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  1. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    That's why I'm confused, all I can seem to get is a v-shape buck, I tried to draw an example below. The one on the left is what the guides say it should look like, the one on the right is what I get. It still seems solid, but doesn't look quite right. I did receive the rivet gun and bucking bar...
  2. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    I took a look on that site, the prices are good but I would get killed on UPS brokerage fees, I ended up paying a total of $90CAD shipping and brokerage for my $45 worth of rivets! I took a few more tries at riveting on a practice piece and wasn't satisfied, so I ended up getting this 3x rivet...
  3. Rasdiir

    My first StarCraft

    Love the wood look!
  4. Rasdiir

    1963 Starcraft Rebuild

    That's a beautiful vintage boat, looks like it's in great shape!
  5. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    Just a cheap Mastercraft air hammer, that is definitely part of my problem. I looked around for aircraft rivet guns but the cheapest I could find even used was well over $200, so I'm going to try and practice a bit more with the air hammer before going that route. I don't think the length was...
  6. Rasdiir

    Where do I belong? Alum Goods 1687, SS16 Clone?

    Congrats on the splash!
  7. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    Definitely planning on it, I actually have that picture saved as an example :) I'm actually planning on beefing up the boat quite a bit to accommodate the motor, so I want to add chine braces, angle braces at floor seams that run from rib end to rib end and are also attached to the stringers...
  8. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    So despite my enthusiasm about the effectiveness of the new paint stripper, my working speed has actually decreased lol. The last three weeks have been spent off and on getting all the paint stripped from the top half, including the entire port side and both gunnels. The whole top half except...
  9. Rasdiir

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Sorry to hear that, hope the symptoms aren't too bad for you :( Boats can wait, health comes first. Hoping you get better soon!
  10. Rasdiir

    Where do I belong? Alum Goods 1687, SS16 Clone?

    Not sure if you solved this yet, but this is what I'm planning on. Basically install a small z-channel on top of the seat base and against the hull, then a strip of aluminum screwed to the bottom of the cushion board. It should slide in nicely, then put a snap on a vinyl strap to hold down the...
  11. Rasdiir

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    The patch looks great! I think a lot of knee braces are broken like that, it seems like most people just use a piece of 1/4" x 2x2 angle and bolt it to the knee brace as a replacement.
  12. Rasdiir

    My Starcraft

    I just use Paint for resizing, I think the size limit is 1024x768.
  13. Rasdiir

    My Starcraft

    Do you mean the metal at the top of the gunnel that goes back over the area where the transom slides in? If so, you can bend that up out of the way to get the transom in, then bend it down, it will be hidden by the end caps.
  14. Rasdiir

    1983 starcraft rebuild

    I know this topic is old, but I wanted to comment here in case someone else searches and finds this thread. I think that's a SS-150, you can tell by the small splash well with the storage on the sides and the rounded edge on the gunnel with no trim strip on the inside edge
  15. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    Not too late as I haven't finished yet, but the new stripper is working incredibly well and I am now over half done the other side, very little hard scraping now! I received my 3/16 rivet set and rivets today, so I'm ready to start plugging those screw holes as soon as the paint is off...
  16. Rasdiir

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Nice and clean under those ribs now!
  17. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    Unfortunately Citristrip doesn't seem to be available in Ontario :( I was using the Solvable Resolve HD stripper, but I just tried this Dumond SmartStrip that my friend lent me and the paint came off like nothing with just a little scraping after only a 45min sit time, so I'm taking the new...
  18. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    I'm hoping to avoid this due to the price of sheet aluminum here in Canada, not to mention the amount of riveting! Once I dig into the pits I'll have a better idea of how bad it is, but I think I can get away with plugging/skinning it. I've been slowly plugging away stripping paint as Mother...
  19. Rasdiir

    Post a pic of your starcraft!

    I think that's an SS-150, yours is only the 5th one I've seen in all my searches over the last year.
  20. Rasdiir

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    That they do, although the more I dig into this boat the more I appreciate that the PO at least had some idea. I have found quite a few reasonably well filled pits and scratches throughout the boat, and he took the time to make a fairly good floor and transom, attempt a transom brace, and use SS...
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