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Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum?
Do you think we need this forum
  76% (33)
dont need this forum.
  23% (10)


Total Votes : 43
(last vote on : 10/11/2008 4:34:09 AM)
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Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/12/2008 6:25:58 PM   
misshydro



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Status: online 		Ok guy I think we're over do for one on boats very badly!!!! The cars&trucks guys have them even the planes have them too. So why not US!!! I got more questions ask about this subject then you can think. I dont mind at all to help,love it!!! I'm even going to post the first thread called boat repair&paint 101!! We can cover fiberglass repair to plastic to wood repairs.also can cover painting to form mild to wild paint jobs!!!
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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/12/2008 9:40:18 PM   
stevo7896


 

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Status: offline 		I think its a great idea.One thing I would like to add is either how to's or good links to making decals to give our boats more of a scale appearance. I think that would tie in with the paint thread well.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/12/2008 10:05:34 PM   
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Status: online 		yea,this one we need,especially stripping 'em, and takin out the wavy gravy.....

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/13/2008 1:40:31 AM   
joseywales


 

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Status: offline 		you guys need one.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/13/2008 3:24:41 AM   
ozzie-crawl


 

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/13/2008 5:35:49 AM   
Gadgetman61


 

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Status: offline 		I think "I" do

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/14/2008 5:47:48 AM   
Ron Olson



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Status: online 		I don't know about a forum but one way to get things rolling is to start a complete thread then get it put in a FAQ.
Do it without the Smilies and try to spell words correctly.
Seriously, a professional appearing thread will gain points with those in the higher positions around here.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/16/2008 2:44:43 AM   
misshydro



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Status: online 		Ok Ron what makes the other car&truck&planes forums so speicial that they have there own painting&repair forums and we dont? What the higher ups dont thinks ower boats dont need any tips on repairs&painting on ower boats? This tells me the higher ups dont get a rats puttudy about us boat people.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/16/2008 4:13:25 AM   
x33racer


 

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Yes,
Most definitely! After reading through these forums, just the opinons on what paints to use seems to be endless.
In reply to Miss Hydro, it does seem that we boaters are the Red Headed Step Children of the modeling group. It even seems that way at the LHS.


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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/16/2008 4:22:21 AM   
Justaddwata



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Status: offline 		My thoughts mirror Rons to some extent. Realistically I cannot say I have seen more than a handful of threads that show start to finish repairs, refinishing, or painting in general. To consider a dedicated forum for what I have seen over recent years on this site would be a VERY slow forum indeed.

I certainly welcome the idea of new forums but also feel it should be an active forum.

I see a greater need for a forum dedicated to clubs or racing news, results, events etc.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/16/2008 5:32:33 AM   
Ron Olson



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Status: online 		OK, nobody has requested such a forum before so that's one reason why there isn't one for boats. The plane and car/truck people seem to crash their stuff a lot more also.
RCBM has kind of done it to death as far as repair articles go.
I'm with Matt also as I'd like to see a forum where members are looking for others to run or race with in their area as those kinds of threads are spread out all over the forums.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/17/2008 3:45:24 AM   
misshydro



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Status: online 		Ok Ron maybe there should be two forums,the ones for where races are at and running buddys. Plus a repaire&paint forum. Like x33racer has said we/the boaters are the red headed step childern. Oh we dont crash boats??? Boy wake up there! Plus ower stuff are more costly then the cars&trucks. If I did what you told me to do it will end up getting buried/lost if someone wanted to find out how to do repair&paint work.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/17/2008 4:12:03 AM   
Justaddwata



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Post #7 by Ron keeps coming to mind over and over again.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/17/2008 3:17:41 PM   
misshydro



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Status: online 		Well Keep in mind what x33racer said in post#9...... Look how long before we got an off topic forum??????? who got theres first??? The cars&trucks guys!!!!! We are last to get anything around here... We're the redheaded step childs around there and thats sad. So Guys I have a felling we wont get this forum?? If you guys need any advices on boat hull repairs and painting questions?? Just PM me please I'll be gladly to help you out!!! Maybe by doing this I'll show the higher ups by how many PMs I've gotton about this subject! I've gotton some before and Now I'm going to save them to show that we do need this forum.

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RE: Do we need a boat bodyrepair&paint forum? - 7/17/2008 3:42:10 PM   
Ron Olson



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Status: online 		We were originally combined with the 4-wheelers when they first started the OT forum and seeing how it was supposed to be for the boaters also, I volunteered to mod up there also. After a lot of boat members had bad cases of cabin fever, we finally got our own.
If any boaters bothered to go up there, you could see why they didn't want to use that one as we seem to be an older crowd and that forum was full of kids talking about video games and school.
If you want to get something going in the OT forum, then do it as it isn't being used that much at the present time. Later on if a repair forum does happen, it's only a few mouse clicks to move it.
We've also discussed having a manufacturers support forum in the past for a Q&A to them. We wanted to start it off with Aquacraft then add others as they became available. Time constraints was why Aquacraft didn't want to do it then with R&D work on new boats, shows and races kept them busy.
Keep in mind that I'm not against any new forums but just letting you know what we're up against when trying to create new ones. I've always jokingly referred to us boaters as the people down in the basement. This site like many others seems ot go on a ranking scale of popularity with planes usually on top then cars/trucks and later boaters.

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