Hi Jamie. I'm not concerned at all. The rigging lines (flying wires and landing wires) will simply pass through the holes and not be attached, at least not until after the lines are tightened up. I use monofilament to rig with and I have never pulled any assembly apart due to the tension on the rigging. I only put enough tension on the lines to straighten them - no more.
Here is a delicate assembly - the aileron bellcrank mounting on the lower wing. The landing wire will be attached to the turnbuckle side and the other end is mounted at the wing strut. These parts came from the PARTS photoetch pieces. I'll paint this after it is attached permanently onto the lower wing. I reinforced the vertical piece with another PE strip due to how flexible the brass is. The turnbuckle and the strut mount are attached to the brass strip with monofilament. The ends are heated and shrink up into a knot, trapping the parts together like a bolt. The white specks on the wing surface are just primer overspray.
I have the first base color on the wings and fuselage now, along with the roundels. A second, slightly darker color will be put on the metal panels. Very little touch up will be required around the roundels, thankfully. I was worried about how well the edges of the masking was sealed.
The black background is not the best color, so...
The machine guns and the landing gear spreader bar are painted black. I'm thinking about how to handle the covering over the spreader bar, the real ones being doped linen and stitched on.
