Engineering!



I been doing a lot of engineering to see how I was going to attach the  fronds on the bottom of the hull. The best method was to make metal joiners. I was able to connect the fronds with these homemade joiners. I finished one section and have to do some brainstorming for the next section I'm going to work on.

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