I thought I should update this thread so that anyone following along will know that I'm not dead. It's pretty unusual for me to provide updates that are a few days apart, let alone nearly a month! Life has been off-axis as of late but I have been making SLOW progress.
First off, I did manage to complete organization and cleaning after shifting things around in the shop.
In terms of work done on the aircraft, I've been able to print off the top portion of the fuel tanks. I still need to glue the two halves together but they are done. I've purchased a set of new nozzles, including a 0.2mm one for the high-detail work that needs to be done. I've been doing test prints to dial in the settings on the smaller nozzle. Things like wipe, retraction, and extrusion percent all need to be dialed in to make the print quality the best it can be.
As I've been fiddling with the printer, I've been glassing all of the wood parts. The H-stab, elevators, ailerons, flaps, hatch, and fuselage have all been glassed with WBPU. The glass was applied AFTER I had applied a single coat of WBPU and allowed to fully cure. This was done to help save some weight as I did not want to saturate the wood with an excess of WBPU or epoxy. All I have left to do is the wings however I do need to add balsa skin material to the openings on the bottom. Before I can do that I need to install the navigation lights in the wingtips, work out the wheel well doors, and finally figure out the drop mechanism for the pylons. Having access to the interior of the wing just makes these additions easier.
I've also looked into the fuselage side intercooler doors. I'm pretty sure I can animate these as well and will likely be 3D printed along with some other hardware.