The next stage is to brake off the support tabs of the hull frames, (typical of the build process of many of the Aero-Naut kits I think). Well, lacking courage Chris did this for me. After which the stringers, cabin sides and transom were fitted and glued in place.
This was pretty straight forward, or so I thought, until I realised, like an idiot, that I had glued the cabin sides the wrong way round. There was nothing else for it but to cut them off, reinforce and glue back in, with a lot of cursing and swearing along the way!!
The deck pieces were then assembled, reinforced with the supplied fabric tape, glued together and the underside sealed with sanding sealer as recommended, before being glued in place. This left quite a overhang at the bow and transom which was then sanded down into shape.
It seems a shame to paint over the beautiful mahogany hull sides, but I felt she would have more impact on the water if the hull was painted, especially as our pond water is pretty murky even on a sunny day. I’ve chosen a bright red Humbrol paint for the hull sides and white for her bottom and keel, but first the undercoat.