Fuselage casting is continuing, I'm up to about a dozen sets. So far, every single casting has been good, no rejects. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I can get enough castings out of the set of molds.
The first few sets are being shipped out this weekend. I'll be PMing the people that expressed interest, more or less in order, with payment information as sets are ready to ship.
There aren't any real "instructions", they are pretty simple parts, but here are a few notes I've come up with as I put together my first set.
I used a light coat of a spray mold release when casting the parts. They should be washed and gently scrubbed thoroughly using warm water and dish soap. I've never had any real problems with getting paint to stick to castings but a very light surface sanding with 600 grit wet sandpaper to prep the surface for primer is also recommended. As far as primer goes, I recommend using lacquer based auto motive primer, even if you are going to be using water based acrylics to paint the model.
There are a number of vent points that need to be trimmed down in order for the bottom and top shells to fit together tightly. In the photos below they are circled in blue. Be sure to trim off the cylindrical sprues on the side of the mounting block and face of the rear gusset on the bottom shell. Those won't affect the fit of the shells but will obstruct the aluminum armature and rear laser cut bulkhead. There's also a little blob in one of the bolt holes (marked with an arrow) that needs to be trimmed out.
EDIT - Whoops! In the above photo I missed circling two vent points to be trimmed on the inside edge along the same line as the other vents at the very front of the seam where the two shells join.
The 10-24 hex nuts can be glued in place with a little epoxy. Be careful not to get glue into the threads. I basically put the hex nuts in dry and carefully added epoxy around the edge on top.
The laser cut front bulkhead needs to be glued in place in the top shell before assembly. It will kind of snap into place under the lip.
The laser cut rear bulkhead can be glued in after assembling the shells but I found gluing it in place on the top shell helped pull everything into alignment. Make sure it's seated really tightly against the inside of the shell. Before gluing it in place check the fit of the aluminum armature in the rectangular hole. If it's too snug file out the hole a little. Installation of the trapezoid shaped laser cut bulkhead sections to either side should wait until after the shells are glued together. They will require a bit of filing to fit correctly against the center section. The laser cut bulkheads were not intended to be the surface on which the kit parts are glued. I set the bulkhead about 1/16" further forward to allow an overlay of styrene on which the kit parts are pre glued. Or a thin overall casting.
I added a few extra kit part details to the forward bulkhead on my model. Seemed like a good place for a little extra somethin' somethin'!