Chuck’s ST-1M “Surfcaster” build

[wokkaboy]

looks awesome Chuck well done, it looks how I thought it would when you originally posted the surfboard pic !

[Simon Barden]

Looking good. I'd try cleaning it up quickly before the paint dries too hard.

[Chuck]

Looking good. I'd try cleaning it up quickly before the paint dries too hard.

Cheers Simon, good point! I immediately went down to the workshop when I saw your post and got most of it out using 800 and 1200. The pickguard is all clear, but the body is still a little off, although I think it should be less visable once the black keyline goes on. You might also see on the body shot a small black line on the body holder - that was a test using a black posca pen. I'm toying with either that or using black auto pinstripe tape, but I'll need to do a test to see how it reacts to the clear coat.

looks awesome Chuck well done, it looks how I thought it would when you originally posted the surfboard pic !

Thanks Wok - it's actually closer to my original vision that I thought it would be!

[Dedman]

I'm lovin this!

[andrewdosborne]

Nice work Chuck, the curves look really nice and love the colour scheme

[Chuck]

Quick keyline question off the top of my head to bounce off everyone: I'm thinking about using a posca pen for the black keyline (it worked okay in my trial) but it's quite thin paint and did bleed a little. I'm thinking that I might do say three/four coats of clear, then sand that back with 1200/1500 to get a really clean surface. I'd then remask for the keyline, draw them in, then do the rest of the clear coats (I think I'll do a bunch on this one to try and get a "fiberglassed surfboard" look). I'm thinking that I'll get a much better surface to draw the keylines on after clearcoating... what do you think?

[wokkaboy]

Chuck, not sure how the posca pen will go ontop of clear coats, might be worth a trial on scrap wood.
At least with your planned method the surface should be flatter after a few clear coats.
If the pen works on the clear coats I vote yes go that method.

[Maddogm]

The pickguard ones I kind of expected as it proved pretty difficult to mask the "step" between the two surfaces,

I'd imagine the solution there would be to mask underneath the pickguard before attaching it and continuing the mask.

[Chuck]

I'd imagine the solution there would be to mask underneath the pickguard before attaching it and continuing the mask.

Good call Maddogm - wish I'd thought of that!!

[cade711]

Great contrast between the selected shade of blue with white Chuck.