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05-25-2016, 11:05 PM #61Member
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So there won't be much left to post until the paint is down. It's going to be a bit of a long grueling process of sand, prime, sand, prime, sand, PAINT, then sand again and buff that b!tch out!!! I want this thing to have a perfect finish since I have taken it this far I might as well go for "gold", Plus This obsession I have with a "mirror quality finish". This is the part that stresses me out the most. Like most amateurs I have a problem with knowing when to stop. Something that has so many faces to cover I most likely going to have a problem burning through an edge when color sanding. I managed to pull off A decent job on the last project i painted but that was white. This will be jet black and we all know how black paint will highlight every flaw, but when it's done right nothing looks better.
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06-07-2016, 12:32 AM #62Member
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06-07-2016, 08:11 AM #63
That's a mean-ass looking cowl... I love it!
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06-08-2016, 02:00 AM #64Member
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06-14-2016, 11:46 PM #65Member
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06-15-2016, 12:21 AM #66Member
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So am I happy with the finished product? **** Yeah, I think I nailed it!!! I certainly tried my ass off to get a flawless result, but there are a few flaws in the paint, they are very minor and hard to find though. It's nothing I can't fix later. Usually I never give myself a deadline but I really wanted this finished before my trip to the river. This is no doubt the best result I have every achieved. So again thanks to Stv_Keith and David-Wi for all the measurements, I would have been way off without those. I'll post more pictures when I get this boat in the water and in the sunlight.
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06-15-2016, 05:18 AM #67
Awesome Work, that is a piece of art work.
MO
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06-15-2016, 12:04 PM #68
Man, that came out great! Congrats. It is my favorite Merc cowl still, and what I have on my STV.
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06-28-2016, 12:56 AM #69Member
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06-28-2016, 07:22 PM #70
amazing job! why didnt you wrap the decals around the back?
SEEBOLD CHAMPBOAT MERCURY S3000
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06-28-2016, 08:46 PM #71
Outstanding! Dude, I'm exhausted just from cheering for you.
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I kept going back-and-forth on whether or not to keep them all original or make a few slight changes, i wanted to put my own touch to it. Personally I like the way it looks on the back with the 2.4 decal by itself. I also cut out the fine white stripes around the decals. Originally I planned on not using the 2.4 decal because it would be a false advertisement ( underneath is a 2.0) but it just looks so damn good with it on.
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Thank you David, you got me thinking about making a mold. I have this strange feeling that eventually I'm going to just go for it. There's lots of great info on the Internet. It may be a while if I do. I can practice on the original coun I can practice on the old cowl till I get it right
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The ultimate goal would be carbon fiber version. I Watched a couple videos on pre-preg carbon fiber and that would be awesome. But I going to start with polyester resin and fiberglass, already ordered orange tooling gel, resin, veil on fiberglast.com. Got to put myself through a test of trial and error on something that's not that important first.
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