Hello!!!
A little late, but nevertheless all the best and good health for your birthday. I hope you celebrated it accordingly!
Best wishes from Lucerne, Center of Switzerland, Europe
Michel-C.

HI John
Must try some of your Gorilla glue,
Regarding the Ronseal wood hardener - I've used successfully on softwood and it works really well. Not sure about hardwood but am interested to hear how you progress in due course

Hello again Dave.
Thanks for your response, yes the woodwork is mahogany, thankfully there dos'nt seem to be any problems with the joints, not that I've come across yet, but then I'm too busy
with the Billings Kadet which is needing almost a total stripdown to remidy rough painting by the builder. Why spend so much time building a kit and then ruin it with shoddy paintwork I'll never know.
You may recall my previous post regarding adhesives, for the Kadet, to fix the wood deck to the styreen hull I chose to use "Gorilla" glue.
It has a finished dry appearannce like foam filler, sticks like you know what to a blanket and is claimed to be 100% waterproof. The dry edges did require some filling with another adhesive though as the finished edge did appear to resemble a aero chocalate bar.
Back to the boat in question where the cabin edges rest on the deck there is some light splintering. The product that I usually use in these circumstances is
"Ronseal Wood Hardner" its a thin resin wood rot treatment that really soaks into the wood and does what it says on the tin! binding the fibers together. This will be the first time I will try it on mahogany though so I am hoping for the same results that I have had with lighter woods.
Till the next time, Cheers
John

HI John
This is very reminiscent of "The Fisherman" model by JL Rowell, and subsequently offered by AA Hales under their "Yeoman" range. Vic Smeed had a similar offering "Moonglow" around the same era. if it is a Billings offering then its possible that the cabin uses their (very) brittle mahogany type wood (my Billings Mercantic did). I don't expect it to have weathered well over the years and any glue joints, even with cascamite, will probably be separating, just alongside the glue joint.
I am not criticising, the kits are some 50 years old, and at the time were very popular and made into very realistic models. 👍
I hope someone can make a positive identification, and look forward to hearing how you progress with the restoration. 😀

HI -I'm interested in the Crash Tender. PM sent

Ian