[DanEC]

If watching the budget don't worry about bonding the body yourself. The stories about the difficulty in this mostly related to early models. With the newer models, it's no big deal. Just get a good epoxy with a moderate working time so that you don't have to get in a big hurry. Prepare the bonding surfaces by sanding and blowing clean and get some loadable caulking tubes to load the mixed epoxy in so you can inject it into the bond areas. The panels are similarly no big deal. They are pre-fitted and drilled by ERA regardless so you just have to align the holes and rivet away. There will be a few areas that are a little tight and a couple holes that may need a bit of massaging - but no big deal. A air operated rivet gun does help out with hand cramps.