Recent content by SJ Fairbank

For the 12 gauge, the Remington HD or other dense offerings can fill the gap, as they are far superior to bismuth. Unfortunately, the price is nuts which made me try the Boss loads 4 or 5 years ago when they first showed up. Where I will miss Boss bismuth dearly, is for the 16 and 28 where it...

I did the fancy poses thing years ago, just too much work for one decoy. But the flocking looks like fun and the results you guys get are phenomenal. I'm curious what kind of blending, if any, I can get using only flocking on the heads. I may tinker with mixing flocking colors just to make a...

The test swatches were black Rustoleum with feather brown and dark brown for the body. I need to study the second coat, but I think the feather brown on black produces a fine Black Duck body. The store didn't have almond bisque, I got a can of sand (color). I tried the tan and the goose grey on...

Jeff, If I understand your story correctly, the young warden wanted to pinch you for not having the duck stamp "attached" or "affixed" to (some part) of your license? I've heard that requirement reiterated many times over the years in Maine, but have never seen it in writing. I'm suspicious...

I hope their hype about copper shot is correct. I like the bismuth loads and have what I estimate to be a two year supply. After that, I'd like non-steel ammo that works. I'm in wait and see mode on copper shot, it's less dense than bismuth unless they alloy it with a denser metal. Call me a...

I did my first test swatches last night. Rustoleum gloss base and shake it on through the screen. Pretty cool how it works. I'm hoping to prepare a half dozen Black Ducks, flocked with no overpaint, for Saturday.

So true. First thing men of our generation look for in a duck boat. The new generation of duck boats usually ignore that possibility and omit oarlock holders. Better to have a cell phone, I guess. Call your posse for rescue and film the breakdown for youtube while you wait.

I'm calling mercy. You guys are emptying my wallet. :D

Even as an old fart, I perform that trick from time to time. :oops:

I looked, he makes nice stuff. (y)

I bust ice pretty much every year. Mostly salt, but now and then in the fresh water. I've done it with glass boats, including a 17' Duck Wrangler. The glass takes a beating, if I was the OP I would avoid it wherever possible. I take aluminum boats whenever I can in the ice. As you say, take your...

Loading a 1400 pound machine solo is impressive. It's amazing what can be accomplished with relatively simple tools.

Decisions, decisions! If possible, I'd prefer a cut or burned logo. Scaling up a logo designed for a regular call may look strange on Godzilla's call. But if that's not practical any of your ideas would look great. A cool look might be checkering, knurling or fluting. Fluting will reduce the...

Eric, You come up with some nice solutions during builds. That jig is one example. I'm thinking those calls are going to need a logo or artwork. Have you thought about something along those lines?

Another in the rounded camp. A rounded cockpit coaming is on the to-do list for my next couple of boat builds.