Military grey Orca fabric

BogMonster · 23 April 2010, 02:44

I am getting to the stage where the biggest remaining question is what colour

Has anybody got a photo they could post up of a rib (any rib) with tubes in Pennell's "military grey" Orca hypalon? Not just any navy rib ... unless you know for sure it is tubed with Orca (which I doubt because something like a Pac 22 is probably made from stuff half an inch thick)

I can find photos around of Neptune Grey and the lighter shades, but not the military grey which seems to be the darkest grey available. Colour renditions on their website http://www.pennel.fr/pages/orca_fab_colors.htm are pretty useless!

prairie tuber · 23 April 2010, 06:04

I believe mine is their Neptune grey (in 866). I'll try to find some military grey pictures.

prairie tuber · 23 April 2010, 06:21

This is probably the military gray;

http://boatingsa.files.wordpress.com...09/falcon1.jpg

Mollers · 23 April 2010, 07:46

Mine is military grey. Search under Another 'Vmax'.

matt h · 23 April 2010, 08:22

will this help

GordyP · 23 April 2010, 10:20

Would probably be worth speaking to Chris at Henshaws, they make the tubes for a lot of the Navy Arctics and Pacifics and I would have thought will know exactly what your after.

BogMonster · 23 April 2010, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Mine is military grey. Search under Another 'Vmax'.

Thank you

I thought/hoped the military grey would be a little darker than that (it doesn't look much different to Neptune), but now cookin' with gas on the colour scheme

Downhilldai · 23 April 2010, 12:04

I thought Mollers' boat was Neptoon Grey

Andre · 23 April 2010, 12:53

Stephen

look at our web page www.parkerribs.com as military grey is as some say our "standard" colour

GordyP · 23 April 2010, 12:58

The patches on this are in military grey, same colour as the MOD tubes.

Mollers · 23 April 2010, 17:55

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Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I thought Mollers' boat was Neptoon Grey

You thought wong.

BogMonster · 23 April 2010, 22:33

Ta....

Decision time this weekend. Blue and white, grey and black, or orange and orange....

Thanks

markg · 23 April 2010, 22:44

black tubes grey strake looks good.

BogMonster · 24 April 2010, 00:59

Just watched Coastline Cops (nice Halmatic rib!) and black everything looks pretty mean too

Mollers · 24 April 2010, 09:39

Davidgriffiths (Ribnet member) has/had an all black 7m Vipermax, Disco console, 250 Etec. It looked very well.

I wasn't quite brave enough to go for black grp. I was warned that getting the g/coat pigment even was tricky.

Poly · 24 April 2010, 10:04

Steven,

Have you considered the possibility of wear patches also...

e.g there are some very smart RibQuests with Black tubes, grey wear patches (and I think a white hull)....

BogMonster · 24 April 2010, 11:22

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Davidgriffiths (Ribnet member) has/had an all black 7m Vipermax, Disco console, 250 Etec. It looked very well.

I wasn't quite brave enough to go for black grp. I was warned that getting the g/coat pigment even was tricky.

That's the thing ... Roy pointed out that white has a lot going for it because it doesn't show beaching scratches unlike every other colour, and it is pretty much the only colour you can easily get gelcoat repair in. Mainly I don't want a white interior because it will show the poo, but I must ask Roy if you can have a different coloured deck/consoles to the underside of the hull.

Chris · 24 April 2010, 15:40

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Originally Posted by BogMonster

That's the thing ... Roy pointed out that white has a lot going for it because it doesn't show beaching scratches unlike every other colour, and it is pretty much the only colour you can easily get gelcoat repair in. Mainly I don't want a white interior because it will show the poo, but I must ask Roy if you can have a different coloured deck/consoles to the underside of the hull.

Mine has Grey non slip paint on the deck, and you can have the consoles and jockeys in whatever colour you want as well.

Downhilldai · 24 April 2010, 18:43

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Originally Posted by Mollers

You thought wong.

I thought so

Downhilldai · 24 April 2010, 18:46

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Originally Posted by BogMonster

I must ask Roy if you can have a different coloured deck/consoles to the underside of the hull.

As Chris says, it's possible to have any colour combination.
The inside face of the transom has a gelcoat finish, the rest of the deck being flowcoat and non slip.
If you do decide on a different interior/exterior colour combination, just think about how it will look at the lip on the top of the transom, where the two colours meet.