ready to be glued in



Once they are good n solidly stuck, I'll cut some little rebates for the stringers and then glue in the stringers.
The ply will spread the load accross a large area compared to the stringer just sitting in the foam..... It has the added advantage of tieing the two hull sides together..... and its lighter than the I-beam.... and I can install these on the other side without spending hours n hours cutting/forming/ makeing little bits/glueing..... yawn !!!

I contemplated fitting a "deck plate" (for want of a better word) to each foam subframes, but doing every 2nd frame seemed better and had the right look... in doing every 2nd foamy it comes out to 270mm between each deck plate which is hell of a lot more support than its ever had

the best bit is that each deck plate works nicely into the areas that see a lot of butt action...