So Here She is

[twhrider2]

One sharp V coming up

 

[Union Laker]

Hats off the tartuffe and kracker jack!!...man there is some serious rebiulding goin' on around here...

And hey, tartuffe...wouldn't it be great if we could drawa paycheck for all the hours we put into these things!!...

Double the Kudo's great work you guys.

 

[RidgeRunner]

Sweet rebuild. Looking good.

 

[tartuffe]

Thanks for the votes of encouragement guys. Looking forward to flipping the hull back over after I do some trailer work and putting the guts back in her.

All the while I'll be sanding down the cap, doing some gelcoat repairs and getting it ready to sandwich back together before the spring.

 

[Kracker Jack]

I'm so jealous!!!!!

 

[tartuffe]

Picture time, its been awhile but anyway, old shots of internal superstructure construction, recoring the hatches along with resurfacing one with glass beyond repair. Had to raise splashwell when I raised transom so had to reconfigure the whole splashwell as the bottom engine mounting bolts would have come in at the bottom so had to raise splashwell 5 inches.

 

[tartuffe]

More

 

[tartuffe]

And more

 

[tartuffe]

Hatches

 

[tartuffe]

Splashwell

 

[tartuffe]

So at this point I have finished foaming all the voids under the deck, primed, sanded and put the cap back on. I will be shooting the paint this weekend on that. I still have a good amount of work on the console before it is ready for paint. Still need to shape a piece of mahogany for the dash, and then time to put all the pieces back togather. Almost there, knock on wood. Upholsterer will be done with cushions and canvas top at the end of next week.

 

[Destroyer]

Looking good Tartuffe. Nice job!!

 

[tartuffe]

Thanks Destroyer, its been a labor of love for sure!

Been a really busy few days. Painted the cap, painted the floor, started filling in old holes in console and shaped the mahogany for the dash and went ahead and made another hatch for the console glove box. I had to build a bracket to hold the hydraulic steering helm under the dash in order accomplish having a flush mount steering wheel to hide my old hynautic helm.

Cap paint I am very satisfied with, nice shine. Last time I painted the deck I used interlux brightsides with the non skid additive. It came out great, I guess to easy because this time I used Petite Easypoxy and did not have very good results. I am still contemplating if I want to try it again or just roll with it till I redo it in a couple years. I'll wait to get it out in the sun and see just how bad it is.

 

[SkunkBoat]

Skunkboat is very jealous of that black & white hull. Beautiful.

 

[step up here]

Judging by the pic's i see more than a labor of love. Their is a very professional accomplishment here. Excellent job!

 

[bradford]

Looking good. I contemplated painting mine black on the hull sides with a white cap. Decided to go all white.

 

[tartuffe]

Thanks guys, it is actually Interlux Perfection Flag Blue, but it does look black in the pics. Looks like I'll be stripping and sanding the deck AGAIN....NOOOOO, that damn Petite Easypoxy is as soft as Boy George in a strip club. I can scrape it up in spots with my fingernail. My guess is that I put it on too thick.

 

[step up here]

Call Petite tec support .

 

[tartuffe]

Just got off the phone with tec support, told him I painted on Sunday and that ithe boat sits on my carport. He said nothing is wrong, probably just put on too thick and to put it in the sun and it will harden up. Man I hope thats the case. The thing is that I astarted to run out on one of my hatches

If it is that will be good to know. Still have to buy another quart to fix the spot I hit at 6:30 this morning with the sander to see how bad it was going to be to get off

Even worse is that it came off pretty easily with 120 grit so I'm not a believer just yet.

 

[cterrebonne]

awesome job