Steve's Polar Kraft 1440MV

[stevenla1]

Added a little more foam under the front deck today.

 

[fool4fish1226]

Coming along nicely =D>

 

[stevenla1]

Thanks F4F. I'll be thrilled if my boat looks half as nice as yours.

 

[stevenla1]

A little more work on the front deck.

 

[stevenla1]

Except for paint and carpet, I'm finally done with the all aluminum front deck.

 

[fool4fish1226]

Front deck turned out great =D>

 

[stevenla1]

Sprayed a couple of rattle cans today, and I can honestly say that I no longer have an ugly army green boat. It's now blue and grey.

 

[stevenla1]

I am pleased with the progress of the front of the boat, so I'm going to turn my attention to the back end of the boat. As expected, the transom contains old rotten plywood. I plan to sandwich two sheets of 23/32 non-PT plywood covered in spar urathane. I will use 3M 5200 to seal up the bolt holes and to glue the two sheets together.

 

[stevenla1]

Yuck! Rotten wood.

 

[stevenla1]

I'm going to use two pieces of 1/2 inch plywood for the transom, but the two sheets are a little bit thin. So, I think I'm going to cut one of the sides off of the old bench seats to make it a little bit thicker and stronger.

 

[stevenla1]

I put my transom together for a test fit before taking pictures. It was so tight that once I got it in, I decided to just bolt and glue it together and forget the 'work in progress' pics.

 

[bigwave]

I'm going to use two pieces of 1/2 inch plywood for the transom, but the two sheets are a little bit thin. So, I think I'm going to cut one of the sides off of the old bench seats to make it a little bit thicker and stronger.

That is exactly what I did with my transom when I replaced it. It worked out perfect for my boat. check it out if you like.

 

[trueblue1970]

Boat is looking good. Ugly Army green?? Love army green jon boats!! lol

 

[stevenla1]

I can handle drab olive, but no old army green. :lol:

I did work on the back end a little bit, but I'm not sure if I made any progress or just a mess.

 

[stevenla1]

I've gotten a little bit more work done on the back end. With the temperatures reaching over 100 every day, progress has really slowed down. But I did build up most of the frame for my back deck and stuffed the corners with foam.

 

[stevenla1]

Finally finished the rear deck (minus seats posts).

 

[Ictalurus]

Back deck looks awesome! =D>

 

[trueblue1970]

I can handle drab olive, but no old army green. :lol:

I did work on the back end a little bit, but I'm not sure if I made any progress or just a mess.

Its funny cause ive always wanted an ugly army green I was halfway through painting and needed to get more cans. When I picked out the color I went by cap lid. But when I needed more I looked at the bar code and it said, "Army Green"...I thought to myself, GREAT.

How is your rustoleum holding up? Thats that I used. I planing on waiting a few weeks before putting her in the water.