Skinning the bottom

We're finally getting closer to having the fuselage finished. I'm cutting the pieces slightly wider than the actual fuselage.

After finalizing the position of the panels, I rigged up an offset jig to space the screw holes at three inches apart. Screw the panel into place, then sand the outside edges flush with the sides. Take it all apart and route the outside edge with a rounded profile, then reassemble with glue.

 This is a boat, after all, and it needs to float. So, I'm filling the torsion box with Styrofoam (tm). :-)

Build Tip: Anvils are handy to have around.The panel fore and aft edges do not meet over a rib, so I'm using the anvil to help line up the panel mating edges until the glue sets. Later on we'll make some custom hardwood fillets to reinforce the joints.