BA-100 wrote:

My question is, would it be possible to laminate your own shell using

vacuum bagging?

I would do some googling on "cold molding" and boatbuilding. Very
common method for building hulls. It's also how the SPruce Goose and
Mosquito bombers were built. You'd find...

http://www.nwmarinedesign.com/coldmold.htm

You can build up a structure as strong as fiberglass but lighter with
this technology.

http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/weble....html#notebook