Dry fitting is a good thing. After a test fit of the middle rear flaps, this gave the proper height for the upper and lower wings halves, giving a fairly precise fit at the wing roots. Still though, ignored the construction sequence and glued the upper wings to the fuselage first and then added the bottom wing.
No one answered the question posed about the radiator flaps, so more digging, along with posting on another forum. Have learned these flaps were controlled via a thermostat, the openings directly related to the coolant temperature. The pilot though, could override this system, closing the flaps in order to get a bit more speed if the situatuion warrented it. So I posed them just slightly open.
Along with stretched sprue on the cowling hinge, also used some to create the seam on the port side intake. The exhaust shields are fashioned from brass sheet, using both kit parts and photos as a guide. For some gear up detail, carved out the strut mounts in the bay and then added some brass rod cut to lenthg for the swival arm.
regards,
Jack