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45 " cat - scratch build - 2/24/2012 8:22 AM  1 votes
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Status: offline 		 Hi all,
 Heres the next hull in the build line up
45" LOA
17.5" max beam
11.4" - ride pad centre to centre



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RE: 45 - 2/24/2012 1:08 PM   
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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 2:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Where did you get it? I relay like the look of that hull.what's it made of?  I'm a cat person love the way they handle and look on the water.


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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 2:15 AM   
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Where did you get it? I relay like the look of that hull.what's it made of?  I'm a cat person love the way they handle and look on the water.



Sorry, should have mentioned that this is a plug to take a mould from . It's not quite ready to take a mould from just yet but it wont be too far away.




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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 2:21 AM   
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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 2:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Still a bit of work needed before they will be available for sale.
Mould to be made, a glass hull to be laid up, hull will need to be tested and if all goes well then they will be available.

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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 9:00 AM   
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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 9:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, mdf again with plenty of filler
I'm using a polyurethane primer for these now - no problems what so ever.



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RE: 45 - 2/25/2012 11:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you like working with poly primer, you should check out and try some of the 2K Urethane based primer.  Has far superior filling capabilities over poly based primers (which is also good).  I've been busy lately designing and producing photobooths and some of them are painted with automotive basecoat/clearcoat.  The Urethane primer fills in the little grains very easily in usually two coats....sprayed about 5 minutes from each other.  It sands very easily without gumming up the paper like Epoxy and Poly based primers tend to do.   Poly in this sense is a prefix to Urethane.  Polymers are added to urethane (basically a rubber) to form longer chain molecules or polyurethane.

Good luck with your poject, I molded a cat hull a few years ago.  Take your time and you will have a great mold!
 
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Yes, mdf again with plenty of filler
I'm using a polyurethane primer for these now - no problems what so ever.





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RE: 45 - 3/3/2012 10:49 AM   
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RE: 45 - 3/3/2012 11:52 AM   
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She's looking good mate, if it turns out like the ski boat you'll have a winner there.
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RE: 45 - 4/17/2012 11:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		A couple of update pics - almost there....

getting ready to take a mould.
Parting flange



Hatch cover ready for moulding



rear shot


I decided to mould the roof scoop separately to give the option of going with or with out one



Plans are to get this one wet in 2 weeks......



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RE: 45 - 4/27/2012 11:23 AM   
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RE: 45 - 4/27/2012 3:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well I gotta say I'm interested. To bad the shipping would be nuts.lol. hull really looks great.

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RE: 45 - 5/4/2012 12:41 AM   
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Well I gotta say I'm interested. To bad the shipping would be nuts.lol. hull really looks great.


You would be surprised to hear its cheaper for me to send overseas than within Australia ... go figure


 I started this one in October 2011 and we're almost ready to get wet.

She gets wet for the first time this Sunday.













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RE: 45 - 5/4/2012 12:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well I gotta say I'm interested. Any idea of price. A rear exhaust engine would look good in there.

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RE: 45 - 5/4/2012 5:39 PM   
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Well I gotta say I'm interested. Any idea of price. A rear exhaust engine would look good in there.

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You read my mind.

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RE: 45 - 5/4/2012 5:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Any chance of seeing some videos when she's ready? Will you be selling this hull as well?[>:]

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RE: 45 - 5/4/2012 11:22 PM   
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 A rear exhaust engine would look good in there.

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An inline twin would look even better !



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Any chance of seeing some videos when she's ready? Will you be selling this hull as well?


I'll be putting up some video for sure .
As long as she performs I will have these available for sale.
Were hopefully running her today .... if the rain backs off




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RE: 45 - 5/5/2012 12:16 AM   
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An inline twin would look even better !




Yes, I could see a K600 sitting in there

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RE: 45 - 5/5/2012 12:26 AM   
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An inline twin would look even better !




Yes, I could see a K600 sitting in there

Cheers


I made sure there's enough room for for an inline twin during the plug build so there's no problems bolting one in.
If she performs well I'll do a half cab version to allow for tunnel mounted twin singles as well




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RE: 45 - 5/5/2012 6:29 AM   
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RE: 45 - 5/5/2012 8:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		We hit the water today and after a bit of strut adjustment she fly's! We ended up bolting in a modded 29.5cc Zenoah to test with and I couldn't have asked for a better result. She rides very well , corners at full throttle and has no intention of back flipping.








not the best quality ...





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RE: 45 - 5/5/2012 10:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		You really gave it a work out, looks great on the water, nice and flat, a twin may be too much for it, any idea when it may be advailable and price?

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RE: 45 - 5/5/2012 12:47 PM   
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That cat is looking great might be in the market for a little cat....gotta finish the ski boat first.
keep up the good work.

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