Hmmmm - "and the Bengali guy - (cant recall the name)" - point noted. You have scant respect for the people from that state (you recall his canine companion but not his name).

For this heinous crime of racial discrimination on a public forum, you are hereby requested to please send me one of your rain sodden Bullets ('56 Ensign preferred  ) as a compensation.

Now let us stop hijacking this thread.

p.s I will await the tracking number of the Bullet.

I change my compensation/demand to the '75 Bullet as the Ensign is only 148 CC. Please repack the consignment.

Sir what are you going to use such big engines on?

26CC Engine for this:

http://www.rcindia.org/boats/riva-aquarama-a-dream-coming-true/

The '75 Bullet as a stable mate for my 1983 Yamaha RD 350.

Shears & Chimes installed.

oooh... she's beautiful

Sent from a potato using a lamp

Actually, at this stage, as beautiful as a skeleton

Admiring home made work bench too, with its triangular gusset like between leading edge and rib.

Very observant sir! 

Cutting the tabs off

Stubs sanded flush

This is War!     (I always wanted to use that)

Drilling through the Keel & Bulkhead for the Prop Tube......there has to be a better way

Motor/Shaft/Tube mock fitment.

Build continues.......

A motor mount is very critical. Besides it's basic job of fastening the motor firmly, alignment has to be maintained. With this kind of design, there is very little place (actually, none!) to fit a flat base on which to use a standard mount. So, improvisation.

Build continues.......

A motor mount is very critical. Besides it's basic job of fastening the motor firmly, alignment has to be maintained. With this kind of design, there is very little place (actually, none!) to fit a flat base on which to use a standard mount. So, improvisation.

Fitting the mount permanently

Epoxying the Prop Tube in, and Mock fit-up of the Rudder

Battery tray, and view at this stage. More machinery and electronics than boat!

Hail Mary! Meticulous to the core. Now I understand the things that you were telling me this morning. An amusing thought crossed my mind. We talk thrice a day, build boats - while you use high quality stuff from Cornwall Boats, I rummage in my piles of rubbish for jugaad. Poles apart in this respect.

Hey, thanks VC! Hardly a HM moment though

This is too professional.

VC, I've been there, done that (jugaad from leftover scraps etc.) In fact, this build already has a fair deal of that (e.g. the entire motor mount)

Takes too much time, and not always the desired result. At my age, one wants to get on with it......

Maharana sir! 

Thank you!

"At my age, one wants to get on with it....." Right behind you Sir 

Jugaad - you should see the water pump that I have made for the RAF Rescue Boat today. Small 3 V motor screwed on to a PET bottle cap and neck - impeller fan blades from Sunfoam, intake and outlet pipes from discarded pens  Squirts water upto a height of 3 feet. However, cumbersome to mount so I will go with a windshield washer pump.

The Baby Bootlegger deserves this kind of precision. I wouldn't try Jugaad (maybe a little bit only  ) if I was building her.............

What do you think the AUW should be? I think I'm heading toward 2 Kg!