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Heres a pic of it burnt.. :(

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Can't tell from the picture

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The front isint really hurt its the back thats real bad.

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How current is the pic??

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This year.

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that boat was always one of my favorites. anybody have any better pics. the reason i like it is i believe it was done before the use of plotter type vinyl spray mask techniques. those graphics were all done the old fasion way with tape an blade. . no digital help there :D musta took forever to do. was that a Gail Paik job? :cool: :cool:

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No pics of the back.. I dont think you want to see the back though kind of sad :(

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Who is going to go post this on speedwake so JayL13 can start crying :rolleyes: :( :( If this is indeed true, that's sad news. What a beautiful boat. :(

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Yeah the boat has no problems in the front about in the middle is where it is really trashed.. :(

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How did it catch fire?

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Not FOR sure about that.

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didnt that thing burn quite a while ago . . like 4 years or so?

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different boat. heres the one he wanted.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...6&page=4&pp=20

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Glass dave yes i think it might have been a little more then 4 years ago.

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If I remember correctly, I read an article in the magazine (Signs of the Times) that said it took the guy 2 or 3 years to paint it. At the time it had a matching trailer and Semi to pull it. It was definatly impressive looking!! This was back in 96 or so I think!

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Yes the trailor is yellow has some plant type looking things on it. Its very cool looking.

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Actually they are feathers!!! :D

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Yeah your right lol.

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i can believe it. some where i have some pics of the detail and it is amazing. its even more amazing how acuratly the paterns were reproduced throughout the boat without the use of a plotter. being a painter myself i can apreciate the effort that was put into this thing and have put it high on my list as "boats i never wanna hafta touch-up" :D

sure is a shame that it has been so badly damaged but the fact that it is still around gives me hope that it could be resurected some day. :cool:

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Maybe they will bring it to you for an estimate :eek: :eek: :D

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well . . .i am one of the few guys that do glass AND graphics . . .i'de be willing to take a crack at it . . . you an i both know what that means. . . $$$:D


heres some pics i dug out

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:( :(

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I have a 41 top deck mold that would help a bit also!

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Like they say " If you got the money I got the time". I ain't scared either!!! The detail is increadable on that boat though! I just wonder what the bill was after 2 or 3 years in the paint shop! :eek: I think the guy that did the boat was from the Dallas area. I heard some pretty odd stories about him. Guess he was a character of sorts. They said he would have huge sections of the boat done, decide he didn't like it , sand it all off,and start all over again! I just wish I could find a customer that was that patient. 5 or 6 weeks and they start getting a little testy!

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Did Gail not do this boat?

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Hey Banana do you still have the AO 26?

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Jeeese, a matched trailer with graphics.... outrageous!!!

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Gail is very good she did the 2 36 apache I had, the Dragons Breath paint job was amazing. I saw the 47 War Party at Chris Merrils in Ind. and the detail in person is stunning.

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Steve i think war partys were painted by someone otherthen gail.texas guy i think.........m.m.....

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Here are a few that I have. Hope this helps.

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amen brutha! :D i am the same way sometimes. i think i throw out more tape than i actually use sometimes. many times i have pulled an entire layout because it wasnt "flowing" with the shape of the boat :drink: i cant imagine having a job for that long either. yea . . you hit the 5 or 6 week mark with some customers an they start showing up with the rope an pichforks :D its very rare with me though most if my customers are very patient. that helps a bunch :cool:

any chance you still have the magazine that had the acticle in it. would love to get a copy.

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Dave,
How are we coming on the design work?

(yea . . you hit the 5 or 6 week mark with some customers an they start showing up with the rope and pitchforks, its very rare with me though)

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Rbr2328 yes i still have an Amercain offshore. Do you know a guy from lanier with a maroon helicopter?

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The detail in that paint is incredible.

Dave, - yeah, that 5-6 week thing becomes awful.
I was telling you over the weekend about WHO painted my last boat.
I was quoted 2-2 1/2 weeks.
About week 4 I started showing up after work with a 12-pack, I know I was a pain-in-the-azz, but I was going through boat withdrawl.
I worked with the guy and helped in finishing it (I'm not bad at this stuff, just have never had the space or equipment).

Hey, I meant to ask you if you know someplace I can get some bolsters???

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glassdave, I did find the magazine! I had to do some big time digging to find it though!! It WAS done in 96 and they DID say it took almost three years just to do the boat!! Then another guy helped him do the Semi and the trailer to match it. The name of the guy that painted it is Alton Gillespie and the guy that helped finish it is Joe Broxterman. The arcticle is really about Joe but they mention Alton and have four pictures of the complete rig. Joe is from Colorado and they don't say for sure but make it sound like Alton is too. All I know is it that it is an impressive looking rig even by todays standards and this was done over ten years ago by hand!!! :eek: Not many painters would do that these days!!! I will try to scan the pictures and post them tomorrow.

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War Party is at my buddies shop now just sitting in the back. Theres no chance of him rebuilding it :(

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That sux!!! What a loss of a masterpiece! glassdave, weren't you looking for a project boat to build??? :rolleyes:

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I think the guy was from houston/clear lake. I cant remember the guys name, but I think it was a space heater, the fell over or something like that. He only took the boat out once or twice after it was finished.

CM

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Banana the maroon helicopters were the ones giving rides at the cumming fair a couple weeks back. I know the owners of the 2 black r44's , the white r44 and the white r 22. Augie just bought another AO 26 and I wasn't sure if you still had yours. I have some pictures of yours I either have already or need to post on cocktailcove.com

Is the 47 Warparty boat back down here I had heard it had gone back north. I saw it when I went to look at the 47 mold over there.

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Yes its at my buddies shop behind my house just got back from up north. I meet augie once at lanier good guy. I heared he had got a skater though??