Bertram 42 hull colour opinions please

[Todd Pearce]

Hi hope some one can help me hear, has anyone seen or got a picture of a B42 with a blue,or any colour other than white, i am thinking about a complete repaint on mine and cant find any pics of a 42 with a coloured hull, and iam not convinced it would look good, so any and all thoughts /opinions welcomed

[Carl]

Hi hope some one can help me hear, has anyone seen or got a picture of a B42 with a blue,or any colour other than white, i am thinking about a complete repaint on mine and cant find any pics of a 42 with a coloured hull, and iam not convinced it would look good, so any and all thoughts /opinions welcomed

Todd-

Can't help with anything I have seen and I am not great at visualizing without some kind of aid...what I used to do was find a picture I liked of boat...my car, trace the outline and body lines then color it in..or add features I wanted to see. Seeing it, even in crude form helped me move forward. I had my Tower completely laid out on paper, knew exactly what I wanted to have built...then what I was going to build...then one day I saw a Tower off another boat with a For Sale sign on it in a yard. Couple measurements and I knew it would work, lines matched my drawing almost perfect...just a couple feet too narrow, but that was easily fixable.

Anyway...thats a crude way. Today I know software like PhotoShop can be pretty powerful at altering pictures. A basic color change along certain lines I'd think would be pretty easy (AKA- not overly expensive).

I'd look for a photographer, graphic artist, artist...some tattoo guys are real good. Custom car/bike guy...someone who does murals for hire. I'd think much less pain then wrapping the boat. BUT...the guy you might ask to make the wrap...most likely has this kind of software to mock up the custom wrap on whatever it is to be applied to before they make.

[Bertramp]

Ice blue / blue bottom paint
F L yellow / green bottom paint
lite green / green bottom paint
lite grey / black or green bottom paint (the grey is not common, but looks good)