Modelism International 1/72 photoetched Vuia I

This is the building article, for the completed model go here:
https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2012/10/vuia-model-completed.html

Tiny Romanian model sold in that country at the museum where a replica is exhibited. I got it from a fellow modeler long time ago, and only now got the courage to start it.
It is not the best of the photoetched models I have seen, and many parts had to be corrected. It has design  and etching flaws that will need some of your talents in order to be overcome.
I believe photoetched sets are a good detailing tool, and, to a certain extent, can represent structures of adequate rigidity, but the idea of a whole model made of photoetched parts is not really good. Invariably, some parts will not be satisfactory when represented in that medium, and a good kit should be a multi-media kit, to get the best of each world and not compromised solutions. This is exactly the case for this model, being built for a fellow enthusiast.

The instructions are so-so. There is more of some written sequence (in French) than step-by-step graphics. The 3view is out of scale. There is a good part map, and sort of not really clear sub-assemblies photos. A few parts are not at all well solved, like 11, 16 and 4 (adding to the unusable flying surfaces, see bellow).
The flying surfaces, as presented, are not realistic at all; besides the wing being not totally accurate. I replaced them. Some photoetched items were again not accurate or two bi-dimensional and were replaced too. A "stitching" seam was created using "stitches" from an aftermarket detail set. The wing in the original plane was held in place by two structural members on top of it, and other two under it; the latter absent from the kit.
Bear in mind that this machine was modified a number of times and the kit describes a particular one (although in general terms).
I was very skeptical about the prongs that are supposed to be the axles for the wheels, so I glued a thin brass rod all along the axles' line to provide for a more credible –and rigid- arrangement. I substituted the kit’s before-mentioned “wing poles” for a “V” arrangement also in brass rod.