hull extension in progress with pics

[jcsercsa]

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Tooo Cool there buddie!!!!! Congrads !!!!!!!!!!!! John

 

[redfury]

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Not sure where oops! is,but

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-46845--.htm#46845

Wherever he is he's happy

So is my stock in Corona

 

[coastalcruiser]

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this particular segment is really intresting because of the sharp 90 degree corners that needed to be glassed over.....there is a way to do it with out air!

I notice you have mat there....maybe cloth will bring you joy on those 90s

 

[Yar.]

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Hey Bud,

I hope that your mom is doing ok! Even more so being Mom's day and all.

Too cool that the boys won in OT
I bet that Corona stock went up a little that night

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,
Yar.

 

[picasso]

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i love it, more pics please lol! keep it up oops!

 

[oops!]

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HEH HEH HEH.........

got a bit side tracked........

take a close look at this sign......

...

the blazers are not too good this year....but in the past the kamloops blazers were the pride of canada....we swept them.

the tricity americans.......ranked 6th overall in canada.....we took em in 6
the vancouver giants....ranked 3rd in canada....we beat them in 5 or 6
the calgary hitmen......ranked number one in canada.....shut down in 6.

that # 22 is michael backland.....he will be a calgary flame next year.

$ 14 is jamie benn.......a future nhl superstar......missed 20 some odd games this year because of the world juniors.....and was just a few points off the league scoring title......he won a game mvp and gold at the world juniors.

the next step is the memorial cup.....it is in sidney crosbys town.....roumoiski.
starts friday........GO ROCKETS GO !

 

[oops!]

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Hey Bud,

I hope that your mom is doing ok! Even more so being Mom's day and all.

Too cool that the boys won in OT
I bet that Corona stock went up a little that night

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,
Yar.

thanks buddie.....shes doing really well.....wanted to go for coffie today but i wouldnt let her get out of the hospital bed....she was all happy about the rockets winning....and i guess she got flack from the nurses for yelling during the hockey game !.....she kept the whole floor awake and rooting for the hockey team! (the game was televised and she watched it from her hospital bed)
cant wait till ya get back bud.
mabe we can meet up with tackelwasher, sean floats, noklu, rob j and i and raft when the big boat is finally done!

 

[oops!]

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I notice you have mat there....maybe cloth will bring you joy on those 90s

hi coastal......

cloth is really bad on 90 deg corners.....espically if over a distance...
if the corner is not perfectally straight and the cloth is not lined up exactally with the weave of the cloth.....you will get air...
but there is a way!!!!

ok......

i gotta speed up the updates cause its getting down to the nitty gritty and the posts are far behind.

if im not at the hospital or hockey games im at the boat

the arm consoles were a challenge glassing.....i needed stregnth but i also needed stiffness.....

the only way to do it was to lay a strip of csm an each flat part with out bending the matt over the corner

then when it was still wet....i added a 1708 layer over each flat part.

i let that start to kick.....and when it was still sticky......i started ripping matt!.

the idea is to break down the binder that holds the glass togeather.....the individual strands of glass will make the corner.

when you rip the glass, you can feel the binder break down .....this matt is 1.5 oz.

that was laid out and glassed

 

[oops!]

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several layer of that later and i have a really strong arm console...

at the same time i was doing that.....i was also starting to fab the dashboard.

this was the scaryest part for me cause im not a sculpter or artist....so i was really worried about how this would come out!

i again used foam to make the basic shape

i wanted a glove box and a dash.....just a little more modren than the traditional sharp angled lines of the old searay.

the foam was cut with a utility knife and shapped to fit over the current dash

the cool thing about the foam is that it sands really easily.......it was easy to shape

after only a few minits, the basic shape started to evolve.

 

[oops!]

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after a little more time.....

some sanding...

and some more sanding

it wasnt looking quite right......so with some foam glue and tooth pics i added more foam and sanded some more

it started to take shape

ok.......its getting late....ill post more tommorow and try to get you all caught up to speed......

cheers
oops

 

[erikgreen]

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Cool, and a lot of work sculpting.

I think you need a vacuum pump to "clamp" some of those curves... makes things much easier.

Erik

 

[coastalcruiser]

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when you rip the glass, you can feel the binder break down .....this matt is 1.5 oz.

AHHH very cool.

check out my shower post, there is a 90 I needed to cover but its just a small area. What I did is softened the corner previously with the sander. and ya that cloth can be a Pia.
I will keep your idea in the vault.

 

[oops!]

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Cool, and a lot of work sculpting.

I think you need a vacuum pump to "clamp" some of those curves... makes things much easier.

Erik

im going to seriously investigate that soon.....make a world of difference

 

[oops!]

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on cooler days.....the resin doesnt go very far.....so here is a neat little trick that worked like a charm.

the sun was warm but the outside temp was still a bit chilly

i used the same idea when trying to make things cure a little faster

the hot sun cut full cure times way down.....but i did get more air bubbles in the resin......these are not structural pieces so i wasn't too worried.

the dash needed to be fiberglassed.....but the problem was that the resin eats the foam to nothing in seconds......so the foam shapes were wrapped in packing tape to protect the foam from the resin...

..then they were glassed.

using the same ripped mat process.....the shaper curves of the dash were made

then the parts were put outside to cure

 

[oops!]

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mrs oops droppes by on a rare visit to the boat to cheer me on .....so we got a little side tracked with some soda pops.....

she couldnt picture the boat with waht it would look like....

so i stopped what i was doing and installed the interior as a mock so she could see.

i started by trimming the excess off the side consoles

using a rotary saw.....i also trimmed up the benches

as you can see this didnt take long.....but the soda pops were great

here is my helper after a "few".......i really like the fact that the benches are really strong...but weigh very little.

as you can see the boat is still a mess inside!

 

[oops!]

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it just took a few short minits to trim the excess fiberglass

the benches were fit togeather

you can see an overlap here......that is also for ease of removal.

you can really get a idea of the massive amount of legnth and space in the boat from this pic......i was standing on the bow.....it was the only way i could get the boat in the shot! bear in mind....you can just see the end of the arm rests they are 5 feet long.....so add another 5 feet forward and you are just at the dash!

ahaaa yes.....nuthing like relaxing after a tough day in the shop.

i needed that beer!

more to come soon.....

cheers
oops

 

[ezmobee]

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Ah, now I'm finally starting to see what you're doing with the interior. I like it. Keep up the good work.

 

[redfury]

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The puzzle pieces are starting to come together! The pink foam is a great idea for shaping the dash. I want to build a custom dash for my boat also, I think I may just end up going that route also.

Are you still planning on going with the touch screen controls?

The sheer length of that boat is impressive. I can just imagine what limousine builders go through!

 

[oops!]

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Are you still planning on going with the touch screen controls?

there just isnt room for them mike....i sat for hours amd tryed to figgure a way.....and there just isnt room.

i dont even know where im going to put the fish finder screen!

the foam is really easy to do as youll see in later pics.

im currently fairing them intp the existing dash.....they look like they were allways there

 

[weweber3]

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how are you doing all that fiberglass work without a venilator? Aren't your hands itching like crazy with no gloves?