Hi All
Just thought I would post a couple of pics of my pt boat hull - now that it is an actual hull. Much sanding, fairing and filling to come - there are some lovely gaps (my cutting/sanding the frames is not as accurate as it might be) and a dint in the balsa at the front where I was carving it away and got too enthusiastic.
I'm quite pleased with it though as my first scratch build. I was going to cover it with just zpoxy (see my previous thread) before painting, but I chickened out of bending the lite ply round the bow and used balsa blocks instead. As I had already bought the zpoxy I have ordered some glass fibre cloth and will use that as well.
I have some 2.4mm square obechi strip coming from Slec which I intend using for the spray rails and also, somehow to provide a straight, solid finish to the centre line join between the chines and at the bow. I'll also have enough lite ply then to add the deck and start the superstructure.
Cheers, Sam