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25'cat
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I like those ones too. I'm not kidding, I would seriously buy one. What I'd really like, is a mini version of the Pulsare. I'd put my Merc 60 with Power Trim on it and be the happiest guy on Doe Lake.Originally posted by JW:
If the little Playmate were to come back, I'd prefer the version that got sold to Paradise! I love that little offshore design with the fake radar tower.................
Be perfect for a new XR6 classic......
Chris,
Ok here goes. Basicly it all starts with the plug build. The plug is actually the first boat so to speak. We normally build ours out of wood. Once the shape is built we seal the wood with resin, then we'll spray a grey Polyester sanding primer. Block sand everything out to 180grt. Then we would spray a orange Hi gloss duratek finish coat. Wet sand to atleast 1000grt, and polish it till it shines like crazy.
Ok now the hard stuff is done you'll wipe a special sealer on it & leave it over nite & then put 6-8 coats of mold release wax on it. Best to let that sit 24 hrs also. Ok then we'll spray a black tooling gel over the whole plug. Let it tack off for an hour or so. then you can lay the first layer of fiberglass mat over the gel. We'll keep laying mat to build thickness & prevent print through. Then the last layer or two is good heavy tooling cloth. This all takes the better part of 7-10days. allowing each layer a day to cure & cool. keeping it cool minimizes any distortion in the part. You could lay more than one layer a day if you had to , but best results are one a day.
The total thickness off the mold should be around 3\4' thick solid fiberglass. Once all that has cured we'll build a frame support system around the entire Mold. Either with wood, or using metal tubing bent to fit the contours of the mold. then fiberglass the wood or tubing to the mold. Allow to cure for a day. Then trim off the fluff around the flange & pop the mold off of the plug. Wala One shiny new mold you can make hundreds of parts out of..
Hope that works for you..
Regards
Ken
Ok here goes. Basicly it all starts with the plug build. The plug is actually the first boat so to speak. We normally build ours out of wood. Once the shape is built we seal the wood with resin, then we'll spray a grey Polyester sanding primer. Block sand everything out to 180grt. Then we would spray a orange Hi gloss duratek finish coat. Wet sand to atleast 1000grt, and polish it till it shines like crazy.
Ok now the hard stuff is done you'll wipe a special sealer on it & leave it over nite & then put 6-8 coats of mold release wax on it. Best to let that sit 24 hrs also. Ok then we'll spray a black tooling gel over the whole plug. Let it tack off for an hour or so. then you can lay the first layer of fiberglass mat over the gel. We'll keep laying mat to build thickness & prevent print through. Then the last layer or two is good heavy tooling cloth. This all takes the better part of 7-10days. allowing each layer a day to cure & cool. keeping it cool minimizes any distortion in the part. You could lay more than one layer a day if you had to , but best results are one a day.
The total thickness off the mold should be around 3\4' thick solid fiberglass. Once all that has cured we'll build a frame support system around the entire Mold. Either with wood, or using metal tubing bent to fit the contours of the mold. then fiberglass the wood or tubing to the mold. Allow to cure for a day. Then trim off the fluff around the flange & pop the mold off of the plug. Wala One shiny new mold you can make hundreds of parts out of..
Hope that works for you..
Regards
Ken
Well thats an involved process. I think I'll stick with just fixing mine.
Jason Kunkel sent over these pics of one of the prototypes that they tested. Jason said it was an unfinished model with only two seats that didn't even match. Jason sat on the gas tank on the test run! They ran it with a Evinrude V8, and according to the Nordskog speedo they ran about 80 MPH. They ran it up lake Erie and on the run they snapped 4 of the 6 motor mount bolts right off.
Thanks for sending these very, kewl pics Jason! They would be about 20 years young now.
Thanks for sending these very, kewl pics Jason! They would be about 20 years young now.
