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my hull is sprayed with Duplicolor clear coat with this metal flake suspended in it, shot thru an HVLP gun with a 2.2mm nozzle, that is also shot over a black primer coat, some of the black still shows thru under the clear, which i think gives it some depth.... its 4 HEAVY coats of the...

i couldnt tell you a value, as i paid $70 for my bare hull in the condition you see in the first pic...LOL

that is one heck of a clean boat.... i have its bigger brother, the DV60-cf, been one hell of an uphill battle to get it back on the water from when i rescued it...LOL

good/bad news on the build... got it wet last night! sucker books out real good, initial pipe length of 13" to belly is good, but.... didnt get to play very long, as i didnt factor cable windup into the setup when i made the switch to round collet from a square drive clutch on the weedeater...

how free is the driveline? if the grease is old and hard in the stuffing tube it will only get worse when things heat up. make sure that nothing binds at all with the motor disconnected.

I would do that, but i dont have a radio box... my servos are just mounted to the rails and the reciever is taped to the rudder servo, hence why i want to try and keep water out...LOLi do have the whole nose filled with foam, but not the sides yet...

Brad, sorry for such a delay in response time... had issues getting back on with a facebook login after the forum update...LOL Some more updates... no more wrap to center, and we are almost ready to launch, still need to seal the stuffing tube, and get the carb tweaked, but the sides are...

got the last coat of flake on it, now just need to paint the bottom creme pearl white, and clear over thhe whole thing, wet sand, and buff. then get to mocking up the new powerplant for the boat, a B.H.Hanson ported G230pum... should have a bit more pep than the 10,000 rpm rev limited 4 stroke...

i am in upstate NY, if i even still have the rocket, its would be in my closet in my old bedroom at my parents in Chicago...LOL i never had a launch pad for it either, always borrowed it from the scout group that we did them with... LOL

havent launched one in many moons, but used to fly f-g stuff every now and then... usually kept it to F20s or so, anything past that was too high to recover at the field we had...

This is the clear i am using. https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/duplicolor-paint-shop-gloss-clear-32-oz-quart-bsp300/7141551-P?searchTerm=Bsp300

The tip was purchased from ebay, and slightly modded to fit my gun. As for the pait, it is not a 2k clear, just a single pour out of the can and spray

that is Duplicolor Paint Shop gloss clear that i dumped .025" metal into and shook up, applied with a Harbor Freight HVLP gun modded with a 2.2mm tip to flow the flake better than the 1.4mm tip they come with. the tip is actually for gel coat applications...LOL i want to get at least 2 more...

been working on this a bit over a year now, started as a craigslist buy for like $60 bare hull in ROUGH shape, got it smoothed out, ran it over last summer with a weedwacker motor (stihl 4mix 30cc) and tore it back down to make it pretty this winter....LOL as it started vs where its at now...