YAY her bums wet again, and a sext new paint job too!!

[kienik]

Well thats it she is back in the water after a long seven months on the land for blacking, i have uploaded some photos of when i bought her and some during the stages of re painting and re blacking, let me know what you think

 

This one is how she was when i bought her after a nice clean up.

 

this one is when i had finished sanding and she is in half primer

 

This photo is with her second coat of green top coat

 

Blacking done, now to start on the red panel on either side

 

The crane arrives ready for the lift (yeah thats me with the cheesy grin)

 

and she is flying!!!

 

Almost down, will she float!!

 

Now to motor to my home mooring, i kept flicking the bilge pump on and off just to check for water, (not a drip)

 

Back where she belongs

 

And this is how she looks today, coachline completed, just need the vinyl stickers to arrive with her name on and the home mooring, really still cant believe how different she looks now.

Edited May 4, 2011 by kienik

[Ange]

She looks great!! Time to go boating now

[romarni123]

looks good can you paint mine please

[Guest]

Like the colour change...

 

Prefer dark coloured boats..

[RLWP]

What a little cracker. I liked her before the repaint, but she looks even better now

 

Well done

 

Richard

[Dominic M]

I think she looks cute and I hope you have a lot of fun on her. You've done great job.

[MaryP]

Looks a bit like my Water Bug now, apart from the cream roof!

Lovely, well done!!

[casper ghost]

It's amazing what a nice coat of paint can do. Well done.

Gary

[alan_fincher]

Love the colour choice!

 

Now why might that be, I wonder........

 

[kienik]

thanks for the replies, i have a friend at our mooring that used to be a aeroplane sprayer, he gave me some good tuition on how to get the right finish, so if anyone wants their boat painting then give me a shout, im really pleased with the results, and have now started to to tart up the inside, i have re carpeted and am in the proces of having the upholstery re - covered then its onto the cutrains.

 

as others have said, she is a really cute boat and i love her to bits, problem is i have spent soooooo much time on the refurb that i havent used her much for cruising the system, and now that ive just taken over another pub i dont think i will get a great deal of time on the cut this year, i guess it will have to be a weekend here and there.

 

once again thanks for the comments, she does look amazing now

 

Nik

[RLWP]

thanks for the replies, i have a friend at our mooring that used to be a aeroplane sprayer,

 

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Nik

 

Now I'm really impressed with the finish!

 

 

Richard