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Kampynkate
08/06/2019 12:53AM
 
Like it too! Let's just hope a Japanese Zero doesnt come out of the sunlight above and gets you in his sights. That may ruin your trip.
 
HammerII
07/21/2019 08:38PM
 
that is AWESOME!!!
 
scat
07/18/2019 02:55PM
 

 
scat
07/18/2019 03:06PM
 
Been thinking about this for ten years. Finally pulled the trigger. Life is too short. Might as well have some fun along the way.


Cheers, scat
 
TomT
07/18/2019 06:34PM
 
That's pretty cool!
 
minnmike
07/18/2019 08:52PM
 
That is freakin' awesome! Is there a clear coat layer over it to protect the paint?
 
gravelroad
07/23/2019 04:39PM
 
scat: "Been thinking about this for ten years. Finally pulled the trigger. Life is too short. Might as well have some fun along the way.



Cheers, scat"



Good on ya! My childhood was spent in a wood and canvas Old Town canoe that my father rehabbed and festooned with a phoenix skeleton on the bow. Good thing I was too young to notice or care about the stares ...
 
BearBurrito
08/05/2019 08:54AM
 
Looks awesome on the water!!
 
MikeinMpls
08/05/2019 09:52AM
 
Totally cool. Like Flashback pointed out, very A-10 like.


Mike
 
dicecupmaker
07/19/2019 12:26AM
 
Kewl! Right up my alley!! You beat me to it!
 
yogi59weedr
07/19/2019 02:54AM
 
That looks like something some good old boys from Kentucky would use... ??
 
Spartan1
07/18/2019 10:10PM
 
scat: " "


In the 70tys I commanded a Mech Infantry Co and the M113's all had a similar design on the front.


S1
 
Spartan1
07/23/2019 08:31PM
 
Zwater: "Spartan1: "scat: " "




In the 70tys I commanded a Mech Infantry Co and the M113's all had a similar design on the front.




S1"







Spartan1, do you know about the Banido Charlies?"



No, in Vietnam I was a MACV advisor in the Delta to a Regional Vietnamese Company, 5 K from the closest road. When wounded I was Medevaced to the 9th Div HQ, about 1 year after "Charlie Co" moved to another DIV.


Spartan1
 
BearBurrito
07/23/2019 09:21AM
 
That is great, I was actually at an airshow this weekend, and saw a plane painted like that and thought of your canoe, now if I can only convince my wife that this is needed on my canoe!
 
scat
07/23/2019 09:56AM
 
Going to post a pic of her floatin. Gotta see that. Bringing her to the Kishwaukee paddlefest this Saturday. Can't wait for that party.
 
Copperdog
08/04/2019 01:25PM
 
I particularly like the shot of the canoe with the kids in the background floating on inner tubes, has a shark week vibe to it.


Barry
 
CityFisher74
07/22/2019 12:25PM
 
Merica
 
LindenTree
07/23/2019 06:10PM
 
Kool Scat,


I built a P-40 Warhawk model airplane as a kid.
We also had a P-40 gas engine plane that flew around in a circle with a couple strings attached to the elevator. We actually flew that plane for a few years. It was tough and survived many crashes due to our lack of abilities.


Now the Flying Tigers in China.
They were a different kind of breed and airplane.


Flying Tigers
 
scat
07/23/2019 07:21PM
 
The guy who painted my boat had did a motorcycle with the sharkmouth a couple years ago he said. Still haven’t gotten her wet, but it’s comin. Thanks for the feedback. I like it!
 
Arkansas Man
07/23/2019 10:55AM
 
Sweet!!


Bruce
 
minnmike
08/03/2019 10:03PM
 
LindenTree: "Awesome, that is too cool."


+1 How about "Thrasher" for a name. First thing I thought of when I saw it and a great Neil Young song and it rhymes with Thresher(shark).
 
paddlinjoe
07/19/2019 09:29AM
 
That is a joy to see. I would love to see that coming across a lake through a little walleye chop.
 
gravelroad
08/04/2019 09:45PM
 
minnmike: "awbrown: "
Bruce isn't a girl's name, but it was the name of the shark in Jaws."




I believe it the shark in Finding Nemo not Jaws"



I believe the "Finding Nemo" folks had some fun in naming their shark in 2003. ;-)


Hunting Bruce, Or, On The Trail Of The 'Jaws' Shark
 
scat
08/04/2019 09:50PM
 
Sorry, not naming my boat Bruce. That would just be plain weird. Now Felix.... Nah, it’s gotta be an evil woman. Sticking with Annie. On to the next of life’s grand decisions.
Like, should I do the same to my faded out burgundy Prism...

Ramming speed!
 
Zwater
07/20/2019 10:54PM
 
Spartan1: "scat: " "



In the 70tys I commanded a Mech Infantry Co and the M113's all had a similar design on the front.



