Cool Paint Job

[Dave Osborn]

Attached is a photo of a 16' Thompson Hiawatha that I'm currently tearing down for restoration. It has a cool frog on both sides of the bow. Thought you might like to see it.
This is the canoe that I have been looking for original Thompson seats for on the classifieds. Still looking. The replacement seats, likely Old Town were only $5.25 each when purchased. I have no idea how long ago that was. Any guesses??

 

[Kathryn Klos]

The frog is great-- will you be able to save it?

I'm thinking '70s for the seats--- they were a couple dollars less in 1960, and my computer won't let me look at the catalogs from the '70s right now (we sometimes face a standoff, and it usually wins).

Kathy

 

[Dave Osborn]

Kath,
Saved both sides, per customer's instruction. Hoping to talk them out of one when the job is done.

 

[Dan Miller]

Are you going to paint a new frog? I think you should!

 

[Dave Osborn]

I'm not that talented, Daniel! I had a canoe come in with sharks teeth on it once. I told the customer that I would be happy to paint it black, but I don't do sharks teeth!

 

[dtdcanoes]

Frog

Dave, Have you tried ? Just trace the original and put it on the canvas. Practice a little on some masonite, with the correct colors and different brushes, and voila !! . You may even be able to charge for your new found skill.

 

[workingbadger]

I vote for returning the frog.

 

[Jan Bloom]

Use a white outliining pencil to draw/trace the frog in. Then paint in the correct colors and you have it. A white Staedtler Lumocolor non permanent should do the trick. Or yellow if you prefer. Take the original to a copy place and have some copies run to make templates with.

 

[beaver]

I vote for returning the frog.

Frog On Dave!!

 

[Dave Osborn]

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If it were my canoe, I'd frog it up like you wouldn't believe!! Outer stems went on yesterday and a varnish touch up today will complete the canoe. I used Epifanes Monourethane paint for the first time. I liked it.

 

[David McDaniel]

Hey Dave;
The paint job looks great, BUT, Ya gotta do the Frog!!!!!!
Good luck Froggy!
........Dave

P S I can see the headlines now; Super Dave Does Froggy!!!

 

[chris pearson]

Frog

Gotta do the frog!

 

[workingbadger]

frog rewls

I have been working on the frog painting. I hope to finish cleaning it up this weekend. Then I will need to find someone that can make a decal from a .jpg file.

 

[Jan Bloom]

Painting the frog will only require one set of stencils. Decals will require 2 in mirror image.

 

[Paul Waqué]

If you can get your hands on a computer projector, then you could project the image of the frog on the canoe to get the outline.