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now after it's been sitting for like a whole month without me doing anything to it, i finally started on the paint, i waited so long because i was waiting on a guy that wanted to paint it for me and we just never could get hooked up, when we finally did, he wanted $650 to do it....there aint no...

i cut holes for my intake hoses, i got my hose from home depot, it's the spa hose, about 2" o.d. i put electrical tape about an inch from the end i put in the hood so i knew how deep the hose was, i wanted the intake hose to be hight in the liner so water would run around it instead of down the...

next i drilled my air intake holes and the beveled the edges down with sandpaperthen i layed my liner in to see where i wanted to drill my water drain holes, i made my cut kinda high because i was afraid of making the hood seal area weak,finally glue the liner down, i was going to glass the...

on to the hand holds, after cutting the holes for the holds, i layed in cloth for reinforcement, i had some 24 oz cloth and 4 oz cloth, so i layed 3 layers of the 24 covered by 1 layer of 4 oz on top and bottom next, since i have soo much extra frp left (it's a 4'x8' sheet) i used that to make...

now for the hood liner mod, i cut my liner out with a cutoff wheel, left the glued on part, i figured that it would help the strength a little bit i accidently cut through the hood, so pay attention if you cut yours out, but as mark has taught me, "you can fix anything with some epoxy" words...

the ski at my house now...(actually it was in the livingroom in front of the TV for like a week, my wife is awesome!) the turf is all done. i'm working on finishing the hood now, i'll try to post some pics later. my wife even got to put some of her blood and sweat into my ski...good thing to...

The foot hold holes are the last thing I do when I apply the side turf; I make a cut up the turf in the center of the hold then heat it up and press it into the hold up onto the top of the hold. After that all you have to do is cut a small triangular piece and fill in the rest on the inside of...

Tray turf is getting installed. I started by sanding the entire tray with 80 then cleaning it real good with some adhesive remover. I then cut out a piece of turf for each side over size so I would have some access to trim off. Mark44

another piece of info from mark on turfing, might help some of the newcomers out The glue will stick to the paper if too much pressure is applied, I would recommend using pop sickle sticks then you can just pull them out and let them hit the floor while you are working the turf. The heat...

mark44 again After turf is on beat the heck out of it with a rubber mallet. Then beat some more. Trim the access off. I like to trim the edge of the bond line at a 45 deg. angle with a new razor knife.

this is mark's post from the other build thread Apply contact cement to the ski and the turf, two layers. When you think the turf and ski have dried go get a beer and wait some more. Apply turf to the ski after it has been heated with the heat gun. It helps if you have someone heating the...

now onto the turf, the right tools for the job....mark did most all of the turf as i am a turf retard. i can't draw or cut a straight line to save my life, so what mark didn't do my lovely wife did....she's a real trooper,

yes, previously known as the devil ski, (we had to preform an exorcism (sp) on it) it caught on fire while mark was using the heatgun (yes the one that busted throught the side, maybee they had a score to settle with each other lol) and the great stuff foam he put in there to hold a pvc in...

now for the scupper, of couse i'm broke, and a tightwad, so i used the homedepot scupper, it seems like it's a very good valve just make sure the correct side is facing up and that the valve is flowing in the right direction

ALWAYS STRAP YOUR SKI DOWN, or you will have a little repair the ski fell off the stand onto the concrete, but there was something to break it's fall.....a heat gun....the handle busted right thru the side, it was stuck in there when we picked it up

mark's gonna love this next part

had a little repair to do to the nose

next we filled in the bondline with the 2 part foam, then cut the excess off with a hacksaw blade to have an easier surface to deal with for the engine bay sidewall reinforcement, and layed a couple layers of cloth for reinforcement then we put the piece that we cut out back in... for all of...

i am really really really broke, so i just bought a used crank out of a 62t to put in my 650 to get me back on the water, but someday:fingersx: it'll happen....I WILL HAVE A MAGOO SPECIAL... or i will die trying:biggrin:

now i think that it was not the foam, maybee the smc fibers flying sround, because now i got it again after doing my internal fuel filler