Blame Bud; he put me up to this. Actually, his excellent model of the Copper State W.12 had me wanting to tackle this kit after I finished the AZ Models Gotha G.V. You can see patience isn't one of my virtues as the Gotha isn't anywhere near being placed in the 'completed' models section. The W.12 cockpit has a good 3/8" of resin on the bottom so I took a small drill went to the drill press, said three Hail Mary's, and started drilling out the floor. Bud warned me Eric's early kit's had a brittle resin and I did develop a small crack in the fuselage side but a dab of acc glue and Tamiya putty made it disappear. As you can see I left a small brace of resin of the bottom as a strengthener. Next I'll add the floors and side bracing from Evergreen styrene.