first board hull...

Finished shaping my blank, I’m happy with the shape, especially the rails.

Pics are here, I have trouble posting pics on here for some reason…

http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d73/nfotb/

Please, any comments, criticism, suggestions…

All greatly received!

Oh, I’m doing a burgundy tint on the bottom, this may be a stupid question, but here goes, Will the white on the paper for my laminates show up or will the resin wet it out?

Cheers.

do the burgundy tint on one layer of glass. let it cure. then glass your lams on with another layer of clear.

hi

looks nice, i have been pondering shaping one of these for a while - not sure if i would get the waves here to get the best from it (im on the south coast) but still very intested.

keep us posted on the progress.

love your shaping stands Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting in the first pic - a man from my own heart!!

as ever

keen to learn…

…and do some tests on pieces of left-over foam and fiberglass if you want to obtain a real burgundy color. Here is one I recently made that was supposed to be burgundy but turned out blackcurrant instead:


love your shaping stands

LOL, leftovers from doing my garden decking this summer andsome carpet underlay!

Thrifty lil bugger aint I!

balsa, nice looking board, was that tint from seabase?

hi nfotb

sorry, i meant the one that looks a bit like a playpen / cot in the first pic…

:0)

as ever

keen to learn…

Pigments and tints that I use are “West and Senior” brand. Retailed here by Viralsurf.fr.

pmsl…

yeah… The ‘cage’ as I refer to it!!!

Hey Nick,

Looking good! Finished up a lot more pointy than I was imagining.

You’ll be gald to know that the fish caught some good waves last night. Trying to get used to it before heading down the peninsula tomorrow night.

Keep postin the pics.

Luke