Dumas recommends that you make up a stand to support the hull during the rest of the construction. A cut down cardboard box works just fine. Pad the box with an old towel to keep it from denting the balsa planking.   This works until you can make a better stand for your model.  Either way, you need to support and pad your hull during construction.

  The next point in the construction we will be installing the deck.  I removed the  deck parts from the plywood sheets.  I used masking tape and taped the decking into

place on the hull.  With the decking in place, this give us a chance to start to work out the layout of the battery, motors, speed control(s) and any other items you want to install inside the hull.  Remember that for this model it is very important to keep the weight as low as possible in the hull. 

  Taking the time now will allow you to get a better idea of how much room you will have to work with inside your hull.  Plus doing this with the decking in place allows you to get an idea of how much room you have to access your electronics.  In my hull, the speed controls will be mounted on a removable board the mounts aft of the motors.  If you do not have your electronics