microplus500

[JPM]

i bought this boat about a year ago ,first i had to make a trailer for it, as the one i brought the boat home on was a total wreck,when i got it home, i jacked it up to put it on axel stands , one of the wheels actually fell off , the bearing had collapsed,i bought a gutted caravan off ebay, (£80) bargain,all the other bits were bought from boat jumbles,i built it in my back yard, but i had to dismatle it to get it out of the yard,i have taken every thing of the boat that will come off (a lot of rusty mild steel , which i will replace with stainless, i have just started to remove the paint (a least 5 layers on the hull) i ve put a couple of pics up tp show how far i have got , as i progress i will add more pics if your interested watch this space cheers for now
PS the first pic is how the boat was when i bought it , but it didn't come on that trailer
2/8/08 got the electrical cupboard shaped & fitted today.the front part i have made as a drop down door,as you can see all the switches are masked up and i have put the first coat of undercoat on, i will paint the cupboard when i do the cabin

[Benbo]

Hi JPM,

Looks like you have done a lot of the hardwork now, how are you going to finish off all the bare GRP?

Ben

[JPM]

HI BENBO
i wish i had done most of the work , but i have a lot of paint to get off the hull , i have got to get rid of all the red antifoul paint and another 4 coats of some sort of gloss,that is under the antifoul but when that is done iwll be putting 3 coats of undercoat on the hull . the undercoat i will be using is JOTUN Pengauard HB , it is a high build two-pack epoxy coating based on epoxy resin with high molecular weight,for the top coat of the hull i will be using JOTUN Hardtop AS which is a two-pack polyurethane topcoat gloss( white) ,the top part of of the boat i will be keeping yellow, but still using jotun pengaurd hb and hardtop as .inside the boat (cabin & deck area) i will use a white brightside polyurethane gloss. as the boat will live on a trailer i will not be putting antifoul paint on

hope this answers your question benbo cheers

[wrecks1971]

Hi jmp
I have a microplus571 which i`ve got this year. I`ve not used it this year because of the terrible weather. It needs some repair work done ,mostly on the inteior. I`ll put some pics up as soon as figure out how too. I`m interested in how you get on with similar project as I plan do some work on the boat myself.

[JPM]

hi wreck1971 i had a problem uploading pics to start with because all of the photos i had taken showing how the boat was before i started takind it apart are too big, what i did was change the image size settings on my camera to the lowest they would go (.3 mega pixels 640x480 ) and now they upload fine,looking forward to you posting some pics of your boat,there are some nice pics of microplus boats on this forum (www.microplus.dk) check em out, cheers :

[C-N]

Originally Posted by jpm

hi wreck1971 i had a problem uploading pics to start with because all of the photos i had taken showing how the boat was before i started takind it apart are too big

http://www.fotosizer.com/

Fotosizer is your friend

hi c-n downloaded that fotosizer, tried it , works a treat , your a star cheers

[SuperVee]

JPM...
That looks a fair challanege what is the engine on that inboard or outboard ?

rgds
bob

[JPM]

hi bob i have 2 outboards for my boat,the main motor is a 1989 Johnson 25hp 2 stroke with electric start(off ebay) the auxillary motor is a new mercury 6hp 4 stroke pull start,i bought a 3 meter inflatable to run the mercury in , but up to now i have only had it running for 1 hour... cheers jeff

[JPM]

25/8/08 update i aquired a few more pieces of the jigsaw this week a radar reflector (a must for all small boats putting to sea) a 12 volt compact stainless horn, stainless adjustable vhf antenna mount, 2 home made cleats and a home made bollard all stainless,all will be fitted in there places but taken off when i start the painting . more updates later ,anyone interested,watch this space. cheers

[JPM]

picked the windows & surrounds up yesterday,from a firm called trent plastics, went to the boat today to try them for size.1st pic i have just put the windows in the recesses(the windows aren;t, blue that is just the colour of the protective film on them)2nd pic shows the surrounds in place . another step closer to launch day