Only did one thing today, but it made a hell of a mess. I sanded the filler coat that I applied yesterday. It sands very well and you end up taking the majority of it off. However, it nicely fills the small dips and scratches. It also filled the hull-deck seam and the sides of the deck material.
You can clearly see where I've sanded right through the filler coat. That's perfectly OK, especially when using it over fiberglass. Had this been raw wood as on the T37's then I would have followed it with a second and probably third coat. In that case, by the time you get to the third coat the hull is completely white and you can no longer see the grain. Since we covered the Star 45 hull with fiberglass I really only needed to do the filler for the small places where there were some minor dips. One coat is sufficient of this boat!
It was just a bit too cold today to start painting, but tomorrow is supposed to be in the 60's so I'll start tomorrow afternoon.
I'm going for a vintage powerboat/racecar/WWI aircraft sensibility. Not sure how well it'll turn out but it's going to be different! At least it will be different from most of the other boats out there that are painted all in one color.
Peace!
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