Christmas gets in the way but at last the test tank is free and available and so a water test to see if the hull floats.
And it does without a leak, needing over 6kg of lead acid batteries to bring it down to a reasonable water line. Still a scruffy hull but it shall be painted black above the waterline and I think anti slug tape below the water line to give the semblance of a copper bottom. It's fantastic stuff, water-proof and has created a barrier against leaks in a number of model boats. In this boat it should look rather splendid, left copper coloured. The wheels will be red as will the funnel when it gets to that stage.
So we start to model the decks and deck houses.....