This project log has been an awfully long time in coming, since I was waiting for the boat to get painted. I asked one of the friendly maintenance guys at our office park to spray the boat with "anything waterproof left in the gun after a job", but he really went above and beyond, hitting it first with a few coats of waterproof primer, then some military green-brown, followed by a couple of coats of clear.

Here it is before the clear coat.

In the previous picture you can see that I also made a little engine-mount/cowl, which was just a few scraps of wood, stuck together and sanded into shape (the backing is some 3mm hardwood of sorts):

The idea behind this cowl/mount was that I could swap the whole thing out if I later decide to run a motor with completely different dimensions. I also just wanted to disguise the little motor a bit, because it looks kind of silly and "toy-like" to me.

Here is a decent shot of the "cargo" space, you can see how the motor stays behind when the cover comes off. I am really trying to avoid having to detach cables when opening up the boat.