S1"






Spartan1, do you know about the Banido Charlies?
 
scat
08/03/2019 04:58PM
 

 
LindenTree
08/03/2019 05:27PM
 
Awesome, that is too cool.
 
awbrown
08/04/2019 03:36PM
 

Bruce isn't a girl's name, but it was the name of the shark in Jaws.
 
minnmike
08/04/2019 04:34PM
 
awbrown: "
Bruce isn't a girl's name, but it was the name of the shark in Jaws."



I believe it the shark in Finding Nemo not Jaws
 
scat
08/03/2019 05:22PM
 
Getting a lot of nice words about her. That’s my beautiful gf Terri at the bow. Trying to come up with a name for the boat. What is a mean woman’s name. I suggested Terrible Terri, but that got shot shot down. Understandable, cuz she is Terrific. Taking suggestions.


Cheers, scat
 
hexnymph
07/18/2019 03:09PM
 
I love it!


Hex
 
preacherdave
07/18/2019 04:31PM
 
Now that’s cool!
 
shock
07/18/2019 06:26PM
 
AWESOME job !!! Looks great !
 
Copperdog
07/18/2019 04:14PM
 
That’s LEGIT! Please post some on water pics when you can.


Cheers,
Barry
 
scat
07/18/2019 04:31PM
 
Will do. Taking her to the Kishwaukee Paddlefest shindig on the 27th. Might get her wet this Sunday with the gf. Gonna look so cool cutting through some rollers. It is pretty badass. Makes me smile. The guy who painted it is mostly a sign guy, but he is an artist too. Was cool seeing the smile on his face as he kinda looked away, I could tell he was thinking, this is gonna be fun. I’m sure he enjoyed the project. It is hand painted. I did the camo. She was all beat up from 20 something BW trips and looked like heck. Def got some looks as I took her home. I’m tempted to put her back on the truck and just drive around town to show it off.


Can’t help but chuckle. Cheers, scat
 
drnatus
07/18/2019 10:01PM
 
pretty cool.
 
rtallent
07/19/2019 09:23AM
 
I think you're gonna scare away the fish, Scat....
 
Spartan1
07/19/2019 08:21AM
 
yogi59weedr: "That looks like something some good old boys from Kentucky would use... ??"


It was at Fort Knox, KY


S1
 
jcavenagh
07/19/2019 10:02AM
 
Yur gonna scare the fish!! :-o
 
HowardSprague
07/19/2019 09:48AM
 
Love it.
 
Flashback
07/19/2019 09:56AM
 

The sharks mouth is still a favorite for airplane nose art, as seen on some A-10 Warthogs.

You don't want to be a "bad guy" when a flight of those A-10s are cruising around the area. You'd be a lot happier facing a ""real shark.






 
alpinebrule
07/19/2019 10:32AM
 
Now THAT is what makes America great!
 
Jaywalker
07/19/2019 10:35AM
 
Hard to find the words to describe how much I love this.
 
520eek
07/20/2019 09:16PM
 
This is awesome!

 
jillpine
07/20/2019 09:19PM
 
scat: "Been thinking about this for ten years. Finally pulled the trigger. Life is too short. Might as well have some fun along the way.



Cheers, scat"

You betcha!
 
Driftless
07/22/2019 11:30AM
 
Love it!
 
fadersup
07/22/2019 01:15PM
 
Bad to the bone.
 
Canoearoo
08/04/2019 09:44AM
 
So cool! It looks like the Lock Ness Monster on shore.
 
scat
08/04/2019 10:29AM
 
I think I’m going to name her Annie after Kathy Bates’ character in the movie Misery. Can’t be a much meaner woman than that.


As always, Cheers! scat
 
Flashback
07/23/2019 06:47PM
 
The shark mouth is not just for canoes, or airplanes.


Enclosed is photo of riding companion's Suzuki Hayabusa w/sharks mouth.
Looks pretty awesome when you're doing 55 and he comes flying by you doing 100.





BOB
 
minnmike
08/04/2019 04:35PM
 
scat: "I think I’m going to name her Annie after Kathy Bates’ character in the movie Misery. Can’t be a much meaner woman than that.



As always, Cheers! scat"



Good call Scat, thats my wife's name. Very appropriate. LOL
 
scat
08/04/2019 06:07PM
 
Very funny minnmike. After today, might keep Terrible Terri on the back burner. Yeah, we know...
 
K52
08/04/2019 04:44PM
 
I'm green with envy! That is beyond awesome.
 
firemedic5586
08/06/2019 01:19AM
 
Can I Play? Souris 18.5.. Outfitter sale... I did the sand and refinish, and of course one has to add the shark teeth..

















 
scat
08/06/2019 06:40AM
 
Sweet! I like it! Nice paint job.