| Keeping them Level To ensure that the porthole would lay flat with the surface and not on a angle, I used a level for each hole. |
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| Not too bad..... As I always expect some problems, only 16 out of 128 portholes were not in the correct location, either too high, too low, or off to the side. |
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| The incorrect portholes were filled with 5/32" doweling, sanded flush, and then re-drilled. One particularly stubborn porthole, had to be done 4 times to get it right! |
| The Water Gutter Along the edge of the deck, photographs reveal that there was a water gutter with a vertical edge that the hand-railings mount onto. I have seen these made from plastic, but I wanted a sharp, clean, and flat edge. What to do? |
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| Intro / Filler / Prop Shafts / Hull Keels / Resin / Primer / Rudder/ Sponson Plate / Portholes / Water Gutter / Final Primer / Painting / Final Product |