we scarfed the inside of the core which was already laminated. We then bonded the double sided nida core to the curve with thickened epoxy. Then we yes screwed it down on the curve. Let cure over night. If you zoom in, on the following photo we removed the screws (now that it’s bonded to the boat) and capped all the seams with 1700 and epoxy. So, yes we screwed it in to keep shape. No we did not leave the screws in. We did it this way to make sure none of the core was exposed on the Interior of the boat

keeping the bustle mullet just to hold beer during the build or does that get integrated as a step or get whacked off?
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-Ross

LOL , Beer holder for now. We are leaving it. The previous shop cut off the tunnel extension not sure why because the motors should have cleared... But its not packing any air, or minimal at best, so we are just leaving it. The boat will be a pleasure boat so could be a seat, a step , who knows.

Are you worried at all that in ass heavy landings the amount of stress on that thin tail or not? Just curious seems like over time it would see a lot of abuse without much support

-Ross

Nah not worried about that

Transom and bustle area in primer. Letting it bake for the weekend and come Monday start blocking it flat. On this 46 we just finished , look at how this monster dwarfs the 32
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What are you using for prime and fill?

We dont lay the primer too thick. Sand most of it off anyways. Nason primer. Fillers ? depends on the application. Been using alot of evercoat products lately.

Transom and running surface done. Baking over the weekend. Monday going to put it down on stands and get going on the windshield adapter
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Been following this thing from the beginning, it really looks fantastic. I always look for updates.