Not done much since the last update ,wife had to go into hospital so boat on back burner whilst on chicken soup duty .gorilla glue and ratchet strap have done the trick hull and ribs are back together although inside looks as its been attacked by a strange alien growth ,shall now boldly go in with dremil and scalpel and clear the growth ."keep me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast"(red dwarf)

So whilst the hull saga continues ,thought I would do some work on the wheelhouse deck funnels are the tube that gas welding rods come in ,3D printed the vent cowls long live thingyverse ,the rails are 1.6mild steel gas welding rod and the stanchions 20mm x1.6mm split pins soldered at the joints ,the only colour mentioned in the book was yellow funnels so went for a subtle matt shade rather than bright gloss used the same colour for the vents

Another coat of paint for the cowl vents ,my wife thinks they look like Kenny from South park ,some paint on the hull only black and white photos only detail of colour is that the funnels are yellow ,hull is matt black below water level and decided on a really dark matt green for above water line pictures don't really show the colour well ,maybe once white water line is added will show up better or should maybe take pictures in natural light

As promised, some pictures as she sits at the moment, lots of fiddle bits to do but with fingers all swollen up will have wait ,3D printed some seagulls which can be seen in some of the pictures .Cheers Marky

The green looked too drab so changed to a nice blue only fiddely bits to do I hope .
Cheers Marky