This is my first duck boat conversion. Still have lots more work to do, but am happy with the progress, so thought I would share.

I won't post all pics, since I took alot of them. It is a 16' wide bottom with a Mercury 18hp outboard.

This is what it looked like when I bought it:

This is a pic after a very busy weekend of building a shed and making room in the garage for it.

And here is the motor stand that I built. I need to do some more work to this once the motor is back on the boat.

And here is motor after the camo



Here she is all sanded down



Installed 1/2" plywood for the subfloor



Here is the primer coat


[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/primer_2.jpg[/img]
Base coat
[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/basecoat_2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/basecoat_1.jpg[/img]
I went with Cabelas skid reistant coating for the inside area
[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/basecoat_4.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/sprayliner_2.jpg[/img]
The stencil kit was Styx River - Shadow Grass
The kit comes with 4 cans of paint. After reading several posts on this and other forums about that not being enough paint...I went ahead and ordered 4 more cans. Well that wasn't enough paint either. We ended up with a total of 16 cans of spray paint for the stencil. I used 2 quarts of primer and about 1/2 gallon of base coat. Plus 2 gallons of spray in liner - could have used 3, it's not as thick as I wanted, but will have to work for now.
So, here is the first stencil on:
[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/1ststencilpattern.jpg[/img]
And some after the second stencil
[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/2ndstencil_1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/2ndstencil_2.jpg[/img]
And the final product, applying the third stencil
[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/final_1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/final_2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/final_3.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/final_4.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s519/txduckhunter1/Duck%20Boat/final_5.jpg[/img]
I will post some more once I get it all back together and get some good light.

At Work and wanted to see each pic, without having to click on the link.




Base coat



I went with Cabelas skid reistant coating for the inside area

he stencil kit was Styx River - Shadow Grass
The kit comes with 4 cans of paint. After reading several posts on this and other forums about that not being enough paint...I went ahead and ordered 4 more cans. Well that wasn't enough paint either. We ended up with a total of 16 cans of spray paint for the stencil. I used 2 quarts of primer and about 1/2 gallon of base coat. Plus 2 gallons of spray in liner - could have used 3, it's not as thick as I wanted, but will have to work for now.
So, here is the first stencil on:

And some after the second stencil



And the final product, applying the third stencil

I will post some more once I get it all back together and get some good light.

Great job. My favorite projects are Boat Projects.

Looks really good!

Looks like a professional job!!

That's one of the better homemade paint jobs I've seen

Yep looks great.

Piece of art

Great looking boat

wow really great job on the camo. Looks amazing.

Thanks bipedal for getting the rest of the pics
I did them all the same way so don't know why they didn't show up
But thanks for fixing

Looks awesome man.

sweet

nice job do you want to do another on?

Looks good man. Let me know if you need any more help gettin it together.

pretty work

Very nice! Wish I had one!

Very nice! Wish I had one!

You can only post 10 pics per post. It's a shame really.

AH - now I know why that didn't work - guess I should read the rules some day. Thanks for letting me know the trick.

Thank you all for the great comments. I am really happy with it but I also wish I was completely done. Still lots to do before Nov. 3 - so, back to work.

Great job on the stencils!! I'm working on getting my boat finished up as well, my stencils should be here today. Good luck and keep the pics coming!

look's good

Tips for the stenciling.
I used an antenna (because it was handy) but a firm stick will work. I taped the top of the stencil on the antenna, which was set and/or held at the rail. Then used a dowel rod to hold the stencil against the side of the boat. Working in small sections at a time to get the stencil as close to the surface as possible.


Also, on the final pattern, the mfg. calls for "sand tan" for the grass - but we also added a golden brown and a green that was spot-sprayed to add more realistic coloring.

This was a 3-person job. I worked the stencil, the wife sprayed the tan and the boy sprayed the brown & green. The accent colors have to be applied right after the tan and not moving the stencil. This way you are over-spraying within the pattern and not end up with weird spots of paint.