J-3 Cub Build #2

I have spent the better part of the day assembling the two sides, adding cross members, diagonals and bulkheads. The picture below shows an interim step in the progress with the two central bulkheads installed, a few aft cross members, and the two sides sanded and glued at the tail post.

The Cub is a well designed model from a structural stand point, however, I have several issues with the laser cut parts. (1) The laser cut software file did not account for the width of the laser cut itself, so the cut parts are all slightly undersize and the notches are all oversize. :O< (2) Of course the laser cut is perpendicular to the plane of the sheet balsa so all part edges are square. However, there are many joints where the edges of the parts need to beveled to obtain a good fit. If the edges are sanded with the proper slope, then the part becomes too small. (3) And then there are the unsightly laser burned edges $#@&. My concern is that the brownish charring is going to show through the beautiful cub yellow tissue. Some of the outer edges can be lightly sanded to remove some of the charring, but many edges are just not accessible. I guess these issues seem picky to most of you, but I have been a self demanding scratch builder for many many years and I am picky! However, on this project I decided to just use the laser cut parts, undersize, burned edges, and all and do the best I can. I will just have to wait and see how it turns out....................................Tandy