KD0EM

One other thing I forgot to comment on, I do not think I am going to keep the natural finish, I think I may be painting it.

martno1fan

The boats coming along niceley Harold keep up the good work mate,the tank is a great idea and one i might steel in the future i guess it could be used either side of the motor in that hull too to have a two tank settup.
mart

MKMotorsport

Giving up on the natural finish? [] I thought it looked great. I noticed Minwax has a new line of colored stains that look pretty cool, they were "pastelish" red, green, blue, purple, ect, that were still light enough to let the wood show through. I may try one of these on the Wildthing project. Also- if you don't mind I may use your idea for the glass gas tank, again on my Wildthing project...? [8D]

Thanks for the great ideas,
MKM

KD0EM

I got the rest of the deck done on the hull. The next thing I will be starting is building the mold for the hatch cover, it is some what still in the planning stage, and I should have it done some time next weekend if all goes well.
Harold

martno1fan

Looks great Harold but as for the natural wood finnish have a look at this boat and maybe it will change your mind a bit,this is Ian Websters boat same boat as yours and mine i love the contrast of the paint on the hull and the natural dark wood look on the deck.

fuelman8

Looks great Harold

Just make sure in your planning we can cut the hatch down to fit the easy vee

Rusty Money

Great boat, Harold.

KD0EM

Hi Tony, I will save the mold if it comes off in one chunk! But we will have to cut it down to fit your EV. We will be able figure some thing out. See Tuesday fuelman8.
Harold

Rusty Money

What part of the boat is the hatch?

KD0EM

What part of the boat is the hatch?
Oh maybe hatch is not the right word, lets try canopy, the cover that goes over the cockpit.

Rusty Money

O, alright, I understand.

Rusty Money

What is the width of the blue?

KD0EM

Rusty that width is 2 7/8" Glad I could help.

Rusty Money

Thanks, I am trying to figure out how wide to make mine.

KD0EM

I am just making temporary molds to mold a top for the cockpit on this boat, it will be done in four parts, some pics of the first of four parts, and I will be taking this part out of its temp mold today and starting the other three parts for it.

KD0EM

Hi all, I made the cover for the top of the deck in four parts out of fiber glass, I have got all the parts 30 min. epoxy together, I will be cutting out all the openings from the bottom side of the cover. I am going to have a fair amount of bondo work to do to get them blended to the cover. I am not to sure if I like the looks of this cover, but this is all that I could come up with, it will have to do. Here are some pics of cover. Harold

fuelman8

Looks really good Harold.

You do some nice fiberglass work.

KD0EM

Thank You Tony, If you sharpen your prop I think that the balence should be checked just to be safe.

Mr.Freeze

Looks good, this what I did for my woody build

KD0EM

Yours looks grate, some nice lines. The next build that I do is going to be my oun desine maybe a cat, I am going to make a plug and then a mold, I will be building the plug out of door skin and balsa wood, some ting that I can shape easy. Thank for the nice comment. Harold

KD0EM

Here is the cockpit cover setting in the hull, I think it looks a bit ugly, what do you all think? I think after it is blended with bondo and sanded and painted it will look better.

Mr.Freeze

Are you gonna put a scoop facing forward in the bouble or leave it like a cockpit? What about flaring it out more towards the edges to get rid of the bouble boy look. Your fiberglass work is great I would just play with the shape a little more. Make it so your happy, that's the most important thing.

KD0EM

Hi Mr. Freeze I am thinking about cutting two or three window like openings in the front of the bauble and laying in some screen on the inside, and yes I do plan on flaring it out some. Thank you for your comment on the fiber glass work, it could be better but I am just doing kwiky job this time. Harold

fuelman8

See i'm not the only one who calls it that

KD0EM

Bet you all thought I gave up the build. Well no I did not, Bin doing lots of prep work to get it ready for paint. The pics on this post is three coats of primer, the last coat will be wet sanded with 600. Yes Tony and Brian I am going to use the Babel Boy. Harold