The Nymph has started to go together. Adding the keel doublers added a LOT of strength to the 1/8" keel form. I thought it felt very flexibleuntil I added the doublers.
I've made up a jig to sit the 'hull' in whilst I put it together as youcant build this one upside down like the other Aerokits 'kits' due tothe cabin shape.
Most of the construction is straightforward as there are 'keys' cut into the major components so they line up with other parts very easily.

I've also made up the rudder from some parts out of the scrap bin.

After much wetting, clamping, drying... wetting, clamping and drying... and then shaping, the stringers are now in place.
I've also added the deck supports next to the cabin... that was the easy bit.
Its begining to take the shape of a boat...

I'm in the process now of wetting the ply for the bottom skins...

The bottom 1/16th ply skins are on and shaped..
There is a cabin floor and 'box' to mount the fuel drums on.... this also has the advantage of being able to hide the rudder servo under thedeck..
The fore deck has been added and shaped..
The windshield to the fore cabin has been cut out and attached..

.. oh, and I made a stand for 'Huntress'..

Many years ago, back in the mid 1960's my Father had an operation on his back and for some occupational therapy (to keep his mind occupied,too) while he had very little mobility he built an Aerokits Sea Hornet (a build thread for that will be coming ) as a present to me.
When I moved to the USA from Great Britain, space for the removal was at a premium so the Hornet had to be sold... unfortunatly... A decision I have regretted since.

During my enquiries about a plan for the Sea Hornet I was asked if I could provide a copy of the plan in exchange for another Aerokits plan, a Sea Nymph. The deed was done and the plan has been sitting in the 'filing system' waiting for other builds to come to a close so it can get to the building board.

The Sea Nymph is 18" long by 6 1/4" beam and was originally designed for a .5 - 1cc diesel... I shall be going electric..

The plan seems to follow most of the Aerokits way of construction, soit should be a fairly fast and easy build. I'm altering the cabin area slightly to give a more scale like appearance.. to make it look a little more like a Fairey Huntress... just like the one used by JB in 'From Russia with Love'. .. and complete with the extra fuel barrels.

As the plan was from a kit, the plan doesnt show bulkhead forms, so I've had to develop the bulkheads from the side and top view. now I've cut some of the main parts from some decent 1/8" ply I had left over from a recent project.

The last few updated pics...

The Sea Nymph Is now finished and tested..

Despite a few overheating problems, that a re routing of the cooling pipework solved, she runs very well and looks the part.

Next project Is the Sea Hornet.