EeZeBILT 50+ Fire Tender Build instructions Warning - this design has not yet been test-built, and it is expected that some reinforcement of the sides and deck may be needed. Anyone thinking of building this boat should consider it a beta-test set of plans, and reports of errors and omissions will be gratefully received. Start by deciding whether you want to build a boat with an 'original' 5.5" propeller shaft, or one with a more sensible 9.5" shaft. The RAF Tender picture shows a 5.5" shaft, but a 9.5" one will put the motor right up at the front, giving much more room for batteries and radio. The plans generally show the 9.5" variant, but if a 5.5" one is required the keel should be extended by a small amount, as indicated. This addition should be removed for the 9.5" model. The Front Brace has a slot indicated for a motor mount plate, and a line indicating where the propeller shaft will come. Measure the motor you expect to use, and vary the position of the motor mount slot accordingly. Transfer the printed parts onto appropriate thicknesses of balsa sheet and cut them out. Note that the parts are designed to fit on a piece of 18"x3" balsa. This has required several large items, such as roofs, floors and formers to be made in two parts. If you are using larger sheets of balsa you may wish to cut these out as single parts. But then it wouldn't really be an EeZeBILT, would it?..... Start by joining the two Rear Hull Base sides (L&R) together. Do the same for the Middle Hull Base sides and the Bow Base sides. Identify Formers 2 & 3 and glue these to the Rear Hull Base, with the Rear Braces between them.Glue the Hull Front brace onto Former 2 and attach the Middle Hull Base to the bottom of the Front Brace. Attach Former 2 to the front of the Front Brace. Attach the Lower Front Keel to the underside of the Hull Base, and glue the Bow Base to it and Former 2. Connect the Upper Front Keel on top of the Bow Base, attached to Former 2. Glue the numbered Hull Bottom Skin supports underneath their respective formers. Identify the Left and Right Superstructures. Glue them into the slots in the top of formers 2,3 and 4. Attach the cockpit rear wall to the superstructure sides at the stern, and attach the Transom to the rear of the hull. At this point the propeller shaft and motor can be fitted. Attach the four curved superstructure cross-pieces to the superstructure, making sure that the one with the window cut-outs is at the front. Glue the flat floor supports around the bottom of the stern cockpit, and the curved ones supporting the mid-superstructure decking. Glue the decking all round the top of the hull. It will probably need supporting with sub-formers cut from scrap... Sand the chine to the proper angle, and skin the hull with 16" planking. Build up the front superstructure by gluing the lower front windscreen pieces to the deck and front of the suprstructure. Then glue the front roof onto the top of these pieces, and glue the upper windscreen pieces onto this roof. Complete the front superstructure by gluing the two halves of the top roof on. Glue the Mid-superstructure floor into place. Pin the Hatch Frames around the inside of the two opening roofs, and glue them together, but do not glue them to the superstructure walls. When the glue is dry and strong, attach the roofs to these frames. Drill a hole and attach the rudder. That should complete assembly of the basic hull. Sealing, painting and radio installation is up to you...!