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Hi everyone,
I have drawn my own plans and am now completing my second "Nitro Hunter" which is turnning out far better than the first one, (which is a nice boat as well) and I have taken several pictures to share.
1. First I started by cutting my self a piece of 3/4" plywood to work on top of (so the wife wont have my head for messing up the table) and then by drawing a stright line down the board I do not know if you will be able to see it in the photos,
2. Then I got out my tools which are amazingly few (I can see where a nice scroll saw would be handy) I have been using an exacto knife and a hobby copping saw for making all my cuts.
3. After making all the bulkheads I carefully lay them out allong the line at the perscribed distances and use a couple of drops of "CA" glue to hold them in place. After the frame is completed I use a razor blade to cut it free, the more glue you use the harder it will be to remove. (Been There Done That)
4. Before cutting the frame free we need to apply the upper portion of the skin (since the boat is being constructed upside down that would be the area closest to the 3/4" plywood)
5. And this brings us to where I am today. The whole inside has been coated with fiber glass resin (spray application) when mixed properly this works well for water proofing and the outside will be done that way as well, Then it will be lightly sanded ( and I do mean lightly NO burn throughs) then I will apply approx. three coats of a high grade automotive primer (because I can) then I will take on the task of making her smoothe real smoothe then I will apply some real cool color Again from an automotive paint store (PPG products only). and at that point let it all dry for a couple of days then I go psyco (not too psyco) and sand out the color with 600 grit wet and dry very lightly as to remove the gloss and any minor imperfections, Then some kind of stripping will occur and after that a killer couple of coats of clear coat and then we will have a real glasser of a paint job.
I have drawn my own plans and am now completing my second "Nitro Hunter" which is turnning out far better than the first one, (which is a nice boat as well) and I have taken several pictures to share.
1. First I started by cutting my self a piece of 3/4" plywood to work on top of (so the wife wont have my head for messing up the table) and then by drawing a stright line down the board I do not know if you will be able to see it in the photos,
2. Then I got out my tools which are amazingly few (I can see where a nice scroll saw would be handy) I have been using an exacto knife and a hobby copping saw for making all my cuts.
3. After making all the bulkheads I carefully lay them out allong the line at the perscribed distances and use a couple of drops of "CA" glue to hold them in place. After the frame is completed I use a razor blade to cut it free, the more glue you use the harder it will be to remove. (Been There Done That)
4. Before cutting the frame free we need to apply the upper portion of the skin (since the boat is being constructed upside down that would be the area closest to the 3/4" plywood)
5. And this brings us to where I am today. The whole inside has been coated with fiber glass resin (spray application) when mixed properly this works well for water proofing and the outside will be done that way as well, Then it will be lightly sanded ( and I do mean lightly NO burn throughs) then I will apply approx. three coats of a high grade automotive primer (because I can) then I will take on the task of making her smoothe real smoothe then I will apply some real cool color Again from an automotive paint store (PPG products only). and at that point let it all dry for a couple of days then I go psyco (not too psyco) and sand out the color with 600 grit wet and dry very lightly as to remove the gloss and any minor imperfections, Then some kind of stripping will occur and after that a killer couple of coats of clear coat and then we will have a real glasser of a paint job.
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