Next I am tackling the nose.
Here are the parts all cut out and glued with their connectors.
I then closed the rings and prepared the former parts ...
While dry fitting the segments together, I found that the connector parts would "be in the way". I then saw a hint on one of the photos of the instructions and cut the connectors into little flaps that would better bend into shape.
Then - starting with the front - I glued all the parts together. After each connection I inserted the former part. I skewered it with my small detail scissors, applied the glue and then inserted it into position.
Quite happy with the result. Once can start to see the beautiful shape of the plane!
I was a little bit scared about these multiple parts and whether I could pull off this compound shape but to my surprise it went together very smooth. I hope the remaining parts of the front section will be the same :-)