It has been a while since I posted progress, but here it goes again.
The two fuselage halves are to be joined at the cockpit cut out. However, the pieces will be flimsy and I decided to insert the cockpit tub later after joining. The reason for that is that once the two sections are joined, I needed to press with my fingers on the interior joints to keep the sections looking smooth. An alternative would have been to join the forward and aft sections further back at the cylindrical mid section ( part 6 ).
Here they are joined
Isaac