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Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along
By:Kirk Fredericks
Date: 3/13/2012, 4:19 pm

: the charactor is ben 10 from the cartoon show my boy is obsest with
: everything ben 10. you can't see from the pics but there is a
: light dusting of metalflake sparkel of blue and silver on the
: deck also. the boat is skinned with flannel and 10 oz glass
: saturated with polyester resin. the frame was sealed with
: vinylester resin. these are the materials I had on hand and was
: going for the cheapest build ever. so far only 60 bucks!!! We
: will see how long the boat lives for when it dies I will let you
: all know but I suspect meny years and my boy will probably out
: grow it first.

: thanks for looking

: dave g

That looks great Dave. I've built a couple SeaFleas. I'm really impressed with the skin theme work.

Kirk

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along *PIC*
dave g -- 3/12/2012, 8:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along *PIC*
dave g -- 3/12/2012, 8:56 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along *NM* *PIC*
dave g -- 3/12/2012, 8:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along *PIC*
dave g -- 3/12/2012, 9:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/13/2012, 4:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along
dave g -- 3/13/2012, 7:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along
Banksia Bob -- 3/16/2012, 9:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sea flea 11 coming along
dave g -- 3/16/2012, 9:33 pm