New build F1 28" From start to finish

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Well after a disaster with a previous F1 that i built,it was time to start a fresh and build a new 1.
Here i will document as much as poss how i put 1 of my hulls together with photos from start to end.
Iv redesigned making a couple of changes,for a better handling,faster boat that should also perform in choppy waters aswell (i hope LOL)
so here goes,hope you like and enjoy:

1st up is the parts iv already cut out and sanded:
Front & rear bulkheads 1/4" ply.

Centre hull sections 3mm lite-ply

Sponsons inners,middle & outers 3mm lite-ply

Stringers 3mm lite-ply

All parts together

More to follow.

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And here we go again.
2nd up is to test fit all parts together to make sure they all fit and line up,before marking out and glueing and laminating the parts.

Side view.

Front view.

Rear view.


Will post some more shortly,just gotta mark everything before glueing.

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Sponson,inners,middle & outers,centre hull and outers all laminated together.



Laminated parts all,put together with bulkheads.

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finnally managed to get get abit more done,just gotta to make sure is square and flat in all the right places and start glueing it altogether.

Centre bulk head and rear closure panel,along with some surports.


Centre bulkhead test fitted in place.



Ill shall now carry on marking out the floor and inner sponson bottoms to add some strength.

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some pieces cut out and ready for glueing into position.

Upper and lower wings 2mm lite-ply,cut and sanded.

Upper wings test fitted.

Lower wings test fitted.
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Will start the centre hull bottom/floor now.

[ozboater]

nice work fella

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nice work fella

Cheers bud,getting their slowly LOL

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Main hull bottom/floor pieces cut and sanded ready for test fitting.

Main hull bottom/floor test fitted.

Inside veiw of main hull test fitted.

Rear closure piece test fitted.


Just gonna glue these for tonight and let them dry before starting on stringers and sponsons.

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Heres some more pics of progress,centre hull bottom now glued in,the rear bulkhead closure panel,and solid balsa glue into position at the sponson tips,will sand and shape to give a solid tip:





Will concentrate on stringers and sponson bottoms today,will post more pics asap

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some pics of the the balsa tips sanded to shape and stringers now glued in.
its certainly starting to take shape.




Sponson bottoms now cut and ready for test fit.

[ace028]

Sweet build man! Makes me want to start working on my wood cat.

[F1 madness]

Sweet build man! Makes me want to start working on my wood cat.

Cheers ace,stay tuned theres more to come shortly.
What size cat you building,dont forget pics

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And some more pics LOL
bottom of sponsons now glued into position ready to start side of sponsons,will do these tomorrow.

[ace028]

Cheers ace,stay tuned theres more to come shortly.
What size cat you building,dont forget pics

Its a 16" cat that will be twin powered, its mini catamaran build version 2.


Looking good man.

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Its a 16" cat that will be twin powered, its mini catamaran build version 2.


Looking good man.

Cheers mate
Cool,iv just building a 24"cat heres a link have a look see what you think just gotta get the hardware now.http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ad.php?t=15581