Ok, I decided to break with tradition and start looking properly at the instructions.? Apparently the next thing I had to do was cut a big hole in the top.? There were no dimensions given on the instructions as to where to cut the hole or how big to make it, so we had to resort to actually looking at the plans!? Blimey, they don't make it easy for you, do they?
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I worked out that the easiest way to mark out would be to have a starting point for all measurements, to I chose to draw a line across the hull from where the bulbous side bits come in, then find the centre of that line, and that would be my starting point.
Thing is....... Does this line look 'straight' to you?? Is it perpendicular to the planks? ???? I honestly can't tell if it's ok, or if there's some sort of optical illusion going on, or if, somehow, it's wonky!
For the life of me I can't work it out - how could it be wonky? The back edge of the sticky-outy bit is one of the frame pieces, one of the 'bulkheads', which would have been nigh-on impossible to put on wrong.? Please comment and tell me it looks fine to you and there's just something wrong with my eyes... ::)
I spent a long time very carefully measuring out on the plans, and marking out onto the top of the hull where I was supposed to cut.? Eventually I had this :
All I could think of to do was cut well inside the lines so I could just cut/sand the hole bigger when I knew exactly how big it was meant to be.