First Refurb - Osprey Viper - Page 3

HUMBER P4VWL · 19 May 2016, 16:55

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Originally Posted by mick

Nice my neighbours complain about me running the engines on muffs so I've started doing it early doors while there asleep 😎😁

Hmmm

They might just take a tiny drill to your hull when you get an early night if you goad them too much! ;-)

Pikey Dave · 19 May 2016, 21:09

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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL

Hmmm

They might just take a tiny drill to your hull when you get an early night if you goad them too much! ;-)

Yeah, but Mick wrestles horses & swings big heavy tools for a living, he's also a 6'4" grumpy Yorkshireman . I know where my money would be😄

Sh1t happens

nugent · 19 May 2016, 21:45

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Originally Posted by Chris

Looks great Tom, if I ever spray a hull I have quite a different method in mind. -
Step 1 Tie Hull to trailer -
Step 2 Drive boat to Bromsgrove -
Step 3 hand over to Edd at wesprayanything -
Step 4 Drive home and wait for the phone call to come and collect.

Well thanking you sir!

But I do get a fare finish me thinks

tom_20000 · 19 May 2016, 22:05

Might be a Diy too far....First attempt with orange border, then second using just orange piping. Prefer the second but not really happy with the finish. Might be time to look up somewhere to get the covers made up. Really difficult to get the stitch close to the pipe and the corners are a nightmare...hmmm

tom_20000 · 23 May 2016, 14:01

Finally the right way up and the hulls looking nice and shiny. Keel guard fitted, daft price for a strip of rubber though although the kit was pretty good tbf. Trailer all wired up now and lighting boards finished, marker lights etc. Almost finished prepping the deck so won't be long before paint. Can't wait to see the back of the sander. To those who work with fiberglassing day in day out I salute you! Can't remember the last time I put my arms against something and it didn't feel spiky.

HUMBER P4VWL · 24 May 2016, 16:51

Your neighbours must love you! LOL

"OMG he's bought another old boat, that'll be another month of power tools!"

tom_20000 · 03 June 2016, 19:28

Finally a weather window!

After far too much sanding, the primer coat is finally on.

Top coat on Sunday hopefully, deck paint, and then it's off to be tubed 😃.

Trailer fully rigged now with submersible led lights, markers down the side and couple of front and rear facing side "sticks". Will get some photos once the paint is done.

falcon0310 · 03 June 2016, 21:13

looooking good

A1an · 04 June 2016, 16:45

Looks good

That's some serious fuel storage

tom_20000 · 05 June 2016, 19:10

Cheers guys, 130litres, although not sure it will last long with the outboard that's going on!

tom_20000 · 05 June 2016, 19:13

Top coat on

Deck paint next. Pushed ahead with making the seat covers too. They've not turned out bad in the end. Took about 3 hrs to do one seat....thank God theres only two going in for now. Would probably pay someone next time!

tom_20000 · 07 June 2016, 22:39

Deck finished. Just needs a few bits riveting and its ready. Don't have the console yet so the tubes are going on first. Trying to get it finished for the end of June, fingers crossed!

tom_20000 · 13 June 2016, 09:27

New tubes got a test fit this weekend. Masked up where the name badges and fixing etc are going. Start to look good!! And big!

tom_20000 · 05 August 2016, 10:55

Pods trimmed and finished. Not much progress on the boay recently, work and other stuff has got in the way, hopefully will be rigging it next week.

falcon0310 · 05 August 2016, 11:58

where were jockeys from ?

tom_20000 · 05 August 2016, 12:13

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Originally Posted by falcon0310

where were jockeys from ?

Bought separately and made myself:-

Pods ; 2 x RIB JOCKEY BOAT FIBREGLASS SEAT PODS MOULDING BASE | eBay

Backrests; had them fabricated by Marine Fabrications in Staffordshire

Leather - eBay

Foam - Eventually from eFoam (great service and appears to be cnc or at least very well cut) - Initially i ordered from Anyfoam and that was a disaster (wouldnt accept a e-mailed technical drawing of the shape i wanted for the base (as you can see it's not complicated) Insisted on me making life size templates and posting them over. Despite doing this and including a 3d technical drawing and clear instructions, they still made them the wrong size making one too big and one too small, it also looked like it had been done with a bread knife.

All in all cost me about £650

but this was still significantly cheaper than any quote id had to purchase them"pre-made"

falcon0310 · 05 August 2016, 18:45

i had those off for my crompton, gone up alot !

falcon0310 · 05 August 2016, 18:47

just looked at your bolts for backrest i put 8 mm penny washers on

tom_20000 · 05 August 2016, 18:55

Yeah need to change the washers actually for stainless ones or a2. 50mm plates going internally, and I've glassed a piece of 12mm ply onto the inner skin. To try and avoid any cracking

shedsmith · 05 August 2016, 21:59

Bit late I suppose, have you tried those 5inch scouring discs, scotch Brite on steroids. They are use for stripping paint, they eat it and don't scratch metal or wood, they don't clog, but wear out gracefully. Unless you pick a nail sideways, you are then reminded your using a grinder not a magic sander.