Not likely to ever attend NEAT Fair. It conflicts with a recurring church event.
The geometry on the landing gear is impossible. Unless you have a glass-smooth runway to fly from, you are not likely to have a perfect landing.
In addition to shooting primer on the servo hatches for the wing, I got the canopy details completed.
The frame work was fairly simple to do with aluminum ducting tape. Some brands stick less than others. The Nashua brand is my usual go-to but this particular vintage is from Duck Tape. While the frame does add character, it lacks depth.
Flush rivets (as opposed to pop rivets) are applied with a metal tube of some sort. If I recall correctly, this copper tube has an ID of 1/64". It works for most of my rivet detail work. Some people give me crap about doing this work but it really pays off. I'm not that fickle about exact size and spacing. I just go off a picture and see what looks right to me. On smaller subjects, small details get washed out, so making them a smidge larger helps them to stand out and give the airplane texture and depth.
One row applied at an offset for the hinge work. Simple line down the middle using a ruler and a pencil.
Add a couple hundred more and you have yourself a canopy. I place the tube where I want the rivet to go. While pressing, I roll the tube around twice to get a complete circle. The tape compresses fairly well so there is no need to do any further technique here.
When I get to do the rivets on the hatches I'll show how I do those using a pencil soldering iron. The ply will not compress like the tape so you have to use other means of applying texture.