This week I began assembling the fuselage. I’ve built the jig and temporary firewall, and am now attaching the bulkheads. I’m doing them one at a time. I trial fit everything first and found the only adjustment needed was to trim the corners of he front seat to match the contour of the molding on the sides near the longerons.

I also chose to make a smaller center support. The plans suggested using a 2×10. I had a very straight 1×5 laying around, so I built some “wings” on it to provide some lateral support. It works great and doesn’t chew up as much floor space in my tiny shop.

Here’s a pic: