glassdave

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last few for now

glassdave

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Oh yea . . . heres the ceremonial spilling of the base coat for good luck . . .

Michael Garibay

Glassdave, the font on Scarab I have seen two different ways. one like yours with a forward slant and one like on my boat with a backwards slant. Is it a generation thing or what?Mike

nocigarette

Are you making a duplicate to the original nasty or fixing the original.....The only reason i ask is because my stepfather had nasty and i might be able to get better pics for ya.....What you are duing is spot on from what i remember.....

nocigarette

Sorry dave i did not read the post close enough, i see the radar arch in one of the pics.....Great boat it use to run real good with 575's, awsome hardware on the boat.....#5 and boxes if i remeber right....

glassdave

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Actually i'm not sure. These are a duplicate of what was on the boat originally but i have seen them both ways. I have both vector files so i can do them either way. This boat is an 87 and the badges that are on the inside of the engine compartment are opposite the ones painted on the sides. I have learned in the boat industry its pretty much anything goes with not much rhyme or reason sometimes

BenPerfected

I am looking at the 1987 Wellcraft catalog. All the Scarab models shown (Scarab I, II, III Panther, KV and 50 Meteor)have no slant in Scarab either forward or backward. I got the Wellcraft catalog at the Cleveland Boat Show from Monroeville Marine. Monroeville, OH. Are they still around?

glassdave

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Yes all the original graphics are being re-done in paint. I re-mastered them from photos i took before i started thanks for the offer. I imported them into my graphics software and cut them as spray masks. The originals were all free taped back in the day and i cant imagine the time it would have took. My best guess if i had to do it the old school way would take me roughly a week per side. As a spray mask i dont think i have more than about 8 hours in actual paint time maybe 4 hours cutting them on my plotter and maybe another 10 or 12 hours generating the graphics in CorelDraw. The results are very accurate representation of the original. Spoke to Rockne at the last boat club meeting and he was glad to know it is being restored (although it was in pretty nice shape to begin with). This really is a great classic with some cool history.

glassdave

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hmmm . . . not sure there Sprague. this is the emblem that is on this 87 and i am pretty sure its original. I have an 89 ScarabIII i will hafta take a look. i am guessing the were painted on in whichever way was esthetically pleasing. Heres a pics of the original graphics with it slanted the other way

Maybe whoever did the original was left handed than they got a new right handed guy in the late eighties

BenPerfected

Dave,
Maybe you are right that the slant slightly to the left. The picutres on the catalog are mostly action shots at an angle and it is hard to tell. I will bring the catalog with me next week...hurry up and get caught up!