The main flood area was cut open , ready for slats.
Carefuly grinding from inside of the hull using Dremel , its probably easiest bit of mechanical job on the model. I think the end result its well worth the effort.
Im thinking about cuting away the thin strip just top of opening , in order to better the top of the saddle tanks.
Work on improving saddle tanks has started.
Using Chocks drawing i managed to locate internal ribbing. It is only my interpretation and under any circumstances should be copied as acurate.
It`s hard to be sure of the location of the ribs , as the area rearly got damaged enough to give us the true picture.
And due to boats spending majority of time being submerged , the picture evidence is scarce.
Now i need scrape away between the ribs slightly / similar to sides of the hull / but not as deep. The saddle tanks never had as much ripple , more like dents and knocks.
TBC...
*Thats what i got Savvy:
