Aliens land in the UK - Page 4

Jon · 24-01-2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by Cyco
I MUST BE MISSING SOMETHING HERE. EXPLAIN
NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT BEING AN ASSHOLE

Sorry Cyco,

Didnt mean to offend you pal.

Cyco · 25-01-2005, 09:05 AM

Decided to go with R Don on this one.
I have to agree the clam shell cowling does look the Bollocks afterall.

Burty · 25-01-2005, 09:51 AM

Nice dude.

JBD's been busy in photoshop again then

roofer · 25-01-2005, 08:11 PM

hydro is that your ad on boatsandoutboards for cowl ?

Hydrostream · 25-01-2005, 08:46 PM

Roofer, yeah I have an ad on boats and outboards for cowls. Ignore the price though, if anyone here is looking for one we can work a deal. I'm not trying to make a fortune on these, just want to offset the cost a bit!

I'm having major trouble shipping these, was talking to the guy i bought them from today. He can't get anyone to ship them at a sane price, he's even split them into 3 boxes, 1 for each side of the top and 1 for the tray & face plate!

It look's like they are comming air freight and for the cost of the freight I could buy 2 cowls!!!
I hope to have them soon and will let you guys know when they arrive!

Thanks, Alan

roofer · 25-01-2005, 08:50 PM

alan i'll have one, any idea of timescale till delivery ?

Gav · 25-01-2005, 08:52 PM

hydro.
are YOU making these yourself?

Jon Fuller · 25-01-2005, 09:12 PM

hydro, talk to td, if he buys the Spectre 30 he wants, mebbe he could pop the moulds in the boat cockpit when it comes over.

Hydrostream · 25-01-2005, 09:14 PM

Roofer: not sure yet. As soon as it ships I'll know better. After I get the molds here, give me about a week to get one or two together!

Gav: yes I am making them myself. I bought the mold because I want to build a metalflake cowl to match my boat with all the merc logos done in red flake

I MIGHT be able to save you guy's on shipping a bit if my work needs to collect a boat from the UK and a van is going to collect it. But that could be anytime!
Too bad I didn't have it already as we are collecting/ collected 3 or 4 boats from London this week for our boatshow.

Hydrostream · 25-01-2005, 09:26 PM

Jonny, thanks for that I'll def. keep that in mind.

I got all the weights and box sizes today, I'm going to have a look at DHL and FedEx, etc now and see what I can do!

Where is the spectre?
Florida by any chance?

Thanks for that, Alan

Gav · 25-01-2005, 09:30 PM

Hydro,

Have you done much with metalic jewels? Have you played with the pearlescent pig powders?

Gav · 25-01-2005, 09:34 PM

Just a thought but surely someone on here has a set of alien cowls that a set of moulds could be taken off??

Then replaced with a new set out of those moulds? Anybody?

roofer · 25-01-2005, 09:53 PM

alan try fed ex , hutchy ordered some bits last saturday and they arrived today .

Hydrostream · 25-01-2005, 10:03 PM

Roofer, just been on their site for the last half hour trying to figure out how to navigate it, user friendly wasn't in their head anyway! What a head fk

Anyway, the boxes are to big to send fedex express and too small to send fedex freight. Looked at DHL and it was even worse so didn't bother.

Went onto USPS and got a quote for 4/5 days at a reasonable price. So I'll email him tonight and tell him I'm cool with that price and get it sorted, all going well, should be here next week some time.
Then come the taxes and extra charges ....

Gav, I've heard of the pearlescent's but never used them, I don't know what metalic jewels are! What are they and have you used them?
I was thinking of reclearing my boat with clear gel and maybe tinting it a little with pearlescent or doing some flame work with them. Have you used these, how did it work out?

Jon · 25-01-2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by Gav
Just a thought but surely someone on here has a set of alien cowls that a set of moulds could be taken off??
Then replaced with a new set out of those moulds? Anybody?

Is that not "Splashing"?

Gav · 25-01-2005, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by Hydrostream

Gav, I've heard of the pearlescent's but never used them, I don't know what metalic jewels are! What are they and have you used them?
I was thinking of reclearing my boat with clear gel and maybe tinting it a little with pearlescent or doing some flame work with them. Have you used these, how did it work out?

The pearlescent is a shit to use but gives excellent result!

Metalic jewels are the metalic flakes to put into stonecast gelcoat to produce a metalic finish in grp, were you going to spray your cowl then? I use these a lot for a regular job we have.............very effective especially i you put a couple of layers of cear stonecast first! I'll dig out a pic and post it......

Gav · 25-01-2005, 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by R-Don
Is that not "Splashing"?

And your point is?

BREN · 25-01-2005, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by R-Don
Is that not "Splashing"?

yeah splashing idea gav

BREN · 25-01-2005, 10:19 PM

i once sprayed a escort rs turbo in pearlescent the finish has to be really even and the prep 100%but worth it what a great effect.

Hydrostream · 25-01-2005, 10:36 PM

Never heard them called metalic jewals before, just metalflake. My whole boat is layed up in metalflake, even the bottom. I want to try and restore it back to how it should look, theres quite a few scratces on it and it's gotten a bit dull.
Also I've cut most of the rear deck and splashwell off to replace the transom and they're not going back on so I'll have to fab a new rear for the boat so I'm sure I'll get a good feel for flake.

And yes I will be spraying the gel flake onto the boat and into the mold.

I still can't decide if I want to go to all the trouble to restore the flake or do something like this....

But the Bling value of the flake is PRICELESS!!!