You're always learning in this hobby. One of the things I learned on this build is to keep my C/A bottles widely separated. I have a little crafter's carrying tray with my building supplies since I move back and forth from my shop to the dining room with the heat. (It's been over 100 degrees (F) outside for the last three weeks.) The medium CA was on the left, the debonder in the middle and the thin CA on the right. Thin CA has its (few) uses and when I use it I put it in a small container and dip it out with a wire. The medium CA, my go to glue when I'm in a hurry (usually) can be applied right from a fine nozzle. When I'm not in a hurry I have a syringe filled with TiteBond II.
Anyway, I'm working on the fuselage and I reached for the CA without looking and picked up the thin CA by mistake. A quick glance would have told me I'd picked up the wrong one since the caps are different colors. I didn't even squeeze the bottle, the thin CA just came out and instantly glued my left index and middle fingers to the fuselage. I immediate reached for the debonder, pulled the cap off with my teeth and dripped it onto my fingers. Since I my left index finger has a nerve condition and is a bit twitchy, (Doctors can't figure it out. It's a bit like having MS in one finger.) it was hard to control my impulse to pull my finger off until the debonder took effect. I did manage to get my fingers off the fuselage without destroying it. I did replace the upright and section of longeron that had turned to stone. Now I keep my thin CA on the other side of the tray.
The area around the cockpit and gun tubs will be bond paper in proper Dimer tradition. There is a kick up in the upper longeron, fifth upright back, that locates the trailing edge of the upper wing
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More later,
KF
