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  1. BWR1953

    What is your winter weather like?

    Sucks. Too warm here. Again. Did the same thing last year in February. Got way too warm then cooled off with some frost again in March. I have home stuff to do which would be much easier in cooler weather.
  2. BWR1953

    1973 14' Starcraft Holiday Floor Resto

    This is how I did the foam for my Kingfisher.
  3. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    The weather was a little warmer today so I tried painting a couple letters again. Not much joy. One thing I thought of the other day while out running errands. As I passed Tractor Supply I realized that they probably sell the Majic paint gloss black in a rattle can. They do. Duh...
  4. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Well, I messed up the letter paint job. It came out really ugly and we had to strip all the paint off and start over. My bad. Again. Dunno if I'll ever be able to paint correctly. :facepalm: The paint had horrendous orange peel. While painting, I'd noticed that the spray mist from the...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yeah, I just didn't trust that old paint. It had been sitting in the garage with the really high temperatures inside for a long time. I didn't want to risk paint failure after all I've been through with this project. So today I bought a quart each of the black and white Majic paint. The...
  6. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Ran errands this morning and picked up the Preval sprayer kit at HD, then went to Tractor Supply on the other side of town and got the paint reducer I needed. Brought it all home, regrouped, had lunch then went out to do some color painting. I used a scotch brite pad to scuff the primer on the...
  7. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    oops... forgot the split S.
  8. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    More letter work today. :D Got started on the RAFT first. Two coats of regular primer applied. I'm hoping to get some paint reducer tomorrow so that we can spray the black color coats. :joyous:
  9. BWR1953

    The iboats gearhead channel

    This was me in 1975. My dad's buddy was building these things. I drove it the next day after he got the fenders and other stuff installed. Chevy big block. Auto transmission. 450HP. I got it to 160MPH and it was still shoving me back into the seat at 4000 RPM. :eek: I ran out of track and...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Got some more letter work done today. Finished the big "S" using 600, 1000, 1500, 2000 and 2500 grit W/D sandpaper used dry. Going all the way up to 2500 was truly unnecessary but I felt like testing. Took me almost 15 minutes but when I started seeing the ceiling and lights reflecting in the...
  11. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yesterday we went shoreline/bank fishing but no joy. The water temps have cooled quite a bit and the fish are likely out in deep water next to a fireplace or something! :lol: Today we did some driveway maintenance and a couple of other home related chores. The driveway grading was because...
  12. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    This evening I received an order with my new small spray gun. This is the same one I'd had previously, as part of a 2 gun set, but I'd had to return the set because the larger gun was defective. I finally got a good larger gun by ordering only that size and used that gun to spray the Kingfisher...
  13. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Went out this morning to do some boat work but got sidetracked doing maintenance and repair on the truck. Got that necessary stuff behind us though. So we then removed the paper from the big letters in preparation for sanding and general cleanup. Man, the mineral spirits really popped the...
  14. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    We went out to the garage so that I could get some filing done today. Didn't work out very well though. I spent more than an hour grinding, filing and sanding just a couple of letters from the small set. Took way too long and I wasn't very happy with the results. I'm going to scrap the...
  15. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    You’re right, it won’t ever sink. Because it’ll never get done! LOL! :lol: At least it feels that way to me sometimes. :rolleyes: Don’t mind me… I’m on meds. :p :cool: Yah… but I’m not in the boat restoration biz. :laugh: I’m just a beat up old fisherman trying to get a 40+ year old...
  16. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Sigh... I'm discouraged. :blue: It's been over 3 weeks since I've done any boat work. We left the masking tape in place on the touched up areas and surprisingly, the super sticky blue tape fell off part way but the green tape remained in place. We reattached the blue tape and I'd planned...
  17. BWR1953

    2018 Starmada Splash of the Year Nominations

    Thanks for updating the list JB. I’ve been so absorbed in my own project and personal issues that I’d lost track of who did what when. :facepalm: Ah jeez…. Got ya covered! Finally. :rolleyes: :) I nominate Monmouth00 and his 1979 Kingfisher. :eagerness:
  18. BWR1953

    Wanting a bush hog for my tractor

    I used to have an old Ford 1210 three cylinder diesel which was 16HP (13 at the PTO) and it was a beast. I used it to do the massive cleanup needed when I first bought my 1.5 acre place here. It did a bang up job. That Ford could easily handle a heavy 5 foot box blade and it also handled a...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Do you mean like this one?
  20. BWR1953

    Site Navigation Wierdness - just happened today . . .

    Something definitely odd going on with the site. It's happening on my laptop with Windows 7 and Google Chrome and on my Android phone as well. :grumpy:
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