Starting the Hull:

  The hull will have a slight joint line which will run from the center of the bow, along the keel and up the transom. Remove it with a fine file and sandpaper.  I sanded the outside of the entire hull with 400 grit Wetordry™ then wiped the entire hull down with Isopropyl Alcohol.  This is to remove the polished finish on the hull an also remove any mold release agent that still may have remained on the hull from manufacturing.

Hull before:

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Hull after:

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Roger's Notes: The pictures show where I needed to add filler to the outside of the hull to bring it into the right contour.  I used Bondo® Glazing & Spot Putty.


The bulwarks:

  The insides of the bulwarks are laid up with a lot finer fiber than the rest of the hull. Because this area will show when the model is complete, this area needs to be made as smooth as possible. There are two ways this can be done: you can just rub the insides of the bulwarks down with wet & dry until smooth or you can fill the bulwark insides with car body filler rubbed in with a small specula  or just scrap piece of wood.

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  Cut from PPS-1 parts P161 & P162, look at the hull and SIDE 1. Mark the base of P161, place P161 onto the ledge around the outside of the hull below the bulwarks and using the lower notch (28mm up from base) as a guide, place a pencil point into this notch and draw around the back half of the hull, mark in the bulwark height (28mm.)

 Using the higher notch (42mm up) mark in the front bulwark, keep the template upright so the dimension up the bulwarks at the bow is longer than the sides. 


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Roger's Notes: The picture above looks a bit "rough" as for as the pencil marks go.  I used the pencil lines only as a "guide" while removing fiberglass.

  At the step on the bulwarks, mark in the curved joint with P162.

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  Now I filed down the tops of the bulwarks to this pencil lines I consistently checked that the height is the same for each side.