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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #125 on: May 10, 2017, 04:43:29 am »

Hullo Jim.....I think the opened cabin doors facing the stern tiled quarter deck will add to the realism of the intent  :-))......being a launch cabin with the stern doors open to catch some breeze...or whatever  O0

Derek

PS.....have you managed a displacement water test with the steam plant and other simulated weight accessories?
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #126 on: May 10, 2017, 05:24:09 am »

Hi Jim .
  On mine I found that a small wood plane was my tool for reducing the heights of the window sides I used a Stanley No 2 and made sure it was very sharp.Taking off a very fine shaving at a time. You have to go very carefully at this point because all that is holding the structure together is the end to end glued joints at the corners although the 5mm stringer at the top of the window gives some rigidity providing it is also glued on the two end sections . I must admit to having glued in a few reinforcing fillets behind the corners on mine to give it more strength. Ps With your outward opening rear doors watch the drop as the end frame is tilted at 6degrees and the door bottom will need to clear the deck planking in the rear foot well .
 I am in awe at your lovely clean construction , fine work.
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #127 on: May 11, 2017, 02:38:27 am »

Derek and Baldrick,

Thanks for the comments. 

I used a slightly more "brute force" method - A coping saw setup on an angle.

I used a piece of scrap as a fence.

It came out OK, just needed a little cleanup afterwords.

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #128 on: May 14, 2017, 12:57:59 am »

The hinges I cut down did not work well.
So I bought these on Amazon

20 w/nails for $7.95 USD.  Free shipping.
2 day delivery -

So now I will "re-hang" the doors.

Thanks for reading-
Jim Pope
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build - Perspex _ HELP!
« Reply #129 on: May 14, 2017, 01:00:07 am »

HOW DO YOU CUT PERSPEX FOR WINDOWS?

Any techniques welcome!

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #130 on: May 14, 2017, 03:13:22 am »

Fretsaw with very fine blade.
See if you can find a jewelers supplier with them as they break easily and often cheaper.
Various grades available.
I sand small amounts on my power sander, fixed sideways to a bench with a big clamp.
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build - Perspex _ HELP!
« Reply #131 on: May 14, 2017, 03:45:31 pm »

HOW DO YOU CUT PERSPEX FOR WINDOWS?

Any techniques welcome!

Thanks,
Jim
Hi Jim,
Ask your Perspex supplier for a scoring tool. Mine looked like a box cutter, but the blade was different. Instead of being beveled to a sharp point it edge was square. You ran it down the line you wanted to cut using a strait edge, scoring a line. You then snapped the piece like you would glass. For compound curves you can use a fretsaw/jigsaw etc, the problem being you have to cut very slow so you cut the plastic and not melt it. I did some using a CNC machine at one time with lots of flood coolant, worked great, but was a chore to clean up.
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build - Perspex _ HELP!
« Reply #132 on: May 14, 2017, 04:26:27 pm »

the problem being you have to cut very slow so you cut the plastic and not melt it.
Gerald.

If you stick some masking tape along the line that you're cutting the adhesive acts as a lubricant and the Perspex won't weld itself back together  :-))

As you've suggested - straight lines are best scored and snapped  O0

Hope this helps

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #133 on: May 14, 2017, 04:53:17 pm »

Yep thats the way I did my windows.  I scored a line using a stanley knife and safety edge and then simply snapped along the line like a piece of glass.  I found it to be a very accurate way of making windows and also very quick too.  By the way your build is looking awesome  :-))

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #134 on: May 14, 2017, 07:44:33 pm »

Bonjour,
Very uncommon in France, I have seen a beautiful Topaz and an OPAL to be enhanced during our VAP IDF steam event :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDUHE-z80Y


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEHLZNv3beo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhh1LPqjc-U&t=2s


And I have tried to add several Enflish words in my videos  ok2
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #135 on: May 15, 2017, 04:26:17 am »

Everyone,

Thanks for the advice.  I found a scriber in a drawer of strange knives I got from my father.
Never did know what it was for.  As the blade is kind of backwards.  Now I know.

