Richard,
I purchased this kit in "started" condition about 18 months or so back. The original owner had trimmed the hull badly and put in the frames with some sort of epoxy. I was able to pull the frames out and separate them all without any trouble. When I put them back in again I made sure that I "keyed" the surface of the hull where the epoxy would go so that it could grab on and make a mechanical join. I used an 80 grit sandpaper to do that.
As for motor, and some will shudder over this, but I have a can motor from a 12v cordless drill on about 3:1 reduction gearing with 6 volts and that appears to be more than sufficient in the bathtub testing. I did not test it with the ballast that I seem to need to bring it down to the waterline - about 3kg!
I am still working on the model and making slow progress due to time, budget and children. I would be very interested in how you deal with trimming the bow of the hull - particularly where the moulded hull come out flat (at right angles effectively) from the vertical side of the hull - does that stay or go? There are some other interesting bits in it as well. Once again, I think I have bitten off more than I can chew!
Good luck,
Alister.
