96 surf boat build

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do like all silver/grey with lines to look like steel panels airbrushed circles for ribbits and the u.s. navy/ airforce sign with the star in the middle and the wing type thing on the side. thats what i wanted to do at one point

 

[wydopen]

do like all silver/grey with lines to look like steel panels airbrushed circles for ribbits and the u.s. navy/ airforce sign with the star in the middle and the wing type thing on the side. thats what i wanted to do at one point

i cant copy someone elses ski..lol

 

[Crab]

:biggthumpup:

i'm going flat, light army green next time around.

Like this?

 

[yamaslut]

I am all about bright paint jobs! It is nice to be visible in the surf.

werd....

 

[wydopen]

so...mabye bright orange?...orange bottom deck too or black bottom deck?..idk i cant decide...im thinking orange all the way and then white on the very bottom?

i might try to spray it myself...

not like rosses orange though...a little brighter w/o the metallic flake

 

[yamaslut]

so...mabye bright orange?...orange bottom deck too or black bottom deck?..idk i cant decide...im thinking orange all the way and then white on the bottom?

i might try to spray it myself...

I would do the black side walls and white bottom... w/ the top deck all one color

 

[wydopen]

I would do the black side walls and white bottom... w/ the top deck all one color

like yours only orange instead of yellow?

and keep the pole black?

 

[yamaslut]

like yours only orange instead of yellow?

and keep the pole black?

that would be sick..... keeping the bottom white just keeps the ski looking cleaner on bottom pics and so on... overall cleaner look... Black would look awsome as an ofsett to the Orange... Get some big bass boat flake for that beeeeeoootch too... BLing Bling...

 

[wydopen]

that would be sick..... keeping the bottom white just keeps the ski looking cleaner on bottom pics and so on... overall cleaner look... Black would look awsome as an ofsett to the Orange... Get some big bass boat flake for that beeeeeoootch too... BLing Bling...

for sure...is the bass flake hard to lay down?...did you paint your ski?

 

[yamaslut]

for sure...is the bass flake hard to lay down?...did you paint your ski?

I use to paint for a living.... I paint all my own crap...

Personally I have never sprayed it... I don't see it being any harder than any metal flake or pearl... You just need to be somewhat even on your spray pattern and have a gun that is spraying properly...

 

[wydopen]

also what do you guys think about reinforcment?..its already got at least two layers but it was cut around the ribs the bondrail was filled already as well.im thinking one layer of carbon on the sides and two in the nose?..or a layer of fiberglass and then a layer of carbon?..overkill?

 

[yamaslut]

also what do you guys think about reinforcment?..its already got at least two layers but it was cut around the ribs the bondrail was filled already as well.im thinking one layer of carbon on the sides and two in the nose?..or a layer of fiberglass and then a layer of carbon?..overkill?

I usually put more than I need... I did 3 layers of carbon on the sides and really thick fiberglass on the bottom for flat landings... Nose, I would do 3 layers too...

Make sure you do the bottom good...

 

[wydopen]

I usually put more than I need... I did 3 layers of carbon on the sides and really thick fiberglass on the bottom for flat landings... Nose, I would do 3 layers too...

Make sure you do the bottom good...

to tell you the truth i wasnt gonna do the bottom...

 

[wydopen]

i did some heavy carbon and glass reinforcing on the bottom too. i'm about 5-6 layers of glass and 2-3 layers of carbon into the bottom of mine. i did that after seeing the pics of pancaker's hull broken. it was my mission to learn backies on this hull, so i figured i'd be giving it some bottom-beatings.

wow..i didnt relize you guys were doing the outside..i was thinking just inside engine compartment..thats the place ive seen reinforcment on the bottom...that things gonna be like a a bomb shelter..

 

[wydopen]

it's a battle tank, no doubt. fl-cracker's worst nightmare come true.

i've beat up enough hulls in my time. i really don't want to buy another RN hull any time soon. this boat is just fine for surf. she's plenty alright.

for sure..might as well make it last..no reason to start over every season

 

[Matt_E]

I have laid glass on the bottom on my Square. Not for structure though..... I simply didn't want to fill in all the damn grooves and deep scratches, so I put down some thickened epoxy, then glass, and then some more thickened epoxy.

 

[wydopen]

I have laid glass on the bottom on my Square. Not for structure though..... I simply didn't want to fill in all the damn grooves and deep scratches, so I put down some thickened epoxy, then glass, and then some more thickened epoxy.

the bottom on that ski is surprisingly clean..he may have filled everything before he painted...

 

[FL-cracker]

it's a battle tank, no doubt. fl-cracker's worst nightmare come true.

i've beat up enough hulls in my time. i really don't want to buy another RN hull any time soon. this boat is just fine for surf. she's plenty alright.

I bet I am doing :brap: again before you :nana: .... Must suck to live so far away :stups:

For the record I landed two on the rideplate, nosed three in clean , and pancaked about 5 through the weekend.... yousaw one on Saturday that I landed on the plate :baby:

My ski is only reinforced on the upper of the hull.... so far so good... I did external reinforcement myself....

I am considering doing bottom hull reinforcement to my future purpose surfboat build.

 

[wydopen]

so i think im gonna do a layer of fiberglass and a layer of carbon on the sides..thee layers in the nose and then a carbon piece over the outside on the nose...i think ill be fine with out doing the bottom..

 

[FL-cracker]

I would think you will be alright.... just try to stay away from HUGE flat landings.