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Never heard back from Jerry with a thumbs up or down on this, so let's just jump in and hope we don't cause too much trouble. 1) "Norman/Thundershad Rootbeer (yellow/green)" -prep bait and spray white basecoat -Belly color...Createx Flo Sunburst (lightly sprayed and with extender and water added for transparency) -Sides...Mix Golden Acrylic Titan Buff, C-tex Tinting White, and Golden airbrush medium to produce a very light (in terms of "yellow-ness") opaque bone color...shoot sides and blend with the belly as needed -Back color Rootbeer (yellow/green type)...Mix C-tex Leaf Green 10:C-tex Lt Brown 2: C-tex Golden Yellow 2 (10:2:2)...thin and extend with water and C-tex airbrush medium -Splatter color...whether shot at low PSI & high viscosity or done with Hughesy's toothbrush method...C-tex Dark Brown, possibly with a little Tinting Black to darken the color. -Clearcoat and add green or red flake (fine or ultra fine) at this point. -Eyes...C-tex Red, Opaque Red, Scarlet, or mixes of similar 2) Some other mix ratios: -Green Pumpkin...C-tex Leaf Green 3: Lt Brown 1 -Flo Red Craw...C-tex Flo Red 3: Opaque Red 1 -Pearltreuse...C-tex Flo Chart (yellow by name?) 4: Pearl White 1 + water and extender or medium...a neat color to shoot lightly over a pearl or hi-lite body. -Pearl Green Craw (38 Craw)...C-tex Pthalo Green 2: Pearl Copper 3: Pearl White 1: Leaf Green 3...may have to adjust slightly if using Auto Air pearlescents... *** If this is useful or interesting to you please add your own recipes as time allows.

I went to my favorite lake in NC Sat. and couldn't get the blades to spin on my bucktail. I believe the clevis is to small for the wire shaft. Musky Glenn http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd58/muskyglenn/100_3475_zpsd077940e.jpg

Here are some shots of the steps I took.They were all firsts as far as wire bending,ballast & sanding ect. Things I learned along the way. Make sure to drill the ballast hole before making the slit for the through wire.(Drill bit will catch on slit) Use finer sand paper and blow lure off between sandings because dust can pack into tiny imperfections that will show up during sealing. Keep lure marked for centering throughout the process. A lot of things were eyeballed which was nerve racking that I'll try to avoid next time. Lure swims great and has a nice slow rise when dead stopped. It is 2.5"s long and made of pine I had laying around that was 5/8's wide. Don't know how this post is going to turn out so Mods if it's screwed up or against the rules--please delete. I enjoyed the experience and I'm glad I quit being a chicken and jumped in...lol

LOL!!!!! Maybe the water needs to be a little softer, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

like i said i am looking for mag size cheers