use pen knife to remove the step before apply putty - since the gap is not much, GSI #500 liquid putty to run all round the seams.
Couple of area with slight bigger seam I applied Citadel green putty to fill.
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