"La Flaca" FS18
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She looks really nice, great job Doubleup.
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Great report and pictures, thanks I hope mine looks that good!
One question, where did you get those hatches that mount at the lip of the decks? I like them..
One question, where did you get those hatches that mount at the lip of the decks? I like them..
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How do you do that? I would LOVE a "fishprint" of a Barramundi (see below) to put on the sides of my new BIG Barra boat?doubleup wrote:I've been doing fish prints for while and decided to get one made into a decal for the back corners of the boat and then have "La Flaca" across the forward bulkhead under the hatch lip.
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Larry, I got those hatchs at www.greatlakesskipper.com They were originally hatchs for mako boats.
Lee to do these prints first I do it different than most people. When I've got a fish I like, I take them and make sure they are dead then try and get as much of the slime off as possible then I take a piece of cardboard and some wire and pins and pin out there fins where you want them, otherwise the fins will fold down and they'll look dead in the print. Next place them in a deep freezer and let them freeze. Pull em out let em defrost a little and take the pins out of the fins. Apply paint, i use fabric acrylics, with little rollers. I use thin sheets from fabric stores to do all my prints on, because when you put it on the painted fish you can see where the ink has saturated and not saturated. When you lay the fabric down on the fish be careful, then take a dry roller and roll the fabric all over the painted fish. Then pull away and bam!
Lee to do these prints first I do it different than most people. When I've got a fish I like, I take them and make sure they are dead then try and get as much of the slime off as possible then I take a piece of cardboard and some wire and pins and pin out there fins where you want them, otherwise the fins will fold down and they'll look dead in the print. Next place them in a deep freezer and let them freeze. Pull em out let em defrost a little and take the pins out of the fins. Apply paint, i use fabric acrylics, with little rollers. I use thin sheets from fabric stores to do all my prints on, because when you put it on the painted fish you can see where the ink has saturated and not saturated. When you lay the fabric down on the fish be careful, then take a dry roller and roll the fabric all over the painted fish. Then pull away and bam!
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doubleup wrote:Larry, I got those hatchs at http://www.greatlakesskipper.com They were originally hatchs for mako boats.
Lee to do these prints first I do it different than most people. When I've got a fish I like, I take them and make sure they are dead then try and get as much of the slime off as possible then I take a piece of cardboard and some wire and pins and pin out there fins where you want them, otherwise the fins will fold down and they'll look dead in the print. Next place them in a deep freezer and let them freeze. Pull em out let em defrost a little and take the pins out of the fins. Apply paint, i use fabric acrylics, with little rollers. I use thin sheets from fabric stores to do all my prints on, because when you put it on the painted fish you can see where the ink has saturated and not saturated. When you lay the fabric down on the fish be careful, then take a dry roller and roll the fabric all over the painted fish. Then pull away and bam!
http://greatlakesskipper.com/product/31 ... hatch.html
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Thank yall both That's where I usually buy hatches, but hadn't seen those before.
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I also like that hatch. Will they support a BFG?? (big fat guy) Can't tell you how many hatches I've cracked/broken.doubleup wrote:I got those hatchs at http://www.greatlakesskipper.com They were originally hatchs for mako boats.
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Great looking boat. Cool hatches. Some 15" wide ones like that would sure have simplified my life.
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Very nice looking boat! You make me want to build one.
I like that small console. Are you planning a grab-bar on it for stand up driving?
Very nice looking boat! You make me want to build one.
I like that small console. Are you planning a grab-bar on it for stand up driving?
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