Today: Status report on where we are, relating to all our projects. And Lil' Queeny's Dinette Cushions are here!
It's been a number of months since I've made a Lil' Queeny post. That's going to change now pretty quick.
We got a lot done this Summer - and Spring and Fall.
Finished painting the house. Now THAT was a job - much harder than I remember it being 10 years ago when we did it last. But DW did the lion's share of the actual paint application, while I did prep and installed window trim boards before paint. Then caulking, refinishing fixtures, new in some cases. Nice updated color choices. We're very pleased, and the neighbors have been commenting favorably. So we got that going for us. Which is good.
Bought some more projects.
Found
Tow-Mater this Spring and did him up pretty quick. About four or five months I guess. Still some work to do on him, but he's "on the road".
Found another TC -
Ta-Ton-Ka. That post describes why we're doing a salvage and harvest operation on him.
Picked up
Fairweather June most recently. She'll be a frame off, complete demo, salvage and rebuild. Much custom, and looking forward to that one. DW is calling the shots on her.
We even have a sort of "Campground Setting" taking shape in the unimproved portion of our property - what we've always called the field, or the "North Forty" - where DS and his buds used to dig hideouts and play Army growing up. The purpose being - a place for us to park the results of this new found hobby we are enjoying so much. Maybe in our old age, we'll wander around from camp site to camp site and enjoy beer-thirty in/at one camper or the other, before retiring to our own comfy bed in the house!
Also, on paper at least, and in our minds - and in conjunction with coordination with our son and his girlfriend (DS&V), the "Teal Tripper"! Probably after Lil' Queeny, and before Fairweather June.
And lest I forget, one other future build, we'll simply refer to now as "The Po' Boys". We're staying fairly secretive about this one.
Through all of this activity, Lil' Queeny has been waiting patiently. And we haven't been doing nothing on her. No Sir! There's been work done that has yet to be posted, and like I said in the beginning, that reporting is coming up pretty quick now.
Our plan is to finish Lil' Queeny this winter, and get her on the truck ready to roll! Once we have her operational, and when we find (if we find) she meets our travel needs, we'll get rid of the big Komfort TT - if we can justify a sale. You know how the depreciation works and all.
But for today, let's just show what we got for Lil' Queeny recently. Cushions!
We had been planning to use the foam cushions which came out of the Skamper Camper, and add some pieces to those to make them one inch thicker, and a little larger. Wrap them all up in one cover, know what I mean? But since we are novices at covering cushions, we finally decided it would be smarter to start out with new cushions of the proper dimensions. We used
The Foam Factory. The were affordable, and have a pretty helpful web site. Order turnaround and shipping were very professional.
We added the cushion wrap option, which was also quite affordable.
Now see the unwrapped foam is from the Skamper Camper. It will be fastened directly to the wall, but removable. The thicker cushions will move around for the dinette/lounge/or bed configurations.
This odd length piece is the seat between the two dinette ends, and can be used in any number of positions.
Like over here for example.
Even so, a full width here clears the window, becomes a back for the lounge (we have wedge shapes planned to aide in that configuration), and is on the camper's "cold wall" to the outside, whereas the other end of the bed shares the warmer interior bathroom wall.
We also bought zipper and piping feet for the 1954 Industrial Singer 111W155, and a smaller pulley and new belt to slow it down. We have the fabric, need the zippers, and then we'll be covering cushions and the mattress. That may well be the last thing we do on Lil' Queeny - but it's coming.
Other threads besides "Galley and Greatroom" that we'll be in a lot are: Exterior, and in Bathroom, some in Electrical, Night Chamber, and probably several items as last things in Finishes and Finishing. Links to all of these are found in the opening post of each of the Lil' Queeny threads.
For those of you enjoying the posts, thanks for your patience. It's starting to ramp up.
