Right mate! Found the 'reject' pics - the others were never returned by the magazine, and of course I don't have time to get re-prints of the decent ones. However, these should hopefully be good enough to show the problem areas.
PICS 1 2 show the pieces of plastic card, attached to the mounting points, in both fuselage halves (port only shown). These acted as shelves, onto which the cockpit floor was fixed, to allow equal spacing between each side, centralising the whole assembly. If you glue to one side only, the opposite side will NOT join-up, leaving a large gap. Note these were painted Interior Green, so that they wouldn't show after the floor etc was fitted.
PIC 3 shows all the internals in place, after aligning centrally. Note the seat has been moved back a couple of mils, as it was too far forward if the locating slot was used. There are also some additions, in the form of framework, fuel filler tube etc.
PIC 4 shows the gap around the front bulkhead, and the misalignment of the engine assembly and cowling support frame. The whole lot was manouvered to get the best fit, damaging some of the detail and paintwork on the engine etc in the process. It was later found that the cowlings, all of them, would not fit with the support in place, and this had to be removed, the cowlings trimmed here and there (trial error) and test fitted numerous times to get a decent fit. If you intend to leave off the cowlings, this area shouldn't be a major problem, apart from alignment for the prop. (See below.)
PIC 5 shows the plastic card 'flanges' I had to insert inside the spinner, in order to make the prop fit. As the prop shaft would no longer line-up with the engine, these were fitted, and slotted into the cowling, once the latter was firmly glued in place, otherwise, the whole prop would have been off to one side by about 3mm or more - very noticeable!
PIC 6 The rudder. The hinge at the top has a very noticeable gap, which needed filling and re-profiling, and the bottom hinge should be flush. The pics show the 'before' and 'in progress' stages.
PIC 7 Wheel bay/ gun bay. Not very clear in this pic, but the top of the wheel bay, just visible top left, was a poor fit, and would not bed down, even after trimming and sanding. I seem to remember I removed it after this shot was taken, did some more surgery, then refitted it. Note, on my example, there were some huge ejector pins on the top of this part, which at first looked like part of the kit; supports or similar. These had to be carefully removed.
If you are displaying the gun-bays open, then the gun barrels need to be cut, in front of the front wall of the bay, so that they align with the leading edge gun tubes. Then, the guns need to be moved back, otherwise the ammo feed chutes will not line up. You might want to add plastic card walls, and blank over the front wall as in the pic, otherwise there will be fairly large, and visble, open gaps. (Note that the upper feedway door, moulded as part of the wing-top, is easily cut out, but there is no internal detail; this will need to be scratch-built.) Note also the pieces of card covering the holes for the HVAR stub-mounts, which I didn't use. The holes were filled from the outside, then sanded smooth.
There were a number of other minor areas, which you will no doubt discover, but two that I recall were the fit of the tyres, needing a bead of superglue to seal the small gap between the rim, and a prominent mould-mark down the centre of the canopy, which will need fine sanding and polishing.
I hope this helps a bit,
Terry.