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  1. Cooperider

    Small boat paint job.

    And the final paint on the deck. If you look at the picture with the circle, you might be able to see a spot that I'll have to fix later. When I pulled the tape for the orange stripe, a small piece of the white stuck and came up with it. Heck the whole thing might be crap. You really don't...
  2. Cooperider

    Small boat paint job.

    I didn't take pictures of the next step, just of the finished product. I do have a video of painting the two stripes, so when thats ready I'll post a link to it. Here is the finished paint on the hull.
  3. Cooperider

    Small boat paint job.

    It's also a test of a cheap gravity feed gun.
  4. Cooperider

    Small boat paint job.

    It might be a Birthday present for my dad, or a retirement present.
  5. Cooperider

    Small boat paint job.

    Here is the deck. When its dry, I will peel the rest of the tape off, and finish the stripes.
  6. Cooperider

    Small boat paint job.

    I really mean small. Here is the paint job I just started on a set of molds for an RC boat. Base color is white, the black is the mold where I need to spray some color when the rest is dry.
  7. Cooperider

    Retro Boats Web Site

    I see the updated pictures on the retroboats site. That boat looks cool. :bounce:
  8. Cooperider

    1985 Sea Sprite with Custom Gel Work.

    It was probably because they were THIN. I could rip the deck of this boat with my hands, we added a few layers to it and the hull. And it made all the difference in the world on this boat.
  9. Cooperider

    Baja Sold to Fountain Powerboats!

    I don't think there are going to be any scoops on this until after the plant closes.
  10. Cooperider

    Baja Sold to Fountain Powerboats!

    This thing looks cool. :bounce:
  11. Cooperider

    Chrysler Conqueror shallow vee

    That looks cool, I like it.
  12. Cooperider

    Baja Sold to Fountain Powerboats!

    Hmmm......that gets me wondering.
  13. Cooperider

    Baja Sold to Fountain Powerboats!

    Didn't see it, sorry. :shakehead:
  14. Cooperider

    Baja Sold to Fountain Powerboats!

    Here is that article. http://bucyrustelegraphforum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080322/NEWS01/803220304 Read the comments, some are really good, especially the sidewalk one.
  15. Cooperider

    Baja Sold to Fountain Powerboats!

    Kind of blows your mind don't it. End of an era. Sucks for Bucyrus.
  16. Cooperider

    Vivian Industries Files Chapter 7

    What kind of sense does this mayor have? Speed up negotiations? Yeah, maybe for the worse. BTW, I've got 30 days to sell, or I have to pay $180,000.......... Really? Well, let me see what I can offer you, ummmm but I'll have to get back to you in a few weeks. How the hell was that...
  17. Cooperider

    Vivian Industries Files Chapter 7

    Hmm.... Sounds like the Mayor should have kept his fingers out of it. He should have worked out a deal for the money owed to keep those jobs in town. Now he's SOL. VIVIAN, La. – When the town of Vivian served boat builder Vivian Industries Inc. a notice in December that it had 30 days...
  18. Cooperider

    Sea Ray to Eliminate 350 Jobs

    Mercury sends 2000 people home for a week without pay. :eyecrazy: http://www.pontoon.net/?pageID=10&ID=1613
  19. Cooperider

    Retroboats.ca

    It looks like retroboats has a few out of the mold. They've added some pics to the website. Looking good too.
  20. Cooperider

    Ribcraft 9.0

    Talk about full circle, Checkmate was one of my FIRST jobs. Look at me now.
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