Bit of an update on Playtime.
Discussion
Somebody described the phenomena of 'deferred maintenance', in other words, jobs that were long overdue. It struck me that if I wanted to be able to consider Playtime properly looked after that there shouldn't be anything 'deferred'...
With that in mind...
Topsides needed to go back to bare wood.
With undercoat and extraordinarily expensive easy sand epoxy filler.
Transom on its way back to bare wood, surveyor recommended this 18 months back, pleasingly all sound underneath.
More undercoating, in fact this is the last undercoat and contains about 25% top coat.
How do you lift and shift the engines to get the shaft alignment spot on? Find some chunky timbers in the yard, borrow an antique and incredibly heavy chain block from a chum and...
With that in mind...
Topsides needed to go back to bare wood.
With undercoat and extraordinarily expensive easy sand epoxy filler.
Transom on its way back to bare wood, surveyor recommended this 18 months back, pleasingly all sound underneath.
More undercoating, in fact this is the last undercoat and contains about 25% top coat.
How do you lift and shift the engines to get the shaft alignment spot on? Find some chunky timbers in the yard, borrow an antique and incredibly heavy chain block from a chum and...
Huntsman said:
hidetheelephants said:
The trials of owning manky auld wooden boats! 
Any movement on the aeroengined MAWB?
Have you seen the value of old aero engines? Ye gods. Any movement on the aeroengined MAWB?
hidetheelephants said:
If PH is to be believed there's a glut of Meteors available, although not strictly an aero it certainly looks the part.
Yes, I believe there is, but they are post war tank engines, not a lot of HP for a lot of weight and a bit naff. I'd really like a Lemon Squeezer V8.A jobs list that peaked at over 40 is now down to 12, some of which need to be done afloat.
Excuse the boxes of tools in the cockpit.
The covers over the fuel tank vents had many many coats of paint over them are were bashed and dented. I didn't want the style of ones available in the chandlery, I wanted to refit the original Fairey ones. In truth, probably made by Simpson Lawrence or some such. The first chrome plating company promised they could do it in a week, after a week they said the queue for polishing was 6 weeks, despite the job being very small the man wouldn't queue jump my job.
So I drove to Brighton one lunchtime, collected them, tore him off a strip for messing me about and drove back to work getting flashed by a camera in the process.
Scott Pett came to the rescue and recommended a chap. He bashed the dents out, polished, nickel plated, repeat a couple of times, then finally chromed. All for 20 in 3 days. Ask me if you need details.
All redundant skin fittings have been plugged with wooden bungs and remaining skin fittings renewed.
Lots of cleaning and a few thouch ups required, may launch tomorrow.
Excuse the boxes of tools in the cockpit.
The covers over the fuel tank vents had many many coats of paint over them are were bashed and dented. I didn't want the style of ones available in the chandlery, I wanted to refit the original Fairey ones. In truth, probably made by Simpson Lawrence or some such. The first chrome plating company promised they could do it in a week, after a week they said the queue for polishing was 6 weeks, despite the job being very small the man wouldn't queue jump my job.
So I drove to Brighton one lunchtime, collected them, tore him off a strip for messing me about and drove back to work getting flashed by a camera in the process.
Scott Pett came to the rescue and recommended a chap. He bashed the dents out, polished, nickel plated, repeat a couple of times, then finally chromed. All for 20 in 3 days. Ask me if you need details.
All redundant skin fittings have been plugged with wooden bungs and remaining skin fittings renewed.
Lots of cleaning and a few thouch ups required, may launch tomorrow.
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