21a. Shop safety tip no.1

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Ron was trimming the glue from his window opening and the utility knife slipped and he cut a chunk out of his hand. It bled a lot, but fortunately he didn't hit a tendon or any expensive bionics.

Actually this isn't the first blood shed on these trailers. A couple of weeks ago, I ran a screwdriver bit into my finger trying to attach the walls to the frame. It hurt like hell, but didn't bleed nearly as much as Ron's utility knife accident, even before the extensive Photoshopping.

21. Ron's purple fenders

Ron got his fenders back from the paint shop today. The picture doesn't do justice to the metalflake paint job which really looks good out in the sunlight. Joe painted his fenders metallic blue, and he has one mounted on the trailer but I didn't have my camera with me today. Joe's fenders look great too, kind of a medium translucent blue with a gray or silver undercoat.

I'm thinking of painting my fenders either red or black. I'm still a long way from that stage though.

Today I put the rigid foam insulation on the front and roof of the Charlie Model. I was able to grind off all the excess Gorilla glue and so it looks pretty good now.

20. Tinted windows

Ron got this pair of RV windows on eBay. They are 21"x21" radiused crank-out windows, black with tinted glass. We hope we can find some more of these. We figure the crank-out type to be preferable to the sliding type in case you need ventilation during a rain shower.

19. Guerilla Glue

A. Joe has brought the Alpha Model way ahead of the other two. He's got his cabinets in the galley, the rear hatch put together, and his headliner installed. He's taken his fenders off to the painter for a metallic blue paint job.

B. Ron's Bravo Model is running a close second toward completion, with his galley assembled and headliner installed. Notice the birch ply panels and the hardwood decking he's installing. It's really looking good.

C. Rodney's Charlie Model is way behind. I'm sure hoping that the Gorilla Glue mess can be corrected and/or hidden. The inner front/ceiling liner is made of 1/8" luan panel which is glued to the frame spars with Gorilla Glue. This glue expands for a tight weatherproof fit if it doesn't run all the way down to the floor. I owe Ron a big bottle of this stuff. He tells me that his glue job looked like this too, and he was able to clean it up and cover it with the pink rigid foam insulation panels. I will also have to chisel the pools of this stuff off of Joe's garage floor.

18. Move to garage

Joe & Ron moved Alpha and Bravo to the garage next door to escape mosquitos in the shop. The garage is more convenient to the refrigerator and pinball machines. They've started installing the interior roof skin and insulation in the top.

Joe test fits the fender on Bravo. Looks great doesn't it?