Tiny Speedboat Build

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Spread a coat of Total Boat Fairing compound over the sanded fiberglass top and bottom.
The first of many coats
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After sanding down the fairing to eliminate high spots, I got to work identifying air voids in the glass.
Nothing to do but circle them with a marker, use a dremel to cut them out and bevel the hole and fill with epoxy resin thickened with microballons.
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Yes I had to do this more than once. I think I will stick to wood from now on...
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Now for something different. Making bezels for fake instruments out of thin ply.
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Bezels cut out, epoxy coated and primed.
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Sprayed silver and cleared
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The instrument stickers I got off a kids electric car website.
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The engine bay deck lid with air scoop glassed in.
The open slots will be for chrome marine air louvers.
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After fixing all the air voids, spreading another coat of fairing compound and sanding down through 400 grit, I shot a couple of cpats of primer.
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Let me primer cure, then I will shoot the hull bottom with gloss white.
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I thought I was done and ready for paint, but i found more air voids and fixed those.
Then I thought the keel needed more protection so I glassed in some aluminum angle that I heated and bent to shape and cut into sections.
Epoxyed that to the keel and glassed over.
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Then I decided since I had more aluminum angle to add that to the stern corners.
Epoxyed those down as it was only fiberglass and foam on the corners.
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I installed epoxy covered plywood inserts to hide the framing and filled the voids with expanding foam.
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Will eventually fiberglass over the wood with 4 oz boat cloth and cover with a textured bed liner spray.
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Finally fixed all the air voids, sanded down once again and re primed again.
Real painting is next.
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Sure looks good. I like the angle iron touch. I have never tried to heat, bend and epoxy it though. Pretty sure I'd make a mess of it :roll:

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Yes it wasnt easy.

I had to cut some scrap pine in the same curve line as the keel.

Then use a torch to heat the aluminum up and beat it to shape over the form.

Even then I couldnt get it bend as much as I needed, so I cut up the angle piece and fitted it to the keel one piece at a time.

Marine epoxied it in place, the fiberglass over that. If it comes off after all that then I quit.

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Shot mulitple coats of gloss white. Then let it cure for 3 days and start laying down the tape for the blue stripes.
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After the blue, I will spray it with an automotive high gloss clear with hardener.
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