Time to build the wings,not keen on their construction which is an overkill for such a tiny model as this,the main spars and rear spar are threaded through the ribs which is fiddly to line everything up,in the end I simply fixed the trailing edges of the ribs into the TE slots juggling the wings into alignment,then I placed a weight onto the wings to hold them down and zapped each joint with cyno walking away from the fumes,after they were fixed I returned to add the leading edges and strut support pieces with normal aliphatic,sometimes cyno is good for joints like this otherwise I would have had to position each rib in turn after normal glueing which would not have been easy,always be ready to do things better than suggested that you are happy with,it is unusual to have spars mounted like this in very small models it just complicates things.
Also the wheels have been soldered into place and the Chinamans hats centre discs glued into place,they do supply some plastic vac formed wheel halves in the kit but these home made wheels look more realistic.
The centre section is partially sheeted front and aft with 1/32nd balsa sheet.
I made up some piano wire hooks to attach the wings however I am considering simply glueing the wings into place,these small models have very low inertia and will stand some bumps if landing on a wing,the idea of the banded wing is both for transport and the ability to save a wing in a heavy landing but I think it is not really needed on a model this size from past experience.
The windscreen patterns were cut first from paper checking them against the actual model,once I was happy then I scratched around them as templates onto the supplied plastic sheet ready for fixing into place.
Ribs juggled into position onto the spars then once happy spot glued with cyno weighting them down.
Leading edges and strut supports glued into place,once dry the leading edge riblets can be fitted,they will make a nice scale touch.
Before soldering the whhels into place pieces of paper are slipped over the axles,once soldered these are pulled clear they give a little free side play to the wheels.
The china mans hats wheel centres are added over the end of the axles,these you will remember were made from drawing paper slit and joined to get the vintage shape.
Tyres were grey or white rubber back in the early days of aviation.