Raphael - your friends boats are magnificent!  I hope my measures up when I am done.

This weekend marks the average time for the past freeze.  And here in the states at least
it is Mother's Day.  So I spent the weekend getting the vegetable garden ready for planting
and cleaning up the fountains.  Not a lot of time left over for work on the boat.

I did start the mounting of those tiny hinges.

More to come in the next weeks.

Regards,
Jim

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #136 on: May 15, 2017, 07:42:34 pm »

Bonjour Raphael great videos and lovely models,and well done with your English. :-))
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #137 on: May 16, 2017, 01:55:15 am »

Fit the new hinges the final way in.
They look a lot better than previously.

Now to play with the floor of the saloon.

More to come.

Here is a pic.

Jim
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #138 on: May 17, 2017, 03:43:58 am »

I started to layout the floor of the saloon.
That is when I discovered that the black & white "tile floor"
was wrinkled and not what I wanted to use.

I also did not like the bright blue fake carpet. 

So - Time to play with ideas and see what I like.


Here is my thought on the Checkered Floor.

Thanks for reading,
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #139 on: May 18, 2017, 03:36:38 am »

Floor finished with the first coat of varnish.

Thx,
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #140 on: May 18, 2017, 09:06:41 pm »

The floor looks good to me especially as it uses up the marquetry inlay material.
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #141 on: May 21, 2017, 02:11:51 am »

Now attaching the floor to the saloon.

Then I spent the day on electrical connections.
Have to get the LED lighting ready and all the wires
routed before I glue the saloon into the hull.

More pics:



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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #142 on: May 21, 2017, 09:55:43 am »

Very nice work. Why don't you make the saloon removable? Should be much easier to acces things later on.
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #143 on: May 21, 2017, 12:41:29 pm »

On the Topaz the saloon and the floor attached lift out of the hull as an entity (providing you have detached the servo cables)
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #144 on: May 22, 2017, 02:04:52 am »

I think that is a great idea. 

It will require some "Yankee Ingenuity" to make some things
permanent and some parts removeable (like the rear seats)

but It should be doable, and anything worth doing id worth doing right.

More pics to come next week.

Thank you everyone for your comments.

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #145 on: May 23, 2017, 02:51:46 am »

After taking Kno3 and Baldrick's suggestions to heart,
I started working on the read cockpit seats.

I want to attach them to the rear saloon decked floor
so they come in and out with the saloon.

I also needed to come up with the finishes and stains I want to use
on the interior pieces and walls

So here is the rear seat bench.
With cutouts for the power switch, and a hole for the charging socket.

I have decided to keep the pear panels "natural"
with the cross-pieces a darker mahogany stain.

Thanks for reading,

Jim
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #146 on: May 26, 2017, 03:57:08 am »

Mounted the rear seat base to the deck.

Inserted the on/off switch and the charging socket.

Staring to work on the interior walls and features.

Here are a couple of pics.

Regards,
Jim
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #147 on: May 27, 2017, 03:20:19 am »

and a little bit more.

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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #148 on: May 27, 2017, 04:09:45 am »

Ahah....

That black studded Grade 1 English Cow Hide upholstery looks superb :kiss: ........can just imagine the owners sipping their G&T's seated on this beautiful stern sunken deck lounge........

Derek

PS Jim.......

Have you completed the flotation/displacement trim level test  :o that I questioned "Reply #126" on: May 10, 2017?
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Re: MH&B Topaz Build -
« Reply #149 on: May 30, 2017, 03:32:46 am »

The Head -

The plans for the Head (WC) show a fake hinged seat.

Well, what good is a seat if you can not leave it "up"? 
So I built it with working hinges.

- Questions:  On these types of launches, did the head just dump in the lake?
                    Would there be any water in the bowl - similar to today's toilets?

I am trying to figure out if there should be any "liquid" in the bowl.

I am continuing to build the interior pieces of the saloon.

My wife is wondering why I never built doll houses for my daughters.

Here are some pics.

Thanks for reading.

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