Time for an update. Things went a bit quiet, had a bit of a c*ck up, loss of interest and then a revival.
Putting the switch and cover in wasn't straight forward - and we made it more difficult by covering in the fore-deck.
Time for some primer.
White deck
And shiney bright green for the hull.
Looking good - but soon the wheels would fall off.
Just one more half turn....:censored: Dellboy made the stands, and even after pre-drilling I still made a mess of it.
Our keels were ever so slightly different lengths so some slight adjustments required.
Rudder post and tiller arm.
The tiller and servo arms installed (sorry about the lack of light)
Hull ready and time to start rigging.
It was here the wheels completely fell off. I'd spent a few hours sanding and painting, sanding and painting to get a nice smooth surface on the deck. I was really pleased with how the boat had come out and was really looking forward to getting it rigged and going for a sail. So Dellboy and I set aside a night to do this.
One of the things you need is an attachment point on the foredeck to attach the fore boom to. In mu case this was going to be a small eyelet. I dutifully drilled a pilot hole, tested the thread and checked everything. I then removed the eyelet, added a bit of CA glue and then put it back - and then at the last twist the eyelet snapped - I was left with the eye and the thread was buried in the hull.
It's just a small mistake but I was very miffed. I'm sure on the scale of c*ck ups to make it was rather minor, and I'm sure bigger ones are to come. To get the thread out I had to drill around and then extract it. Then came the task of filling in the hole, and repainting the deck. Sadly I didn't take any photos of the repair.