Some more steps forward.
6 small turnbuckles for control surfaces and 16 big ones prepared with wire tails
Spandaus fitted with kit PE bits
The mounting points for ailerons, elevator and rudder reinforced with wire inserts
Fusellage innards closed, lower wing attached - a very tight fit here. I have reinforced the bridge on the fuselage top just behind the engine opening with a 1mm diameter piece of wire to avoid breaking here - I remember someone reported this after squeezing the lower wing. For a moment everything works fine.
The joints on the underside will require sanding, at the moment the CA glue is setting.
The exhaust outlet drilled out.
And the engine cowlings, which I plan to lay beside the model, are substantially thinned and with holes drilled at spots where brackets pass through. In earlier photos of the fuselage one may notice small holes drilled around the engine opening - I will add those brackets there.