"The Gecko" aka Miss Geico

[ScottSpanker]

Just finished polishing the clearcoat on the new paint. Time to get busy. She's gonna be a twin. I've had this one in the works for about 3 years and have had the parts and hardware for over 2 years. I'm also planning on machining some pretty cool stuff for her too. Oh, and this was my first crack at a professional paint job. What a learning curve. Lots of mistakes.

[meangenesracing]

Just finished polishing the clearcoat on the new paint. Time to get busy. She's gonna be a twin. I've had this one in the works for about 3 years and have had the parts and hardware for over 2 years. I'm also planning on machining some pretty cool stuff for her too. Oh, and this was my first crack at a professional paint job. What a learning curve. Lots of mistakes.

I like the gold. What kind of paint did you use and do you have the paint code?

[larryrose11]

Great work. Painting well is not easy

[ScottSpanker]

Thanks guys. Createx auto air. Candy pigment yellow shot over metallic gold. Hotrod sparkle white mixed 50/50 intercoat clear shot over whole boat. Summit high solids clear coat. Mini hvlp touch up gun with 1.2 nozzle.

[fweasel]

That paint job will not be hard to spot out on the water. Nice work.

[ScottSpanker]

20190421_084505.jpg20190421_084434.jpg Starting the build. I weave plain. A little on the wet side but layed down pretty nice.

[ScottSpanker]

20190422_054232.jpg20190422_054259.jpg The hatch. Again a lil on the wet side but got it to form to the lip pretty well.

[ScottSpanker]

20190425_194211.jpg20190425_194200.jpg sponson stringers. Carbon kevlar. Got it layed out, now I'll throw it on the mill. I still need to cut the middle one for the bow.

[fweasel]

Those templates are my least favorite part of reinforcing a hull. Depending on the room and access, they can be a real pain to make.

[ScottSpanker]

How right you are. Such a necessity in a high speed setup, and such a pain to fabricate and install.

[ScottSpanker]

20190427_082931.jpg20190427_113223.jpg The process of cutting the design and the finished product. I gotta be honest, this was my first time carving up carbon kevlar and it will probably be my last. The kevlar doesn't leave a nice finish like carbon fiber. I had the material so i decided to use it. Good enough for stringers.

[ScottSpanker]

20190428_104833.jpg Stringer's mounted.

[ScottSpanker]

20190502_205516.jpg20190504_155349.jpg20190505_063854.jpg Roughing out the motor mounts and getting dialed in.

[ScottSpanker]

20190505_104612.jpg20190511_055549.jpg Strut time!

[fweasel]

Coming along. It's going to look mean once those drives are mounted.