After the holidays I removed all of that stuff and riveted up the front end.  There is more sealant that has to be applied. It hasn’t been cleaned up yet in the third picture.

The last picture is a preview of what is yet to come. After a few odds and ends are cleaned up, the aft fuselage is ready to mate to the forward section.  My kids helped me get it down from where my wife and I had hung it up.  It just needs to be slipped into place.