Ah, yes that is very true about scratch building... Just today, I tried to explain why I was messing around with my boat for hours without end and not getting bored to my cousins. That was quite a pointless conversation as they just didn't get the fact that I enjoyed building things.

Btw, I am on vacation in New Smyrna Florida - somewhere in your neck of the woods I presume?
That is the reason I have not made any headway on the hovercraft project, I have been messing around with my jet boat while on vacation. Nothing like relaxing on the beach and trying to epoxy a Jet drive in place without getting any sand in there.