I didn't add any weight to Aries, so to get it to sit on the nose wheel, I drilled a pin-size hole just aft of the bomb bay, and used a straight pin to prop the plane up.
Finished up the three turrets. For the nose and tail, I tacked them together at the locator pin, then used diluted white glue to fill any gaps. Nothing I can do is going to eliminate seams in clear plastic--unless someone here knows the secret?,
Also redid the Martin top turret. The bottom of the clear turret was unsightly and toylike, leaving it bare plastic, so I disassembled it and painted a narrow band of OD on it.
Added decals to the rudders. Used the kit decals for the Group "O" and Kits-World for the serial and aircraft designator.
The old kit decals still sloughed off some tiny pieces here and there around the edges. I think that silvering is because of the angle of the camera flash. Hopefully it will disappear under the final clear coat. I applied enough MicroSol to it!
Finally, here's the finished undersides--minus the vertical stabilizers (which I'll add later today; didn't want to knock them off while the plane was inverted). I used some ground-up black pastel for the engine exhaust staining and sealed it with Floquil's flat--sadly, now discontinued.
Barring any further complications, I should be done with Aries today.