Hi guys - my apologies for this rather tardy response but things have been a bit er 'mayhem' lately and there's just not been the time.
Thank you all for your kind comments which are much appreciated. Though I did make the effort to make a reasonable job it has to be said again, and to concur with your remarks that the hulls and associated 'kit' produced by Alan truly are first class - it certainly went together with ease and relatively quickly. Usual I take quite a few pics of anything I'm making for use as a personal record but this was so straightforward there are not as many as I first thought. For what they are worth then for those who've expressed an interest I hope they prove useful.
The basic kit of wood parts - the pre-shaped ballast to the rear. Although I don't have any pics fitting the rudder proved very straightforward - the instructions explain it very clearly.
With the rudder in place the hull was taped off for protection and the inwhales fitted using 'Z-Poxy' 5 min epoxy resin
Very little 'fettling' of the wood parts was required to obtain very good fits in all the right places. Again fitted with Z-Poxy all joining surfaces were sanded back to remove the carbon deposit left from the laser cutting
Because it was intended to plank the decks a sub deck of 1.5mm ply was installed. Carefully measured off it was masked and two coats of thin epoxy applied first. Once cured the masking was removed and the deck installed using Z-Poxy 30 min resin to give plenty of time to get the pre-cut masking tape 'hold downs' in place
The winch system as recommended by Alan is removable as a whole. It was based around a piece of 11.1mm dia. masting held to the servo mount plate as here
The fixed yellow plastic block was machined to act as a line guide at this end..
....and another, sliding block, to house the return pulley at the forward end. An small ply plate was installed to help keep the tube rigid, the side piece of ply is to act as a guide when trying to find the hole once the deck is on. The system works extremely well and certainly makes for easy servicing . That silicone rubber tensioner however is not actually strong enough so is destined for replacement with something more powerful.
Unfortunately a mite blurred but the only pic of the installation
The planks were attached with Zap CA running it down the side of the plank allowing it to wick beneath. The deck planks are lime strip purchased from Hobbies, the king and margin planks were cut from mahogany sheet from the same outlet
The main hatch was kept as small as practicable bearing in mind removal of the winch system
I think these two images bring it up to 'where we came in' (I wonder how many will remember that phrase
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Well that's about it I guess, once again my apologies for the slow response. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make the J open day at Nottingham but our next open day approaches so it won't be too long before her next outing.
Hope that's of interest
Regards - Ramon