TootsMalone Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Finished carving all of the fins CaliBassin, WestTexasFishEveryDay and DoomDiver 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Wow that’s impressive man! I’ve never seen the soft fins before premold, that’s a slick design TootsMalone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, chefchris said: Wow that’s impressive man! I’ve never seen the soft fins before premold, that’s a slick design Thanks Chef! Never done fin molds myself so this is all new. They sure were a pain to carve though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Starting to test fit joints and cut the slots for the fins. The joint dowels will get seated deeper when im done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, TootsMalone said: Starting to test fit joints and cut the slots for the fins. The joint dowels will get seated deeper when im done. That’s coming along nicely, I’ve always liked that style of joint on resin baits, seems super strong and creates a very fluid movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, chefchris said: That’s coming along nicely, I’ve always liked that style of joint on resin baits, seems super strong and creates a very fluid movement Thanks man. At this point i just hope i can make it swim properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Here’s a shot with the first fin in. azsouth and Rogervang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jstew75 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Looks killer buddy! TootsMalone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, Jstew75 said: Looks killer buddy! Thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBasser Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 That things sick, love the scales TootsMalone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 Made some more progress tonight. In the process i broke one of the pectoral fins beyond repair so i have to re-carve one of those. But otherwise 4 fins down 2 to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasFishEveryDay Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 Dude this thing is looking so sick. I cant wait to see it finished. Keep up the good work! TootsMalone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 36 minutes ago, WestTexasFishEveryDay said: Dude this thing is looking so sick. I cant wait to see it finished. Keep up the good work! Thanks man! Unfortunately it wont be finished until January because of holiday travel. But i’ll keep posting progress as it is made. with that said, got all the fin slots cut and lined up. Just need to cut off the tail section and start on the joints. 5150KokaneeEaters, WestTexasFishEveryDay, VolunteerSwimbaits and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerSwimbaits Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 Very very clean, super sick build. Maybe a feature in the bait trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted December 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 minute ago, VolunteerSwimbaits said: Very very clean, super sick build. Maybe a feature in the bait trade? Thanks man! Yeah, this will be the one that will get traded. Or a molded resin copy of it i should say. Of course unless its a complete dud VolunteerSwimbaits and danthefisherman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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