Shit box 308 powered jet boat project

[flyingbrick]

I hope you like sanding

 

Looks great man.

[73crownwagon]

4 minutes ago, flyingbrick said:

I hope you like sanding

 

Looks great man.

Actually I really hate it! I also now hate fibre glassing also. 

[Truenotch]

22 minutes ago, 73crownwagon said:

@doozi I cant remember his actual handle name lol and @Truenotch sent me the renderings for the stickers on Friday. Stoked 

 

That would be @Archetype.

[flyingbrick]

16 minutes ago, 73crownwagon said:

Actually I really hate it! I also now hate fibre glassing also. 

I hate to tell you this mate but combining both sanding and fiberglass is even worse than those things individually  

[yetchh]

2 hours ago, 73crownwagon said:

Nah mainly lake use for this boat. I live in lower northland there ain't no rocky rivers within couple hundred miles of me.

 

Yeah I realised that not long after I posted.. Waikato spec rivers and all. 

 

 

[73crownwagon]

8 hours ago, yetchh said:

 

Yeah I realised that not long after I posted.. Waikato spec rivers and all. 

 

 

I mainly wanted to glass over the bog to keep it from cracking when taking on off the trailer. Being steel hull bog cracks let's water in starts rust. I'd like to be able to use this boat through salt water ways so no water under bog would be good 

[73crownwagon]

Being that it was quite cold last night the resin qasnt fully hard this morning was clogging the sanding disks I decided to crack onto the trailer and give it a birthday. 

Axle out will re bearing this week

Heavy wire wheel on the grinder and a lock of paint. Looks reasonable for a warrent still yet to fix the wiring. 

[tortron]

Is that engine going in the Morris?

[73crownwagon]

It was. Mate who owns it lost interest in the project 

[73crownwagon]

Cracked into the sanding this afternoon got half the hull done then slapped a thick coat of epoxy primer over. The finish isnt perfect but I'm really not fussy since I'll be relatively rough with the boat once its running. 

[rot808]

Colours match your truck now, perfect

[73crownwagon]

Bought a heat exchanger off jet boat forum tonight hopefully see it before the weeks out.

Would like to finish painting before weekend and I'll try get my mate with his boom lifter truck to come flip it in the driveway. 

[73crownwagon]

Second side into primer. Will attempt a sand and top coat tonight weather dependent on if I can push my cars out of garage or not.

[SOHC]

Dose sanding that stuff make you itchy? 

[73crownwagon]

I've been around fibre glass before you just dont scratch yourself after you have used it and run cold water over open skin areas afterwards never had a problem.

[73crownwagon]

Test fit the intake grill pretty happh with it. I'd like to send it off for galv but might leave that until next year. 

Was hoping to throw top coat on tonight but it needed a second primer coat die to pin holes all over would of looked shit on final paint. 

[73crownwagon]

[73crownwagon]

Work my work fishing trip yesterday so the head wasnt feeling quite right this morning so not a lot got done just got the trailer back together with new bearings and all new bolts and bushes. 

Also received the stickers from @Archetype today. So dope! Cant wait to flip it and put them on 

[73crownwagon]

[73crownwagon]

The fun of putting it all back in! Going to be some late nights this week in the shed.