At this point, I am shifting toward the front where the air inlet is at. The reason is that this model construction needs to have the forward and aft fuselage sections meet at the cylindrical center from either side.
The nose section contains the inlet, the splitter and the landing gear. There is also provision for the gun ports, but I decided not to add those.
here is the nose section, note the nose gear landing gear bay cut out.
and inlet parts
installed
going aft
now add the nose gear bay housing and reinforce the sides with card stock.
Also, I added a small weight to make sure the model sits properly on all 3 wheels later on.
now close it up with the rear disk 1.17, however, either it is too small diameter or the gear bay is in the way and the part is too small. I will fix it.
Isaac