Byrdman's CD18

looking great Byrdman ... looking at the posts you may have motivated others .. lol ... i did mine about 12 years back inside and out the hardest part was hitting it with 80 grit sandpaper, but no regrets ... now you got me wondering if i shouldn't clean up the beast once again .... well it really looks great .. take care . wc
 
Man she's lookin good! I'm glad to see you have her fixed up so nice. Unfortunately mine will take many moons to get that nice. But you have certainly helped to inspire me to get'er done! :)
 
Wefings":3haghbsm said:
Its a two part urethane , Ill get the name from our glass and paint guy. It looks very good and is not as spendy as awlgrip/imron/sterling type paints . Byrdman is on the loose here in the Florida Panhandle, fair warning ! . We will sea trial probably tommorow ................................
Marc
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So- Any report on the paint brand?

Joe.
 
Lee, the shop manager / Extraordinaire of Wefin's is keeping real good notes/(tickets :roll: ) on all items going into, off of, back on, C-Byrd. I will follow up on brand, modle number, and mix of all paint stuff....once I have it all in about a week. I kinda get an update about every 3 days from Marc and his crew as to allow them to focus and get'r done. They are working on making me a trailer now... I can not have that pretty lady ride'n on an ol' worn out pair of shoes.... :mrgreen:

Thanks for the many kind words from all.

Byrdman
 
She's looking pretty! You'll be in the water before us... and we'll be looking foward to hearing all about her "make-over". :D

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
Hopefully Ill see the paint guy today and get the info on the paint . I havent forgot !!
Marc
 
OK.... More Progress to report... 1st, Thanks to all who have sent individual pictures, parts list, input, thoughts, prayers, drawings, "if I had to do it overs...".... and the such. Again, you made this upgrade easier..

Got to try her out the 1st time Thanksgiving Weekend during a last minute get-together/gathering when I found that a few of my Bama/TN C-Dory friends could get together on very short notice...and on a whim... We had a blast.

Now... the pictures and results of the group effort...

The envelope please....

:smiled :thup :thup


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Patrick,
The Camperback looks great! I like it!
 
Pat - the boat looks good & as Dave said, the camperback looks good also. When I get through with mine in a coupls of months, I hope it looks half as good as yours.
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well your canvas looks great WE will be up in Tenn. this jan looking at property over towards Knoxville actually south of their . We cancelled the c-25 we were going to get our house is under contract 1 week after we put deposit down on c-25 so we had to back out . Hope to see you next summer take care Jim and Loree on the Duck
 
Looks superb, Pat. I like and may plagarize that "dodger" feature on your canvas. Us altitude advantaged folk could use it.

That shadow on the bow in the dockside photo really looks cool and has me wondering what a C-18 or C-22 would look like with a paint job that imitates an Orca. A live Orca, not the boat.

Makes me wish I knew photoshop better....

Don
 
Thanks to all for your kind words. I think my next project will be some type of box seat arrangement for storage of some things, mixed with a board that you can drop between the seat boxes, much like down the port dinnette side of other CDs, and a pad to drop in place for sleeping. That would make for a very large sleeping pad without having to move to many things about while cruising, and...folks that are over 5'8" will not have to do the rolly-polly to sleep....they can really stretch out.

Got my eyes on some of the projects on Lil-Mac...and some other nifty improvement projects.

Byrdman
 
pat that is one really nice looking rebuild. The high canvas back with window is a great idea. When do we see inside pics??
 
Looks great!!!!! Is the stripe the standard size or a little bigger? Way cool camper back. Very nice.

Chris Bulovsky
Washburn Wi
 
Tom, Chris....and ALL OTHERS:::

Time for the inside work on C-Byrd. What have others used to re-do the insides of the boat please? How do they do that splattered and scattered look? Base coat of something...followed by something else....? :roll:

What have others used in the process? Have a "doctors call" for C-Byrd back down at Wefing's later this month.... and figured that paint and fiberglass guy could get me fixed up cleaner/better than I could do the learn as I go mode....

?????
Byrdman
 
Greetings.

I had the same question several months ago. Seems like where the factory rivited the rub rail, they spot puttied or someting the inside of the hull. Now at those spots, the interior hull paint is chipping/flaking off. I called the factory and they eventually sent me some matching paint; two colors-one to match the white and the other to create that splash. I have yet to use it. When I get home today, I will see what is on the can and let you know.

Let me say that it took PLENTY of communication with the Factory to get the right color and type of paint.

John
Swee Pea
 
Arent "Splattered and Scattered" a type of hash browns at the Waffle House ? The meastro David Hilton can do it Byrdman !!
Marc
 
These are the numbers that I have on the paint supplied by the factory:
948-WA-441 White Enamel for the main color
948-NC-009 Tan Enamel for the splatter.
Hope this helps.

John
Swee Pea
 
Thanks John!!!

Hilton.. David Hilton. Thanks Marc ... I could not recall his name.. Let's contact him and see if he can start on C-Byrd on the 11th of April. I should arrive just in time on the 10th for us to hit the cut :thup :thup for a couple of hours..if you can get a kitchen pass and put off dinner till we are back. :mrgreen:

I can leave the boat down for a week or two...but gotta have her ready and back up in the Cumberland River for our gathering.

On the colors... for the splatter.... let's try to find a nice Confederate Grey or Navy Grey color... rather than the beige color. I think that would look better on the black and white boat.

Thoughts?
 
WOW....a little over a year since I made a post on this link...

Well, my new boat is great, and my fear of having a larger boat to put in and out by myself was only a fear....and is proving to not at all being a tasks...

So... C-Byrd has remained under cover and under used since about Oct07... so I may soon uncover her, take some current shots of the boat...and list her for sale....so...if yall have anyone who would appreciate the very last 18 Angler that was produced by the Toland family,... drop me a note....

Will be a bit busy and on the road some from mid-May thru about mid-Jun... Look forward to seeing some of yall on the waters soon!!

Byrdman
 
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