Hmmm...I have never had that problem before-are you sure you have them lined up right, according to length of the cross peices? As far as the glue goes, the plans say to put rubber band around the model to hold it until it dries. I don't know if I understand your question, so this may not help at all. I you want a picture of how it should look, look here:
http://balsamodels.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1827 Hopefully someone else can help you better. Oh, and welcome to the board!