Project Choose Your Own Adventure

[ScottyB]

My buddy around the corner has a teardrop, I'm sure I could bribe him with delicious hoppy beverage to arrange rental.

for real?  make it happen.

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roof's on and under 1 coat of poly so far.  90% there with the fine finishing.  dotted lines are where i'm reminding myself not to send screws into the wire loom, because i'd definitely do exactly that.


added a little brace on the floor behind where the water jugs will sit.  it'll keep them from skidding out of the cabinet and hitting the door but still allows enough room to tip them out and get water.  stereo's in and works properly now with the addition of a little antenna mounted above on the shelf.  the 3rd brake light/license plate lights are tucked into the pantry cabinets for now.


so the cabin, for various reasons, is 61" wide.  my birch panels are only 60.  i had to use my scrap birch to fab up some "filler strips" on the edges to not only fill out the width but also use them to smooth the transition from wall to roof.  the walls aren't perfect...they have some waves and dips.  the filler strips were built up in layers and then sanded down with a belt sander.  its a pretty blunt-force solution but i'm not a complicated man.

here's a before/after of building up the front radius with strips and then sanding to match the wall curve to the roof curve.  the holes are where i screwed the strip down to the curvature as the adhesive dried solid.


side view before grinding it down. you can see the wall flattens out a bit instead of being a constant curve...that won't do.


sand, wipe down, wood putty, sand, cough, repeat ad nauseum.

here's a good shot of the strips built up to smooth the various dips and dives in the wall shape.  you'd never see it looking straight on but from this angle its clearly a great improvement. 


close detail of the final result.  


acquiring pricing for the 4x12 ft .032" aluminum skin from a local sign maker to get an order ready.  "Mill" Finish (plain brushed silver) on the roof/hatch and i'll leave you all guessing on the side wall color.  gonna be bright.