At the back of the boat there is a hole for the prop to rotate in. At least there is once you cut it out. The surface of one side of the hull is marked as a guide and measurements are shown the instructions.
I think I was supposed to cut this before glueing the hull halves together. How you are supposed to get the hole the same size and place on both sides if you do this is beyond me though. I just drilled a hole in each corner and cut the rest out with a piercing saw. Nice and quick and easy. After a bit or truing up with a file the end result looks neat.
You can also see the end of the prop shaft just poking out. I’ve already fillered it in place and smoothed this down with sandpaper.
Finally the brass rod is the rudder pivot. Fitting this is the toughest job so far. The top and bottom pivots have to be in-line or the rudder won’t swing. Drilling the bottom is easy enough but the top had to be drilled from inside at an angle. Waggling the bit made the hole big enough and the error was again made up with car body filler.
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