Crankbait Painting

[ScottV]

Does anyone else on here airbrush crankbaits? It's a fun hobby and it's the best way to stock up on good crappie colors. From May until October I troll cranks for crappie and since the white crappie are pretty much scattered following the shad schools during the hot months, it's very productive. Here's a pic of 15 that I painted yesterday.

 

[hhawkins]

Very nice!

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice job Scott! I have never attempted that. do you rebuild/restore, or do you buy new blanks and build from Scratch?

 

[ScottV]

I do some of both. Those in the pic are called "Deep L's". From what I understand, they are the prototype of Bandit Lures. Bill Lewis who makes the Rattle Trap sold the patent to Bandit. I found a guy who has boxes full of Deep L rejects. Most of them are just blemishes in the paint. I sand them, white base coats, paint the colors, paint on the eyes, and clear coat them.

 

[ScottV]

These are some Wiggle Warts that were unpainted. A friend of mine somehow got them from Storm. I wish he could get some more.

 

[ScottV]

Oops, forgot to resize. Lol

 

[Jig Man]

Nice work Scott...Those would probably work very well for Sandies also. And no I'm not into trolling, though a lot of folks here do.

 

[ScottV]

Thanks guys, I'm on the MS board on C.com a lot and there's 3 of us on there that paint cranks. I got my brush and compressor from my fishing buddy Hunter7711 so it's his fault that I'm hooked. Lol

 

[CrappieHappy]

lol, blame it on Gary........ Nice work Scott!

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

The wiggle warts look fantastic,very nice detailing around the eyes.You paint some great looking baits.

 

[Radtexan]

Great work Scott !!! almost too pretty to fish.

 

[ScottV]

Thanks, I'm finally learning how to control the spray a little better. Like with powder paint, certain colors act differently. It's a fun hobby though, I can turn on some music, spray a coat of paint, and tie a few jigs while it's drying. Don't get any better than that. Lol

 

[Lost Pole]

Beautiful work, Scott. Those are pristine. Hope they keep y'all from sitting under that brella thumb wrestling.
I've got an air brush gun but no talent.

 

[toadfrog]

Very professional excellent job . I have 3 or four airbrushes bet I haven't used them 10 times.