Ok, I have tacked the pressure hull on to the lower hull using a small amount of 1 hour epoxy. As you can see from the picture I have had to raise the front of the pressure hull quite a bit to get the top of the pressure hull to the right height. I used 2 fillets of epoxy putty to raise it, then sanded them down carefully to acheive the right height. Luckily my plan to install the front retract gearbox (and the main drive) before bonding in the pressure hull has paid off and the output shaft runs straight down the centre line of the boat.
The instruction require you to bond the pressure hull to the main hull by painting on polyester resin along the joint. So my question is what is the best way to fill that gap (10 mmm at the centre and 5mm around the side) before painting on the resin? My intitial though is to use more epoxy putty as it is easy to work with, without getting much excess around the joint that may interfere when I come to seal it with the resin. Any ideas guys?
