Huge progress today, it was raining all day !!
Pics of progress so far.
There are pics of how I chose to mount the tubes in the main hull and sponsons.
I am running ¼” thin wall alloy tube to join the sponsons to the hull. This is a sliding fit inside the mounted tubes.
Yes I know that there are no outer skins on the sponsons, that is because I ran out of good wood adhesive, we will go to the hardware store tomorrow to sort that out. That is the bonus of the Big Red Truck is that we can park outside any store we want.
I have made a water coil and pick up for the motor but am as yet undecided as to whether to use it. I have started another thread on this issue.
I need to wait a day or two before I can begin painting as the weather here is very damp and cold. The rest of the station would object to me using the drying room as a spray booth.
Once it is painted I will take it to the local pharmacy who has very accurate scales and weigh it: Hull only and hull + running gear inc motor battery radio rx etc.
i.e. Bare weight and ready to run weight.

My 6yo Daughter has some interesting suggestions for a colour scheme and my Wife agrees, o.k so do I !!