Glass boat

Once I got the glass boat into the studio, I began to remove the stern transom. This required using an industrial heat gun, but with careful control as to not melt parts of the boat I did not want removed. Heat was applied to the seams where the nasty smelling weld-on #40 epoxy joined the transom to the lapstrakes. This is the new stern transom before the new etch. I have it in place to see where the fit problems might be, and there are a few. It is a good tight fit on the bottom and the top, but both sides are a little off. Some of this can be resolved just by clamping, but not in the same way you would clamp a wooden boat, primarily because plastic, Plexiglas, isn't as flexible as wood-it will snap quicker. The first thing is to get the etch back on. Once the etch is complete I can re-attach the stern transom and move on to getting the seats in, which are very modestly suggested. Someone asked me if I was going to install any ribs. The answer is no. There might be a cross brace but it would be for purely aesthetic reasons rather than structural. After that, sanding and polishing, should be the last thing.  Then....onward to the third boat.