I saw this paint scheme on the 353 that was in the water in Miami. It's way more exotic than it looks here. There are a lot of airbrushed highlights and drop shadows.

Did you like it?

The 353 in Miami looked awesome... I'm sure you'll love it! The only thing that I would do, is read the Steplates thread here on the Formula Forum, and place your order now with Dave so your plates will be ready for Spring delivery! The cheap plastic step-plates really looked especially bad on this boat because of how highly polished and beautiful everything else was. The windshield frame, shifters, bezels, steering wheel, speaker grills, etc. are all highly polished stainless, and then you have the white plastic step-plate...:crazy: Here are a few pics of the 353 that I took...

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[QUOTE=Perfect Storm;3630469]The 353 in Miami looked awesome... I'm sure you'll love it! The only thing that I would do, is read the Steplates thread here on the Formula Forum, and place your order now with Dave so your plates will be ready for Spring delivery! The cheap plastic step-plates really looked especially bad on this boat because of how highly polished and beautiful everything else was. The windshield frame, shifters, bezels, steering wheel, speaker grills, etc. are all highly polished stainless, and then you have the white plastic step-plate...:crazy: Here are a few pics of the 353 that I took...



Thanks, I'm anxious to see what it looks like in person! Do you think the polished step plates would get hot in Arizona?

Formula should be testing the boat this Friday, and are taking a video of Ilmor testing it, hopefully they will post it.

That is stunning, I love the paint and what Formula did with the cockpit carpet. Just think, you 382 will have 3 more feet of this beauty to enjoy.

Regarding the step plates, yes they do get hot in the sun. But they are well worth it as they do dress up the look of the boat. ALOT!

Dave

[QUOTE=Made It Rain;3630534]I would have to be on my way to the plant to get pics and a video of the "roll out" for this boat. If you can't make it you might consider buying a video camera and sending it to one of the Porters to shoot some footage for you...I'm sure they wouldn't mind.

You ask a great question about the stainless step plates heating up in the AZ sun. We have that problem here in South Florida even with darker colored vinyl cockpit upholstery. I spent some time in Phoenix in the summer months and know that many stores that have entry doors facing west provide small towels for customers to use when they grab the door handle!!

Beautiful boat...you have got to be super excited!!

I'm not sure how hot the step-plates would get in arizona, :hothead: but here in Buffalo, NY I've never had a problem with them getting too hot... maybe some of the FasTech owners in hotter climates could chime in.

I have to say, It's awesome how fast the production of your new FasTech has been! You just ordered it in mid-December and they're already getting ready to water test it! :drink::drink::drink:

I don't want to mention any names here, but I've read some horror stories here on OSO about boat builders taking customers $$$ and then dragging them mercilessly through the mud and molasses while they are waiting for their boat to get done! :angry-smiley-038:

Loved it. Of course, I am somewhat partial to silver boats...

If you find that it doesn't work for you, I may be prepared to take it off of your hands so you don't have to suffer. ;)

Just to clairify, the step plates are aluminum and I have been in very hot sun and have never had any issues with them getting any warmer then the outside air. Maybe others will chime in!

Thanks,
Dave

PS: AWESOME job on the 382! Congrats again, and welcome to the "Family".

Thermal Properties of Aluminum and Copper Property Aluminum Copper
Thermal Conductivity
@ 0 - 100°C 237 W m-1 K-1 401 W m-1 K-1
Specific Heat @ 25°C 900 J K-1 kg-1 385 J K-1 kg-1
Linear Expansion Coefficient @0-100°C 23.5 x10-6 K-1 17.0 x10-6 K-1
Weight 2"x1"x5" block 0.9818 pounds 3.2443 pounds

Thermal Conduction
At the molecular level, thermal conduction can be viewed as a transfer of energy (in this example, call it vibrations) from one particle of a substance to another particle of that substance due to collisions between the particles. As temperature increases, the vibration of the particle (molecule) increases and the collisions between molecules also increases. These molecules collide with each other and transfer energy from the more energetic to the less energetic molecules. The transfer of energy is always from active to less active - from hot to cold. This net transfer of energy is known as a diffusion of energy.

Elements and compounds with closely spaced molecules will generally allow stronger and more frequent interactions between molecules. Good electrical conductors like aluminum, copper, and silver generally have a higher thermal conductivity than nonconductors like wood and glass. But there are some exceptions to the rule, nonmetallic solids such as diamonds and beryllium oxide can transfer heat energy more efficiently than aluminum.

Specific Heat
When we heat an object, we increase its internal energy, and hence its temperature. How much the temperature increases depends on the amount of heating (Q, measured in joules), the amount of material (m, measures in kilograms) and the type of material. The type of material is described by its specific heat capacity (c, usually measured in joules per gram per degrees Celsius). The specific heat of a material is the number of joules required to raise the temperature of one gram of the material one degree Celsius.

How's this for a scientific answer, if you understand it. lol

I believe AL will get hot, but, just keep a cold one in the cup holder, it will keep cool if the science holds up. lol