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At this point I had coated all of the wood, cut the hatch opening, and painted all of the inside metal with Rustoleum. Next up, I started making the side panels. I was lucky to have nice original panels to use as templates but I extended them down towards the deck an inch and a half. All of...

At this point it is time to join the new bow wood to the gunnels. I took some 5052 AL I had laying around and cut/bent what I needed and riveted them in. The result was a very secure and stable joint. Here is the mock up of the bow platform framing. The third picture is after I had...

At this point I have cut it back as far as I plan to. I moved the windshield to where I thought it made sense and marked it out as shown (if you can see the black marker lines). Here it is all cut out. It now has a little over three feet from the bow to the windshield. Here it is mocked up...

I decided since I started a thread here, I may as well come back and bring it current as it may help someone else down the road. I am not the worlds best forum user... I lurk a lot more than I post... First step in the bowectomy, Make a cut. I laid my I-Pilot on the bow and figured out how much...

I have temporarily stalled out... Between family obligations ans other things, I had to stop the progress on this boat and focus on one I will be able to take fishing this coming weekend. I have managed to get all parts of the trailer painted except for the tongue. These are the only pictures I...

Thanks OutragGIS I dig these things too!! After a day of work she is finally getting somewhere. Picture below is in primer. Phase one is complete below. I have the bottom and transom painted white. The next phase will be filler primer and a GM blue I picked out for the sides. it was supposed...

I appreciate the sentiment, I know it is not a popular choice, but it is easily reversed with less effort than I will spend changing it, it is just a chunk of 5052 aluminum sheet at the end of the day. I've changed my mind three times or more so far. This is partially the reason it is upside...

Here I have started pulling the boat apart for replacing the transom. At this point the transom is out. I had previously cut the floor parts and dry fit them and at this point I cut new transom pieces and glued them together and fit them to the boat. Flipping day has come! Didn't...

Thanks perchjerker, these little boats are my favorite tinnies. I like other boats, but I really like older StarCraft's. Ha! I always forget some small detail, this one is a fifteen footer. It is going to pain me a bit to cut the bow open, but there is a reason almost all boats are open bow...

Hello all, Joined a while ago and have lurked ever since. I am about 30-50% of the way through a build and thought I would share and join in on the fun on this forum. My plan is to repaint the entire boat, redo the interior, convert to open bow, added fishing platforms front and rear, and...

Lookin very good!