… of several months. its wobbly decks and gaping gaps in the hull are all now filled and sorted, the deck is as smooth as a smooth thing! BUT I really really should have replaced the wavey cabin sides and fitted new decks...aint hindsight a …

… r 45 mins run times. I have corrected the waterline and the hull is painted to deck level. Made the two exhaust ports with working lids but not yet fitted. Work now started on the cabin. Reworked the back as I am not fitting the gantry, and …

… y progress.. another really big job out of the way, all the hull is now stripped of paint, new rubbing strips, and a bit od detailing on the cabin roofs... hatches and things still loads to do db

… decided to Finnish of the fire boat, as I have said I hate paint that is why I have 4 boats that need just the paint to Finnish them of so I have decided a concerted effort is needed to get them done , after the paint blooming the first ti …

… boat at the back and pouring off the end of the rub rails. Hull painted, just spray cans. The deck was finished with 4 coats of Nelsons brush on clear coat. I wet sanded between each coat & its very nice and much better than the deck on my …

… shed" with Scotchbrite. Time to start thinking about primer painting the hull, then clear coat over the decks

… hould be maintenance free for a few years. I have given the hull a sand as I feel it ready for paint, I am going to do it first so I can have a test run to try the system out so paint time this week AT LAST .

… nd motors for the batteries. there is a picture with a bent paint brush, this just shows how I give the underside of the decks and hull to deck joint a coat of epoxy

… uite light. Superstructer with some fittings 197gr and with hull 670gr so it's quite light, I'll do a trial with everything soon, as soon as it's warm I'll get some primer on it, that has been the biggest hold up as the remaining fittings h …

… for the deck planking to arrive. Without it I can't add the hull rub rail or the ply skin to the transom to finish the hull. I have decided that it would be less tricky to paint the cabin sides first and then fit the decking along side. Tha …

… section which has the longest span. On the underside of the hull on each side of the keel in places I has some 1/32" wide gaps between the edge of the skin & the middle member of the keel sandwich. Rather than fill with conventional materia …

The last day or two has been spent tidying up the hull, I think there is just the exhausts and water outlets and generator exhausts on the transom and a flag mast that has to be removable, I have finally got the transom looking half way dec …

… ss washer on to it to form a flange, it should look OK when painted. The portholes on side of the boat are different design to the ones on the front, I don't know which I like the best, what I have done is taken the outer up stand of the on …

… t it is too wet and cold to do in the garage and I will not paint in the workshop as it is part of the house and the smell goes everywhere, I am still working out how to do the foot rails on the deck, I am thinking of pinning them on by dri …

… ey are made in the next part. It's the first and last cheap hull as it was more trouble than it was worth, I spent a bit of time going over the hull and superstructure with wet and dry. The idea is to keep it as near finished as possible so …

… time. One of the other jobs today was to start the prep for paint as I go. I had not fitted the deck at the very back so that was fitted, and some filler as the transom was a bit tatty on the hull I got at the top so I left it a bit long an …

I have gone for 1 extra bulkhead just to hold the hull shape I may take a bit more out of it to lighten it. The shapes between the motors and shafts are the battery holders, I may put another one in so I can slide the pack back and forward …