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- Location
- West Michigan
Figured I’d do a build thread on this one. I bought this because I am to cheap to get into an aftermarket hull and I wanted a short play ski on hand and frankly building one sounds more fun than working for 6 months to buy one. Have done some fiberglass in the past, but not quite to this extent; but with any luck you should see a running and maybe flipping ski next summer and most likely before the Blunder jet thread is completed
Should be a fun ski when done.
It’s a 300sx hull that has had a sn superjet bottom glassed in. Its all superjet bottom from the pump bolts up to the motor mounts and will have a superjet firewall. The rest is up to me…nose, tubbies, rocker shape, rails, foot holds, tray, pump
First on the list was clean up, more trimming, and of course sanding and shaping. It had been sitting outside for sometime before meeting me. 300sx smc is paper thin!
I hope to finish the bottom before the snow flies. After shaping the front foam which rests on the original 300sx bottom, the plan is to lay glass on the duct tape to get the shape I want, remove it and cut out the rest of the 300sx bottom, glass in the formed piece and build it up from the inside. Removing the rest of the 300sx will save weight and give me more space for water box and gas tank mounting. The strikes are off in the pic, it has been corrected and final shaping can happen later. No tubbies for now, I have yet to ride a ski I like with tubbies.
Next, I figured ‘why not’ and cut the pump cavity out. More water you throw, the more thrust you have. Not sure if my tinfoil technique has ever been used, but it sure beat shaping/cutting foam and I think its going to work just fine! Gotta have a little rickter in my 300.
Also working on shaping the back. More work to do here. Hope to glass some this weekend.
Should be a fun ski when done.It’s a 300sx hull that has had a sn superjet bottom glassed in. Its all superjet bottom from the pump bolts up to the motor mounts and will have a superjet firewall. The rest is up to me…nose, tubbies, rocker shape, rails, foot holds, tray, pump
First on the list was clean up, more trimming, and of course sanding and shaping. It had been sitting outside for sometime before meeting me. 300sx smc is paper thin!
I hope to finish the bottom before the snow flies. After shaping the front foam which rests on the original 300sx bottom, the plan is to lay glass on the duct tape to get the shape I want, remove it and cut out the rest of the 300sx bottom, glass in the formed piece and build it up from the inside. Removing the rest of the 300sx will save weight and give me more space for water box and gas tank mounting. The strikes are off in the pic, it has been corrected and final shaping can happen later. No tubbies for now, I have yet to ride a ski I like with tubbies.
Next, I figured ‘why not’ and cut the pump cavity out. More water you throw, the more thrust you have. Not sure if my tinfoil technique has ever been used, but it sure beat shaping/cutting foam and I think its going to work just fine! Gotta have a little rickter in my 300.
Also working on shaping the back. More work to do here. Hope to glass some this weekend.
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