You are willing to spend 3 to 5 years building this rig?
You are willing to spend premium prices for all components, to end up paying extra?
You are willing to be locked out of many commercial RV parks, TT, NACO that your father loved? They won't allow homemade rigs in most of them.
Many of the Escapees Co-ops have 40' rig limits, especially in the west.
The rig will be too long and heavy for real remote boondocking.
Building your own sounds like a lot of fun and a way to save money, but unless you can devote yourself full-time to the construction, it isn't.
You can find used units for good prices you can convert - much easier, much faster and for a lot less money in the long run.
