Thanks a ton to DB8 for all the painting tips. I figure I got close to 30 hours total in it. I bought it from a fellow MMT member and it was nat gear, I wanted to change it to MOSG. I had the bars welded on front and a grab bar made for the rear. I painted the whole boat Gator Boat Brown courtesy of Gator Trax. That is a sweet color BTW. Then I ordered the stencils for SETX and painted away. I went ahead and added a Mikuni Carb and MM Double Barrel exhaust to my 45 Mag. It turned out pretty good I thought, spent alot of time on the grass stencil getting it to look crisp. Took it for a test ride today, with me and the dog it ran 31.3 at about 4900 rpms, it cruises at 25 at around 4000. BTW, boat is an Excel 1754 Midwest.myboat3.jpgmyboat2.jpg

looks awesome bro, job well done.....now get in and go get it dirty!!!

Dang man u did an awesome job on that boat..dont come blowing by the longtail too fast next season.

Looks great!

How much did it run you in paint ? that looks great!

The gator brown from gator trax was $50 for the gallon and it is extremely good paint. They removed the label so you dont know who make it, but it is good paint. I used 6 cans of styx river fall brown, 5 cans of krylon fusion khaki, 5 cans of fusion black, 2 cans of fusion green and 1 can of fusion brown. They were roughly $5 a can, so roughly I spent $140 for all of the paint including the gator brown. I did use a couple cans of etching primer on the bare aluminum. The fusion sprays way better than the styx river stuff.

Looks awesome. I used the same kit on mine and I'd have to agree about the fusion or rustolium spraying better.

31 at 4900 rpms????? Wow may want to add some prop, last time I it 4900 rpms the boat was clipping 39 mph.

It has a brand new big blade on it... that was its first trip out. I am thinking I may have some waterlogged flotation.

sprayed on