The fourth step in the build is the center wings and fuselage. This step took 1 hr 58 mins.
I divided the work into sections: center wing assembly and sub-assemblies.
Center wing assembly
The instructions call for some holes to be drilled, which serve as mounting holes for equipment underneath the aircraft. I picked the bit that matched the gauge of the hole on the underside of the part.
I’m not sure why these panels were separate parts instead of being part of the fuselage bottom. However, when I started test-fitting, I realized the numbering was backward.
Sub-assemblies
At this point I test-fitted the rear fuselage (from Step 3) to the fuselage bottom and taped off sections to keep things in place for gluing. There were a few more holes to take care of first.
The fit of center wing tops to the fuselage bottom was fairly good, but there will need to be sanding and filling later.
Next step
Step 5 involves some assembly and painting of the air intakes.