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Wow, it's been a couple months since I've had time to talk to you guys. I've gutted and resalveged my Sport 20. For those that saw it before know how beat up it was. This is a wood boat built and designed by Roy Munoz. Roy had MANY good race years on it before I got it and it was painted like the Bud T-4.
When I began sanding I had to strip it because it was trashed. When I started primering it there was so much filling to be done I never, ever thought it would look half way decent. Boy was I surprised.
I used PPG primer, PPG paints. The green is called Winter Green Metallic, the White is called Bright White, standard Silver for the Turbine, Gun Metal Black w/metallic for the window. The Orange, well that's my own personal and custom blend. Yup, no copy cats on this color. I put about 3-4 coats of PPG clear and laid it all up in just a couple of days. TAP Plastics made the decals that say "Tropicana" as well as the Oranges you see.
I'm powering the boat w/a modified Nova Rossi .21 w/an Irwin Pipe. I'm gonna run it and consider putting my CMB Green Head into it.
Funny thing about when I did this boat is that it was in such crappy condition I honestly thought it couldn't be saved. Now I wished I really put more effort into it.
What do you guys think of it?
Man, hopefully Tropicana will send me some free product! LOL
When I began sanding I had to strip it because it was trashed. When I started primering it there was so much filling to be done I never, ever thought it would look half way decent. Boy was I surprised.
I used PPG primer, PPG paints. The green is called Winter Green Metallic, the White is called Bright White, standard Silver for the Turbine, Gun Metal Black w/metallic for the window. The Orange, well that's my own personal and custom blend. Yup, no copy cats on this color. I put about 3-4 coats of PPG clear and laid it all up in just a couple of days. TAP Plastics made the decals that say "Tropicana" as well as the Oranges you see.
I'm powering the boat w/a modified Nova Rossi .21 w/an Irwin Pipe. I'm gonna run it and consider putting my CMB Green Head into it.
Funny thing about when I did this boat is that it was in such crappy condition I honestly thought it couldn't be saved. Now I wished I really put more effort into it.
What do you guys think of it?
Man, hopefully Tropicana will send me some free product! LOL