73crownwagon Posted October 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Ok so motor now complete. After deliberating on my other thread about fibre glass I came up with a plan. Took to work and flipped the hull onto a custom trolley and took home ready to start the underside. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 doesnt look too bad really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Nah it's actually better then I was expecting 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Spent Saturday morning throwing a thick coat of new bog down on it. Then last night did an hour or so sanding it back with a 40 grit on the orbital sander to get a good rough shape in. Am happy with how it's working so far. Will need a few layers before its perfect. Plan is to have the bog and fibre glass done by end of November... then December to re assemble 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Another day another layer of bog and sand. Slowly getting there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 choice crown bro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 16 minutes ago, sheepers said: choice crown bro Theres a sick as fuck 308 under that blanket going into soon. Decided the 5m would be better in the boat 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 the 5M would be better at stopping the boat floating away but not much else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Normally run with water all through them don't they, must have been originally for boats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 Got it into primer today ready for fibre glass sheet to be done next few nights hopefully. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 Cut a few glass pieces out after work today. Will attempt to resin them on next few days then will glass the sides also. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 08/11/2018 at 12:06, sheepers said: the 5M would be better at stopping the boat floating away but not much else. Hey hey hey hey hey. No need to contaminate the oceans any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 note to self, fibre glassing is a cunt of a job. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 73crownwagon Posted November 20, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 Morning check. Am happy with what I accomplished last night. Few more afternoons like that and she'll be good as gold. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 FFS long story short spoke to a fellow in know in my small town about how I was rebuilding a jet boat. He then mentioned he had one for sale lol went and looked at it and it's the style of hull I'd prefer and it's on a good trailer with a jet unit lol. So this might end up for sale after fibre glass stage cheap cheap cheap. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Seems like other boat has fallen through unfortunately doesn't bother me I didn't really need to spend the money. Been fixing the jet intake today. Ran it through the acid tanks and replaced the sides. Will finish the hull glass this weekend. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted December 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 So got one side done this morning but unfortunately ran shy on resin for the other side this was 1.15pm today. Called the fibre glass place in mt Wellington to see if open yes they were till 3pm. It's now 430pm and I'm back at home with more resin and about to crack back into it. I live about 1 hour 15 from fiberglass shop. I also bought some white marine paint whilst I was there. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted December 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 I'm really glad I'm not a perfectionist 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 How long do you think thats gonna last over gravel? .. I'm assuming you'll be taking it up rivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted December 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Nah mainly lake use for this boat. I live in lower northland there ain't no rocky rivers within couple hundred miles of me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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