Recent content by nerdtastic

I found this which is the original sales brochure from starcraft in 1965 I thought it was cool to see how they were originally built http://www.fiberglassics.com/library/index.php?title=File:Starcraftb65025.jpg it also has all of the technical details on some of the other pages there that are...

OH and listen to Weldorthemagnificent he knows what he is talking about! He was a great resource for me when I was building mine :-)

So I have the exact same boat and had a lot of work to get the whole thing back to clean aluminum. The original paint they put on these is tough as nails. I used pretty much everything to get mine cleaned up. you can see the full write up here...

So on to the seats and transom install. I am getting near the end at this point and looking back it is clear that somewhere along the I completely misplaced my common sense and went full on nuts with this build. Don't get me wrong I had fun along the way and it gave me something to do but I...

So the work is progressing and I am nearly there but on to the updates, first a bit of electrical work. I wanted everything to be self-contained and I don't have a lot of room to work with so I built this out of a smallish plastic ammo box that should really help to keep everything dry and...

Hey Weldorthemagnificent sorry, it took me a bit to get back to this and yes I did successfully get it opened, turns out I had it moved far enough already if I had just stopped it would have been fine. I got it mounted and fired up and it still runs great. It didn't pee at first so I was worried...

The small release lever mentioned in my last post

That is a great problem to have! of course, I am still having trouble finishing one build I can't imagine trying to do three.

sorry posted to the wrong thread :oops:

So last night I decided to set the motor on it to see how it looked and get an idea of what I wanted to with the transom cap, and yeah it looked great :D but... like an idiot, I thought I should pull the cowl and see how it looks since it has been in storage now for over a year. I grab the...

I am going to leave the seats the length they are which is a bit long. They have seasoned now for nearly 3 years and oak tends to be pretty dimensionally stable which is just one of the reasons it is so highly prized for boat building. Hopefully, they won't shrink much but if they do it should...

You are right about the sandblaster, I kept thinking about it but didn't pull the trigger on it because I was worried the media would be too expensive. When all was said and done though it would likely have been about the same and taken half as long. I would be really interested to hear from any...

So the sanding and paint removal on the outside of the boat was so emotionally scarring it took nearly a year for me to get back at it and do the inside. Well, that and some family issues but back at it, I am. got the seats back from my friend that was helping me with them that is hand cut...

Look around your area you can likely find a welding shop that can do prop repair. Mine was in way worse shape and my local shop fixed it for $60. They even Tig welded additional material were there was a big chunk missing out of mine. Worked like new until a buddy ran it up on a sandbar and bent...

So I think I have everything ready for doing the coat it tomorrow I washed it twice with simple green to degrease it tonight and went back over all the spots I found that I had missed the first time around with a small brass wire wheel. I have some phosphoric acid gell to do one last etching...