Now comes the part where I'm sure everyone is curious as to how I managed the stitching of the fuselage without actually using the needle to thread through the balsa wood. I thought it might be a good idea to show (again) that practice on a piece of scrap or proof-of-concept small section of the fuselage would be a good idea. As you can see from the second picture, I tried various ways of stitching. In this 2nd picture, if you look closely at the top stitching, I even tried using tiny beads as "eyelets" for the stitching just like the real S.E.5. I could do this, but I felt it was getting too much detail and becoming more of a distraction rather than an asset. So, I eliminated the brass beads. I also tried using stitching on the workboard and then glue the results to the fuselage, again, that did not work out very well either. I was concerned at using a needle to actually thread the stitching because I was worried that I might break the balsa sheet with the force of the needle penetrating the wood as well as trying to "grope" my way around the small confines of the inside of the fuselage to thread the needle back out. Finally, I hit upon an idea that just "clicked" and made sense. I'm going to recreate my idea today in the workshop and then take a series of pictures to present them to you. It is this area, that I forgot to take pictures while I was so preoccupied with the stitching method.