OK to ease me back into the craft room again after visiting the UK for a week or two, here are some photo's from before I went. Getting bored with all the sanding and filling and repainting on the bridge structure, I turned to the daughterboat. I had a line drawing of said item but nothing more than shown here except for the overall measurements.
So I gave it some thought on how to tackle such a small craft and yet still have it operate. I carved a plug from balsa and then covered it in brown packing tape. More thinking and then instead of creating a grp mould instead opted to vacuum form it in plasticard.
I made a vac forming platform from a suitable plastic box, as can be seen, it was drilled with many holes in the surface to allow the vacuum to pull the plastic down. a hole in the side for the flexi hose from my wife's bestest vacuum cleaner
and both the inside and large hole reinforced with ply, which in hindsight was a good thing - who would think a domestic vacuum could pull such a err vacuum!!!! it almost collapsed the box, fortunately the moulding was already complete when this occured. The box of course is sealed with a lid which I also duct taped into place to seal it completely.