Thanks viva sportive, I will give you a call. I had a bit of 2mm aluminium bent up (£20+vat-won’t break the bank) to over skin the dash. Cut it in and cut hole for steering assembly. The gauges it came with are all scrap so need to get a new set. Smiths copies available on eBay for £30 for a full se...

Thanks rapier for your compliments and help. I deleted the rubber gasket after viewing your pics, seems a popular choice but may lead to getting wet, will have to see.

Work is ongoing. Still have no rudder and no idea of shape or size.
Also measured the propeller and believe it to be wrong for boat. Think the diameter is too small and may have been fitted to suite water skiers. Shame as it has never been used, the rudder was lost during fitting in 1985.

colour sanding/mopping complete. The problem with painting in a drafty dusty shed with a £35 paint gun means more work after top coat. Looks cracking now and I have been smiling all weekend. Start re-assembly and measuring up for the bits that need replacing. One conundrum is the windscreen, it came...

Painting is now almost finished...Phew. Not have had much experience of either airless or traditional spray painting, so coat after coat went on but then needed flattening back due to not being quite right. Joton marine epoxy primer and followed by polyurethane 2 pack top coat. I am about to start p...

The boat is now the right way up again. I have sanded and polished the rubbing strip prior to masking up and priming. Two coats of epoxy primer and then started fairing. There are an awfull lot of highs and lows and on 5 round of sanding and filling. now the sun is out and i try to do an hour or so ...

Hi mebs How is the Simmonds replica work going? Are you planning to weld or river the hulls? I attach a link to an article about a chap who wanted a classic style runabout and had the parts car’s up and CNC cut to deliver a flat pack style kit. He was hoping to manufacture them commercially but this...

2 coats of epoxy primer prior to fairing. I am going to fair the bottom to to practice so I can make a decent fist of the sides and top.

All the paint now off. An unexpected find was that the entire hull and top side appears to have swirl mark from the factory, they are quite deep and crudely applied. I can only assume that it was used for keying the primer, anybody experienced this on other Simmonds? Can anybody offer some advice on...

lifted boat off trailer to rotate and start stripping the bottom. Any ideas on what to do with the joint between the sides and bottom? it is a lapped butt joint riveted, not sure whether to just clean up and leave or should i put some panel sealant along it?