Right things are moving on a wee bit now .....

Part 1 >>> Take One Very Wrecked Boat .......
Part 2 >>> Take One Very Wrecked Boat(part 2)
Part 3 >>> Take One Very Wrecked Boat(part 3)

Ok last time after lots of paint stripper and sweat I had got to this ......


I had done test patches of paint to see if it would be ok to go ahead and it was but first there was sanding to do , infact it turned out to be 3 whole days of sanding and it was breaking my heart , flat bed sander one day , next day a mouse sander and day 3 I went over all the dimples by hand that the sanders would not touch to atleast make sure they were scratched but in the end I got to this .......


Before I could paint though I needed to put some wooden battens on the back tank and glass it over ready for when I put the back seat on . I was waiting for a kind fella to give me the fibre glass and resin I needed , while I waited on that I rough cut and offered up the transom so that was one less thing I will have to do , it still has to have a wee trim here and there and be sanded and routed ....


Ok I got the stuff I needed for the battens so glue screw and seal all round them , they are fixed to the existing wood that is on the inside of the tank . Make sure any edges of wood you are going to lay the glass over are rounded off ......


Now fibreglass and resin over them , looks thin as I took pictures while it was still wet , believe me there is plenty on there for this wee job ....


One more thing to do before painting and that is brush down as much dust as you can then get this stuff and and plenty of old rags and clean down twice , It took the whole 500 ml so you will need plenty of it !! .....


Next take paints and mix as instructed .....


Then paint I was going to have the final colour as white on the inside but decided it would be way to bright on the eyes so white on first ......


Then grey as the top coat .......


I have another coat of grey to put on tomorrow then I need to give the boat time to cure before I add the timber , I am away for a weeks fishing as of the 30th so work will not begin again until I am home so watch this space after that .....

Cheers

PS: in case anyone is wondering the outside of the hull is to be done once I have the new timber on as I can then flip the boat , the outside of the top board will be primed though before adding the gunwales and then the edge will be feathered in once I paint the outside ....

Cheers again .....

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Cheers Danny

Co-Founder of S.S.F.D 2010

Nice work Danny, hard going, but nothing good was ever easy.
It's going to look very smart.
S.

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Cheers Steven , aye hard going indeed but will be worth it when its done

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Cheers Danny

Co-Founder of S.S.F.D 2010

Very impressed Danny, Well done Mate.

Keep up the great work.

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>>>>>>>MEMBER OF THE S.S.F.D.<<<<<<<<<

A labour of love. Will make the end result all the more rewarding. Keep up the good work. Cant wait for a day afloat on the finished article.

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Member of the S.S.F.D 2010

will we see it out before the end of the mayfly

Cheers for the comments lads


Haha not sure about that as I have to leave it now to cure and also I am away for a week , still have a massive amount of work to do on it so not sure when it will be done , I am not going to rush it though as want it done proper ....

I would hope to have a fish in it caught on the spent though

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Cheers Danny

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It is starting to look realy good Danny,i look forward to the next posts.
good luck Duncan

Come on Danny, its been a Month and were mad keen to see whats happening stop catching those huge trout and do a bit of work will you

Hahaha I been waiting for someone to pull me up about this !! Trust it to be you !!

Ok well you have kinda covered it there for me really with the mention of Trout , I am indeed finding it very hard to pull myself away from the water at the moment

I did get as far as looking at the boat this morning

All in good time .........

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Cheers Danny

Co-Founder of S.S.F.D 2010