MooseMan
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Snipe Restoration for a great customer!A while ago I was approached by a guy who had a little Bowman Snipe in really quite poor condition - he wanted to know if I did commercial restoration.....I said no, but I'll do it for materials and a decent bottle of scotch.
Over the course of a few weeks I turned it from this:
(owners pic)
to this:
(in front, the one behind is mine).
Reglued, straightened out and resoldered the engine and boiler, made boiler shroud and spray hood and repainted the boat where necessary, using paintmatched paint, made a burner. Returned the boat to the owner, who expressed his delight.
Now my turn to express my delight, as I've just had a delivery from Oddbins, containing two bottles of VERY fine single malts (Laphroaig and special reserve Talisker), and two very nice bottles of wine!
Needless to say this gent will not be charged for the £20 of materials I threw at his boat. If you ever have the opportunity to do a Coll McDonnell a good turn, I suggest you take it!
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Rob
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looks great moose. really impressive at what it can turn out like. should have my bowman yacht on the water soon.
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IndianaRog
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Moose, I have a little boat kit due to arrive shortly...how many bottles of scotch would ya want for 200 hours of assembly?????
Seriously, beautiful job of that Snipe, Coll should be over the moon as they say.
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Les Marsh
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A very impressive restoration, well done Moose. 
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Stilldrillin
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That`s lovely......
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johnreid
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Fine job and a great form of payment.
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MooseMan
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| IndianaRog wrote: | Moose, I have a little boat kit due to arrive shortly...how many bottles of scotch would ya want for 200 hours of assembly?????
Seriously, beautiful job of that Snipe, Coll should be over the moon as they say. |
Rog, in your case I'll settle for return flights to Indiana (and given the amount of work involved, possibly a green card  )
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toxx
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... it's beautiful, Moose! Well done! Excellent job of resto ... the single malts are well earned, mate!
I salute!
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Sandman
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What a great job Odilon.
Well worth the malt.
You certainly earned it mate.
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MooseMan
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Thank you gents.......
.....HIC.....
....honestly constable, not a drop......
God bless the Scots and their Uisge Beatha!!
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johnreid
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Seriously ocifer it was only te martwonies
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Steve_S
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Great job Odilon!
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tmuir
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Nicely done, I think you need to add to your sig.
'Saviour of the Bowman fleet'
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erikl
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great job! you realy brought that engine back to life.
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flywheel61
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Wow, what a change, a real case of ," Cast your bread upon the waters etc ...", you really deserved the physical accolades.
I'd love a boat but I think my collection needs thinning out anyway, to make a change in direction.
Cheers
Chris
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Stitch
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Lovely work, moose. That is very impressive!
All this boat stuff on the forum has sparked my interest in building one.
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Reid
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Kudos! What a way to go. I am awed too by the quality of the restoration. My gosh, that's wonderful work!
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mogogear
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Great job!! But that is a given with you at the helm it seems...
Was your paint match "type" of paint lacquer, oil or ...? I am going to need to touch up a Snipe heading this way in a few places.. the color should be doable- but I do not know what the original paint is...?
Also what did you make the boiler shroud out of - stainless, or mild steel sheet?
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oldstuff
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Amazing job, Mooseman. Your "client" was obviously well pleased. Maybe it's the
freshness of the job, but I think it looks even better than your own Snipe!
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MooseMan
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Chuck!!!!
The legend returns!!!!!
Wonderful to see you here mate!
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Andy
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well done mate, you eard the drink
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