Well pretty much finished up my GSX310...its now ready for prime and paint, just waiting on some warmer temps.
Meantime decide to do my first customer build for one of our guys at MMEU. Thought what the heck...I'll put it on here so he can keep track of the build. I have already built one of these GSX380's and the 310 which are actually great kits to build. These are also good first time builder kits...its almost impossible to not build them straight. Biggest thing I have noticed is make sure and keep the hull weighted down on your work surface until the skins are in place and sealed. The hull can acquire a slight twist if its not weighted on a flat surface especially with changing temps and humidity.
In any case I am building this boat basically to a finished prime and paint stage. All the hardware will be mounted and the hull sealed. Kev is going to finish off the motor mounting, stuffing tube and plumbing. He is also going to finish the prime and paint to match the rest of his fleet....
Picked up the kit last Sunday and started right in with the center section that night. Pretty much completed the initial center section that night. One thing that I have noticed is that these 380 kits do not have the 1/2" doweling included in the kit, so you will need at least a 24" piece of 1/2" dowel. My 310 had all the required doweling.
Did some initial sanding on the center section to square up the front and sand flat the sides. Then installed the dowels that I picked up at a local hardware store.
Last night was spent pre-fitting the sponson bulk heads and major tie in stringers. Then squaring and gluing everything up for both sides. So things are moving along.....hoping to have the boat complete by the end of next month.
Tonight I'll be adding the rest of the sponson stringers and preparing the sponsons for assembly to the center section.
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