: Is there a reason why you use dabs of hot glue on the hull but not dabs of PU
: on the deck? The dabs seem to work OK, but maybe it's too early to tell.

The dabs of hot glue are used like a clamp to hold the strips in alignment and tightly together BETWEEN stations. I use the hot glue dabs on the hull and deck. Once I've applied the strip to the station, with hot glue (or staples on the hull bottom) I use spring clamps the align the strips and tighten the strip joint BETWEEN stations. By applying dabs of hot glue on the strip joint (like stitches) I can remove the spring clamps in about a minute and apply my next strip. All the dabs are easily removed with a paint scraper along with other traces of glue.

Polyurethane Glue has no comparision of qualities to hot glue and would not be usable in the way I use dabs of hot glue to clamp strips in place.

Rob