[papermodelfan]

This is a great build! I think your strategy of attaching the tail booms and tail to the wing first is just right.

I've built this models three times now , in various forms. So next I built the fuselage, and hang it from the wing with the most inboard pair of struts, holding everything in a jig (like a shoe box) until the glue dries. Then you can fit in all the other struts. which might need a trim. A little wooden reinforcement inside the struts helps, if you have something very thin.

One thing I learned the hard way - Johnsons Future Wax was a mistake. All those struts put some pressure on the hull, and it simply crumpled with the moisture.