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Old 07-23-2013 | 09:32 AM
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Default 1/8th Scale Hydroplane Build

Rather than deal with nine pages of mixed info and stuff, since I'm getting back into building, I figured it's time to start a new thread. I've decided that, to prevent confusion, I would concentrate on one boat rather than two or three. My subject for this thread will be the 1973 Pay'N Pak. I know building jigs, tools and several other subjects were discussed in the other thread so I won't get back into those subjects unless someone has a question. That being said, time to get back to the build.
So far, I've laid out all the internal framing onto a combination of 1/16, 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick aircraft grade plywood and have cut out most of the parts. I've tack-glued 1/4" stringers to the sponson insides where the hull bottom will be attached and along the bottom edge of the sponson as can be seen in the first picture The Pak is shown on the left side of the picture, the 1972 Notre Dame is in the center while the 2009 Oberto is shown on the right. . All tack-glued parts are attached with 15 second gap filling CA/super glue to speed up the process of attaching them.
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