Flying Saucer as built by William Levien

1 February 2007

Hello Glen L!

It's been a year since I first saw your plans online and have not stopped thinking about building this boat. I did not have any space in a 1 bedroom apartment, so I got hooked on building scale boats in a corner of my living room. I just got married and moved into a house where my wife is kind enough to let me take over the garage. Now I have the plans, bought some lumber, and dove in with the help of some great people on the forum. I am hoping to get the boat in the water by late this summer, but it's a stretch since I work full time.

Thanks for providing the great plans and a great forum full of knowledge to help connect the great people that are on this forum today!!

Here are my first pictures of rough cut frame members, since I wanted to build the whole thing myself (lots of shaping and sanding to come)

~Bill L.

20 April 2007

I have made some good progress in the last few months, only after a few small setbacks that couldn't have been fixed without help from the Forum.

Attached are some pictures of the sheer going on in 2 laminations, fairing, and some almost close to fully faired photos. I hope to get some plywood this weekend and start test fitting and final fairing.

31 October 2007

Although it's not totally done (still have to build the interior, windshield, and do a heck of a lot of varnishing) but I think we'll use this picture as our christmas card anyway, since it's been the focus of our year, and definitely the highlight of my year...

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