Big build photo dump with 3 1/2 weeks to go!

Let's face it, we're terrible bloggers. Hopefully we'll be better on the road!

Here's a big photo update from the last 6 months!

Hardware laid out before the walls go up!

 With fender (pre-paint job)

  Installing door hinges.

Putting up the walls:

Interior with dead man bracing to keep it perpendicular (or as Jason like to say, "normal")

Another view:

Both walls and the bulkheads up:

Walls up with hideous floor (it will all be covered, so cheap linoleum was the way to go.

"Geezer Bed" frames in place. Hey, if you're not going to have a sitting area, this is a great option!

A view of the side walls

 Back cupboard where clothing storage and A/V area will be

View of Galley

Camera not level, but trailer is!

Another galley view with the walls up

Beginning of fitting hardware to outside and front bulkhead.

Building laundry hampers & electrical panel area in front bulkhead.

Hamper with lid on. Antique hardware from collecting the past several years.

Two hampers with lids on.

Headliner going in behind hampers.

Headliner installed and spars up (well, kind of, stay tuned)

We repositioned our framing tracing on the outside of the walls - gotta say we were really impressed with our precision!!!

Kinda cool!

Check out the location of the rub strakes!

Lines up perfectly - we use this tracing as our studfinder as well as on top of the pattern piece to show where everything is.

Designing trolley top:

Sometimes the simplest tools are still the best 

Laying out with pattern piece and tracing of framing to help position porthole locations

Final cutout!

Wait, what happened? (Cut spars for making trolley top - cut the roof out too, but didn't get photos.

 

Installing the cross bracing before cutting out the middle of the spars:

 Trolley top frame in place!

Trolley top back up, this time with wiring in place, aluminum skin and support framing for the spars.
The headliner in the middle will be cut out and raised up, but this made an excellent pattern for making the cut.

More views:

 Headliner raised and spars re-installed:

Those portholes. Sexy.

Interior view:

 Passenger side:

Big view:

I've gone and cut another hole in the roof. This is the framing for the roof fan (aka "hotbox dissipation device") for spreading the aromatic love from the Mighty Quind!

Porthole with new frame installed in door:

Some of the galley cabinetry - opening on right will be for the sink, but holding off until we no longer need to stand there to reach the roof.

Pullout for cooler

Pullout for stove & drawer

Stove pullout closeup. Propane quick connects underneath.

 Last night we glued the insulation in the top, so I think we're skinning the trolley top tonight!

The pieces of plywood are the clamps holding the curve in the insulation as the glue dries.

This has been the bane of our existence the past few days: fitting the insulation, then making slots for the wiring conduit. We are sick and tired of "sculpting" XPS insulation.  The floor of our garage looks like Piglet met an unfortunate accident with a wood chipper.

Example: here is where all the wiring goes into the cabin to the panels. The conduit runs over the roof on both sides as well as some on top of the trolley top, so every panel had to be fitted for conduit.

Interior view of electrical panel box. It's like an octopus! AC goes on the left, DC on the right. Will be enclosed as a "headboard" with outlets and reading light when we're done.

AC Panel on left:

DC Panel on right:

With less than a month to go, we still have so much left to do!
-Skin Trolley Top with aluminum
-Skin Roof with Sapele plywood
-Make and install hatch
-Make and install rear barn doors complete with jockey box.
-Install hatch & door locking hardware.
-Galley Upper Cabinetry (thankfully that's the easy part for us)
-Finish base Cabinetry, attach counter and backsplash
-Plumbing for sink (thankfully it's pretty simple)
-Many layers of epoxy on doors, sides and roof, then UV protective coat
-Attach trim on outside
-Seal every hole with silicone
-Seal door frame & door edges with Penofin
-Finish electrical wiring
-Make tongue box with battery, AC charger & solar charge controller
-Install fenders
-Finish interior cabinetry
-Install interior wall cleat system
-Install solar panel (making note to self to ask Jason if we forgot to make room for solar panel wiring in roof - oops)

On that note ... back to work!