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OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« on: November 17, 2018, 09:31:29 PM »
   :yike:   :yike:

A guy across the street had an old 10' fiberglass boat he wanted to get rid of. $40 later it's in my back yard along with an electric motor that is from the 70's or something.  :chuckle:  It needs a little work, seats, flotation, paint and transom wood.

I wish it was a little smaller, but should work for some local (mainland) duck hunting. I put a dark tan base coat on the sides.

Does anyone have any good painted grass pattern photos? Or templates I could borrow? I figure I'll do lighter tan on the interior sides and a medium gray on the floor.

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2018, 07:31:48 PM »
A cheap way to stencil it is get whatever colors you want & some long grass, reefs, cattails, etc. Hold the grass up against the boat & spray it.  Works pretty well.

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2018, 08:11:27 PM »
A cheap way to stencil it is get whatever colors you want & some long grass, reefs, cattails, etc. Hold the grass up against the boat & spray it.  Works pretty well.
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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2018, 08:33:33 PM »
I should have made my base coat the lighter tan for the grass doing it that way.....

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2018, 05:35:56 AM »
 I did a light tan cattail pattern on my 10' aluminum Hewescraft years ago. Put it out on water next to cattails, walked back 100 yards or so and it stuck out like a sore thumb. I then noticed that along the waters edge on the real cattails there is a slightly uneven, dark edge to them. Did that to the boat by fogging in with flat black spray paint and it helped "soften" the boats edge. Walked back and it had helped but still needed something more. I then came off the bow about 18-24" back and spray painted a big chunk (10-12") flat black (at an angle) to resemble a dead snag/limb coming out of the water. Then from the transom forward about 12" another big block of flat black about 12-16" thick to resemble a stump. That helped a lot. I did the big black blocks because I remembered seeing the Army convoys going down the road had big blocks of colors for their camo pattern and my cattail only pattern just wasn't cutting it for what I wanted. To this day when my place floods and I have forgotten to toss my anchor out into the field where I store my boat and the flood takes it away it takes awhile to find it with binoculars from my house. I've learned that usually it's up along my north fenceline. I also did that paint scheme on the inside. 

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2018, 08:15:44 AM »
I did a light tan cattail pattern on my 10' aluminum Hewescraft years ago. Put it out on water next to cattails, walked back 100 yards or so and it stuck out like a sore thumb. I then noticed that along the waters edge on the real cattails there is a slightly uneven, dark edge to them. Did that to the boat by fogging in with flat black spray paint and it helped "soften" the boats edge. Walked back and it had helped but still needed something more. I then came off the bow about 18-24" back and spray painted a big chunk (10-12") flat black (at an angle) to resemble a dead snag/limb coming out of the water. Then from the transom forward about 12" another big block of flat black about 12-16" thick to resemble a stump. That helped a lot. I did the big black blocks because I remembered seeing the Army convoys going down the road had big blocks of colors for their camo pattern and my cattail only pattern just wasn't cutting it for what I wanted. To this day when my place floods and I have forgotten to toss my anchor out into the field where I store my boat and the flood takes it away it takes awhile to find it with binoculars from my house. I've learned that usually it's up along my north fenceline. I also did that paint scheme on the inside.

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2018, 08:40:49 AM »
Fun project

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2018, 06:34:25 PM »
I did a light tan cattail pattern on my 10' aluminum Hewescraft years ago. Put it out on water next to cattails, walked back 100 yards or so and it stuck out like a sore thumb. I then noticed that along the waters edge on the real cattails there is a slightly uneven, dark edge to them. Did that to the boat by fogging in with flat black spray paint and it helped "soften" the boats edge. Walked back and it had helped but still needed something more. I then came off the bow about 18-24" back and spray painted a big chunk (10-12") flat black (at an angle) to resemble a dead snag/limb coming out of the water. Then from the transom forward about 12" another big block of flat black about 12-16" thick to resemble a stump. That helped a lot. I did the big black blocks because I remembered seeing the Army convoys going down the road had big blocks of colors for their camo pattern and my cattail only pattern just wasn't cutting it for what I wanted. To this day when my place floods and I have forgotten to toss my anchor out into the field where I store my boat and the flood takes it away it takes awhile to find it with binoculars from my house. I've learned that usually it's up along my north fenceline. I also did that paint scheme on the inside.

 :tup: Love a photo or two i you have a chance.
 OK. It's covered in blackberries right now but, I need to fetch it out for this years flood fun anyway. I only have a flip phone but wife has a smartphone and a tablet. .....which of the 2 would be better for posting photo for you?

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2018, 07:06:06 PM »
Dig that baby out!   :chuckle:

Either way. If it is easier to email it to me, that would be fine. Then, you will not have to worry about photo size constraints. 

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2018, 07:48:28 PM »
 Will do. Off work tomorrow and Wednesday.

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2018, 07:14:25 PM »
Thanks Blacktail for the photos.  Here is what I ended up doing on the outside.

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2018, 07:26:39 PM »
Sweet  :tup:
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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2018, 07:29:06 PM »
Now I just have to install new plywood for the transom and seats.

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2018, 04:18:34 PM »
Maybe a little safety feature while you still have it upside down. :chuckle:

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Re: OMG, I bought another boat? Duck boat project.
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2018, 06:26:51 PM »
Maybe a little safety feature while you still have it upside down. :chuckle:

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