Trevor Barrett

All of the side skirts have been sewn together. I cut ply templates from the plans to make the job easy. Carefull  placement of the patterns means there is no. read more…

I built the duct jig next to plans and mounted it on a table for easy access and rotation. The first layer of 10mm foam was cut and strapped to. read more…

The front deck sections have now been put together. I had a little issue with the dashboard section which threw me a bit and the sections didn’t go in completely. read more…

The next job forward was to set up the inner panels and then the decks. The inner panels were skinned with F/G and resin to instructions and then spot glued. read more…

All the joins on the inside hull have now been filled. If you take your time, use a fairly stiff  epoxy/microballoon  mix, the joins can be filled with an old. read more…

The underside of the hull has now been fully skinned. I have now turned the hull over and have fitted the inside hull edge strip. A couple of simple jigs. read more…

Just a few various shots of different stages so far. Note the pictures of the plans showing the extra lines on the Officeworks full size prints. Something to watch for.

So the lower section of the hull has now been put together. As can be seen by the photos nice clean cuts means that the panels go together perfectly. I. read more…

I have had a few weeks delay waiting for my materials to arrive. During the wait the full size plans were printed and carefully aligned and checked for correct scale.. read more…

Hi there.I thought I’d start this blog with a short lead up to my decision to build the PMR1. In my younger years I raced speedboats and then as the. read more…