Funny you mentioned "Apocalypse Now" I have been using the movie to get details on the boat. I plan on having the mold cut some time this month if the vendor is available. I need to buy some MDF and glue up a 70" x 28" x 9" solid block. I will also make a block for the deck and cockpit.

The machine shop is trading there machine time for my CAD time. So I'm at there mercy.

As for planes, I work with planes all day long. Love them, but can fly them. My RC plane story is one of HARD landings (don’t like the word CRASH) with hours of repair.

Never lost a boat and the most I do with the old one is fix a loose part and repaint. I also have an 8' 1/10 scale PT boat I purchases as a kit from a company that advertised in SSM. They are no longer in business. My kit is almost finished, but kids came along and all spare time went to them. Now, kids are older and time to finish that bad boy.