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Yea, I think you're correct, temp was a big factor, I painted when outside temp was 54 and inside the garage, I put a heater and set it to 70 so from what you've mentioned, there isn't a way to avoid orange peel and have to deal with it......I sanded and polished but there's some remaining but I...

Finally, completed the paint job, I used Spraymax 2K clear and got 100% orange peel covered full body of the hull, I wet sanded with 800, 1500, 2500, 300 grits, buffed and polished, @Rich Jones, did you have orange peel when you used the Spraymax 2K clear ?

Finally, finished the paint job, I used Spraymax 2K clear, got lots orange peel, I did 5-6 coats and wet sanded with 800, 1500, 2500, 3000 grits then buffed and polished, @Rich Jones did you get orange peel with your Spraymax 2K clear ?

I'm also interested in the sky-blue and white paint codes for Miss HomeStreet.

Thank you, could have done better but there's always something called the 1st time......no matter how much I'm prepared for. My biggest challenge I had to deal with was the wood grain and paper thin gaps between joints, this could have covered by the epoxy but when I applied the epoxy, I think...

After 2 months of prep and finally, I got to paint my 1st project, lots of learning as my 1st paint job, thank you for all the advices, special thanks to Rich Jones, gave me all the detail advices, I took all the details and apply to my 1st paint job, there's always something else to learn and...

Chuck, Your boat looks great, I'm also newbie here but I added and wired a remote kill switch for my 1st boat after the throttle servo stuck, the motor ran full throttle, the boat was in a launch mode, took off the water and turned into an airplane.......luckily no one hurt and after that I...

Robert, I'm finishing up my SLR Thunderboat build, epoxy and prep for paiting, my 1st build so I've been reading about painting, found different threads, comments about the type of paint.........I'm glad I found your comment about the Krylon Colormax, planning to do the same, using Krylon...

Thank you for bringing this up, water discharge not in the transom for sure, I'm planning to place them on the side, same side with the exhaust, easy to route the lines.

Looks beautiful, the manual did not mention about testing in in the water, making sure no leaks......did you test in the water before painting ? are you planning to use a fuel bag came with the kit or fuel tank ?

Rich, Hydro Junkie, Agreed and thank you for the advises, my 1st build and that's what I've learned so far, can't expect everything fit perfect, I'm working on the decks and those pieces need to be trimmed, I've just picked up a scroll saw from the market place yesterday, my 1st build and so...

I did sand them at the required angles, took me a while with lots of sanding to get it right, I'd say that's the toughest part of the build so far. You are correct it's weak in the nose area and I also added more epoxy after the 1st round of putting them together. I decided to sand the forward...

Chuck, I completed the bottom build and flipped over, found out the "forward non strip" did not sit flush to the "outer chines", I went through your build pictures and found you had the same, see I highlighted below, did you have to trim the forward non strip so it flush to the outer chines ?

Rich, thank you for the detail suggestions as always, I love all suggestions and more ideas is always better. I found 3M 1/8 and 1/4 inch vinyl masking tape from Amazon and will use those, what is best use for 1/8 or 1/4 inch ? I guess depends on how thick the line I want ? Dremel tool for the...

Chuck Mason, very nice finish and looking, how did you create a small yellow strips around the wood finished on top of the boat ? tape I guess but using tape in a curve is tough I imagined, at least for me I think. ALso, what did you use to cut the air vent for the cowl ? the manual came with a...

Did some shopping and found Krylon Colormaxx from Lowes, found primer and and color, the question is the primer can does not mention about sandable, do you have experience with this Krylon primer and if it's sandable or wet sandable ?

Looks awesome with torso and arms, much better with the arms hold steering wheel.

I'll go with the stock motor as a starting point, figured this is my 1st build and don't want to put tons of money into it, save for my next build instead, I started with a pre-owned Proboat Zelos 48" and been playing around to learn everything about the boat, it ran about 40 mph so with this...

Chuck, thank you for the info, the drivers from Bonzi looks pretty cool, I did some searches and found a couple more options. 1/ Enforcer had the driver figures and gauges, dash kits. 2/ Gravesrc, interesting source, more options, PILOT FIGURES Remote Controlled Hobby 3/ Rattle snake, cool...

The driver figure you had looks cool, where did you get it ?