With thanks to jfm

[bigwow]

Thanks for the kind words. Wow that is a huge improvement. Very nicely done. Yes, mor epictures wuld be nice

What about the lights BigWow? How are you finding them? The colour and texture of the light is good but is the brightness OK or do you need dimmers? (For forum readers not aware, those are the Cantalupi high CRI lights that were sort of left over from Match 2 build. And this reminds me there is another forumite to whom I "owe" a shipment of lights; I have them here sent to me from France, ready to go, but I can't remember who to send them to as our correspondences is several pages down my PM box - if you're reading this please shout and I'll send them!)

The LED's are fabulous!!! yes they are bright but I think it is not easy to use a dimmer with them. I switched them in 3's so I can vary the light that way.
The dual lock has to be knocked together, it doesn't grab like Velcro, in fact by the end of the job the heel of my hand felt like it was broken.
I just bought a roll of the 400 mushroom Dual lock, when people see the price they will see why! I found that if it is being peeled from one end it will part, with difficulty, but a straight pull is impossible. On the small panels that I might need regular access to, I thinned one side of the Dual Lock down with some small scissors.
I'll get some better pics when I go back to the boat at the week-end.

 

[jfm]

The LED's are fabulous!!! yes they are bright but I think it is not easy to use a dimmer with them. I switched them in 3's so I can vary the light that way.

The niceness of the LED light is all to do with CRI. Instead of emitting just 3 narrow wavelengths (R, G and B, to make white) those ones emit more of the full spectrum of wavelengths, just as the sun does. That is the difference between a quality LED and a cheapie one. (there is way more to it than just colour temperature)

The dimmer you'd need is the dedicated one in the catalogue but it isn't simple to fit and you'd need to change your switching to non latching momentary, etc. So switching in clusters as you have done is a good idea

The dual lock has to be knocked together, it doesn't grab like Velcro, in fact by the end of the job the heel of my hand felt like it was broken.
I just bought a roll of the 400 mushroom Dual lock, when people see the price they will see why! I found that if it is being peeled from one end it will part, with difficulty, but a straight pull is impossible. On the small panels that I might need regular access to, I thinned one side of the Dual Lock down with some small scissors.
I'll get some better pics when I go back to the boat at the week-end.

Yep, as you've discovered, on things like ceiling panels, you have to punch the dual lock together; bang it with your fist. It does not grab just by touching, like Velcro

Crikey if you have used 400-400 you have a firmly fixed ceiling! Trimming some of the mushroom heads off with scissors/knife is a clever idea because you want to get one of the sides of the Dual Lock down to 200 or so mushroom density

Really nice job you've done there anyway

 

[jfm]

you must be a PITA!

Yup, customer from hell . But as many folks on here know, standard off-the-line boats are just not good enough. Look at Deleted User's helm pictures today for example. If you're lucky enough to get the chance, the only way to get a boat with few compromises is to spec a lot of it yourself down to uber detail level, er, including the stem density of your 3M tape haha!

 

[Elessar]

Yup, customer from hell . But as many folks on here know, standard off-the-line boats are just not good enough. Look at Deleted User's helm pictures today for example. If you're lucky enough to get the chance, the only way to get a boat with few compromises is to spec a lot of it yourself down to uber detail level, er, including the stem density of your 3M tape haha!

I'm only jealous, I dont know if I'd enjoy the build the most or the ownership.
I'm old enough to accept that I'll never write a seven figure cheque for a boat, so I will survive on the write ups here, and the chances I get to drive other people's expensive boats.
My budget means Im in rebuild territory. But that's fun too

 

[matm]

Fairline OEM is invariably 250-400. At least I think they do - I have nagging doubt in my mind that it might be 170-400. I will check at weekend when I'm on the boat. One side of Fairline OEM is definitely 400. I'm 100% sure about that

Great. I may only need to replace one side. It's a ceiling panel so will go with 250-400 if it isn't already.

The things you learn on here!