Inkedup fishing Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Bad ass brother! Paint is looking official for sure. Happy wife happy life is my philosophy!!! Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandCraftedLureCo Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 12:20 AM, Inkedup fishing said: He'll yeah brother!! Love the vac box I always wanted to make one of them. I would always by them stencils when I was painting cranks like crazy and there so good to stay consistent with paint. You might have just convinced me to make mine. Lol what did you use boat shrink rap or thin white lexan poly?? But your killing it man!! I use garage sale signs to make my vacuum formed stencils. Readily available and work well. I tried lexan and didn't like it. 2-liter bottles and milk jugs work well too but they are not as thick and flex more. Inkedup fishing and Jinxd12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkedup fishing Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 Nice that's something I'm defenetly going to have to try. Lol those are some similar things I have tried for makeing rc cat body panels. HandCraftedLureCo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandCraftedLureCo Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Inkedup fishing said: Nice that's something I'm defenetly going to have to try. Lol those are some similar things I have tried for makeing rc cat body panels. Yeah it's basically the same process from my understanding. Inkedup fishing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkedup fishing Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, HandCraftedLureCo said: Yeah it's basically the same process from my understanding. Yeah it's the exact same thing to the T. I wish I still worked at the Hobbie shop we had a press vac that would heat up the plastic and hold it down. You could make a plastic shell of anything. HandCraftedLureCo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Got a craw painted up this weekend. I think I may add a few more details to the stencil but pretty happy with the 1st one. I also have been playing around with translucent,pearlized, opaque layering as seen in the hundreds of videos I watch haha. Got a cool color scheme and kind of wish I did it on a crank down not a wake but maybe it'll get bit in open water a bit more. Both are on the rotisserie right now and look better already than these pics. Few things I want to try next. Adding flake into the clear and glow in the dark detailing. Inkedup fishing, Jim137a, azfisher and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkedup fishing Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Looking good!! Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azfisher Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Sorry about the frowns face, I have fat thumbs apparently, baits are lookin sweet!! Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 13 hours ago, Inkedup fishing said: Looking good!! 11 hours ago, azfisher said: Sorry about the frowns face, I have fat thumbs apparently, baits are lookin sweet!! Thanks fellas! Inkedup fishing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Tinkering here and there, mostly finding and working on body work before paint. The boring stuff! Got a few wakes completed, and painted up some crank downs today. Definitely feeling more comfortable with the airbrush each time I paint. I need to get more colors, mixing colors takes to long for me. Right now they are on the roller drying after dipping clear. What you all think?! Might be at a point where I feel comfortable selling , I don't know. BrierBob, azfisher, Jim137a and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkedup fishing Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Jinxd12 said: Tinkering here and there, mostly finding and working on body work before paint. The boring stuff! Got a few wakes completed, and painted up some crank downs today. Definitely feeling more comfortable with the airbrush each time I paint. I need to get more colors, mixing colors takes to long for me. Right now they are on the roller drying after dipping clear. What you all think?! Might be at a point where I feel comfortable selling , I don't know. I think the bits look great! I can't wait to get it and be able to give you the feedback you need and hopefully you can come to a conclusion on to sell or not sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Clear coat is still curing a bit, but it really helps to bring out the pop in the colors! Inkedup fishing, Jim137a and azsouth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 Got a couple finished up, getting the little details dialed in for my OCD is the tricky part. azfisher, BrierBob, _zoso and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 16 hours ago, Jinxd12 said: Got a couple finished up, getting the little details dialed in for my OCD is the tricky part. MUST. BE. PERFECT. I feel you brother…there are always so many little details that could be made better. I struggle a lot with my mold making because I want a nice clean mold even though it doesn’t make a difference with the final product haha. But better to always strive for improvement than to accept something that you know you can make better I guess… Baits are looking good! Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 hours ago, danthefisherman said: MUST. BE. PERFECT. I feel you brother…there are always so many little details that could be made better. I struggle a lot with my mold making because I want a nice clean mold even though it doesn’t make a difference with the final product haha. But better to always strive for improvement than to accept something that you know you can make better I guess… Thanks man! I agree with everything you said...my one thing I keep coming back is my perfection needs are not the same to everyone who fishes. Most probably wouldn't even notice or care, so why not sell a small amount that will catch fish regardless of how it looks and continue to polish and refine as people throw them more and more! That has been my hiccup, stuck in my own way. We are not selling hand made Ferraris we are building/selling a tool that will get used. Harbor freight has tools not the same as snap-on but the price reflects that the job still gets done and with a lifetime warranty! That being said, I'll probably list a handful or so baits soon and see what others can do! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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