My wife went away and I built a V12 in my living room!

[Salty Dog]

Very, very nice work. My hat is off.

Cheers,

S.D.-

[spjoyce]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I really enjoyed building it. I told my wife what I was doing, but I don't think she really believed me until she saw it. She probably thought I was building a model!

JerryF- It wasn't really that hard to control the epoxy drips with a drop cloth, but you have to be really careful not to step in them and track them around.

Barney- I'll take some more pictures of my rack in action and post them later. It took a lot of thinking, but turned out quite simple in the end. I plan to use the same rack to hang it upside down above my car in the carport.

I still haven't painted it yet, but I have collected all the paint and hardware I need. Despite some conflicting advice on the forum, I have decided to go with Interlux Pre-Kote and TopLac because it is easy to get here. I made a test piece with my planned painting schedule and it seemed to turn out nice. No problems with the pre-kote curing over the epoxy, but we'll see how it goes on the real thing.

oh and I can't stop thinking about the "next" boat. Probably a OB17 or a GV17, but that one won't be in the living room!

Cheers,
Steve

[Salty Dog]

Greetings Steve,

Have you had a chance to get on the water yet? Does your wife enjoy rowing?

Cheers,

S.D.-

[Salty Dog]

Greetings Steve,

Did you ever get a chance to paint the boat?

Have you put on a small motor, or, have you been rowing?

Cheers,

S.D.-

[spjoyce]

I finally got around to uploading some pictures of the finished boat in my album. Finishing and painting took more time than I expected, but I think it turned out pretty well.

This is a shot with the boat primed after fairing the tape edges with a microbaloon mix. You notice I use Cracker Larry's trick of using a golden retreiver to soak up epoxy drips and paint spills .



I used Interlux pre-cote and TopLac for the paint system and didn't seem to have any trouble with it curing or sticking to the epoxy. This is after two coats of paint, but before the seats/rubrail are varnished. Also yet to install deck hatches in the under-seat chambers and some hardware:



I also put a stripe on the side with that 50mm vinyl striping tape that comes on a roll. very easy.



I take it everywhere on the racks on my car. I haven't weighed it, but it turned out light enough to lift myself (just).

[spjoyce]

OK.. this is what it's all about. enjoy.

/Steve

[MadRus]

Beautiful! Congratulations.

[Doug]

That's what I'm talking about
Nice fish and nice boat.

[Q]

Very nice! Nice pics as well!

What kind of fish?? What body of water??

[Salty Dog]

Greetings Steve,

Did you ever get a chance to paint the boat?

Have you put on a small motor, or, have you been rowing?

Cheers,

S.D.-

I guess you answered it all! Very wonderful work only bested by "dinner in the box"!

Yours is the standard that others will do well to measure theirs by.

Cheers,

S.D.-