so heres something iv been working away at for the last month and a half since I baught a new hull
I borrowed my dads trailer and set off to palmy (from kaitaia) and picked this up
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so heres something iv been working away at for the last month and a half since I baught a new hull
I borrowed my dads trailer and set off to palmy (from kaitaia) and picked this up
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for anyone who thinks trying to build anything with an arc and aluminum rods is a good idea just know it is not, i got covered in burns and they are weak as can be
but when you have $100 worth of them and no other option you persist
Got a mate who was off work to give me a hand to mig it together
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Starting to take shape
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Enlisted the help of my partner and she used her brilliance to overlay in photo shop what I wanted the boat to look like
Hashed this out and added it in as per decisions made on the photoshop pic
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Found this puzzle piece on trademe so dad and I went down to auckland to pick it up
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hashing out the bow rail
I got a little bit distracted and started building the transom as the old one was as ugly as sin
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Finally sourced a trailer that fits and began the railing
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attacking the bow rail
it was taken on and off 3 times during this process and really was a bit of a pain
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Enlisted my next victim, I mean helper, my brother to help pattern the windows
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finished off the bow rail and tig'ed it inplace
and added something else rather noticeable
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Steering fitting and battery cutouts made
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not quite as satisfing as the big jobs but equally time consuming
windows going in with the help from my brother
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