Project Duck Boat

[jakeshandler]

So here's the story. 3 years or so ago, on our way to work one morning, my buddy and I come across a 12' deep hull Springbok aluminum boat on the side of the Old Guysborough Rd. The Serial # was still on it, but it had significant damage on the keel in the bow area. We decided to throw it on the truck, and to call in the serial # to see if it was stolen. It came back reported stolen from B.C. 5 years before!!! Long way for a stolen boat to travel. So I got the contact info for the owner, and sent him photos of the damage. He was happy that we reported it, but said it wouldn't be worth it for him to have it sent back, so he signed it over to us!!! So last month we finally got around to having the keel welded, and some sealant put into it so she'd hold water. I'll dig up the pic of the boat and post it later. Now comes the fun part, the camo. I somewhat followed Croc's method of poaching a pic off the net, printed it, laminated it, and cut it out with a box cutter knife. On a piece of cardboard, I laid down a base of Olive, then grass pattern of Khaki.


Turned out alright, but needed more breakup, so I found a bark pattern, and laid it down in between the base coat and grass pattern.



I think it turned out alright for just the cost of paint.

Here's the bark stencil:



Here's the grass stencil:



I'm hoping to get the paint put on the boat within the next 2 weeks, to be ready with plenty of time for the start of the season. The paint is just spraybombs of Krylon ultra flat camo spray from Cdn. Tire. $6.29/can

[jakeshandler]

Here's some pics of the boat. Ya can't see how bad the damage was in these one's though.



This is how she takes off with a 9.9 on her!!! Once she planes out, she flies...

[Beaus_Dad]

THATS TOO FUNNY!CAUSE I WAS THINKIN -omg ITS THE NEW DEPT OF FISHERIES CHASE BOAT.
"COD 1 -TO BASE" COD 1 -TO BASE IM IN HOT PERSUIT!"".
AS IT WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I
NOMINATE "ROADKILL" AS THE BOATS NAME.-LOL I KILL MYSELF ;D ;D ;D

[jakeshandler]

Update:
99% of the exterior has been painted. I ran out of the last can of Khaki(of course) with only a few ft left to do on the bottom of the hull.
Starting out, here is the hull with the olive flat green applied:



You can see that the hull was and still is in rough shape, but it steams true and holds water!!

Next, I applied the bark pattern in dark brown:



Finaly it was time for the grass:





For a little flair, I found the duck decal pattern on the net, cut it out and put it on in flat black. Now for the inside!!!

[jaydog]

Nice camo job on the boat! It looks like it takes more patience than I have.

[dans]

real nice job