Hi ya David
Don't forget also, there are several Companies who produce a fibre glass hull for this boat. One of them is Kingston Mouldings.
There is another Company, but I cannot recall the name of them just now. Riggers24 might know cos I am sure he started making the semi-kit a while ago - see if we can get in touch with him to find out the manufacturer.
Sadly a man who knew everything about these boats HS93, Peter, is now no longer with us. A big loss to the model boating hobby.
I built the Easy build model of the Fire Float and it is a stand off model. You have to be careful when downloading the plans, unless they have been altered, cos a couple of amendments were required.
aye