One of the most satisfying moments of this project, was
the revelation - specifically pictures 7-13 of this post - showing Lil' Queeny's birch paneling plywood condition - way back a long time ago.
It was on that day - after discovering such damage and failure under her skin of so many other critical portions of the front and back walls, the corners, the wings and wing structures - that I knew this thing was doable.
Take a minute to look at those pictures and then come back here and see our last views of that wood before we cover it up.
What a difference "a long time" makes.
So I figured it was doable (and while I am not keeping track, it HAS been reasonably affordable), what I didn't know, was how long it would take me. At some point along the way, Lil' Queeny's completion date became irrelevant.
I'm still reluctant to state an estimated completion date, or month, but I'm pretty certain I can now say "prior to mid 2016". :)
For awhile I've had about one and a half 4x8' sheets (plus pieces) of the 3/4" poly-cyan foam board hanging around that I hadn't used up while building the main and bunk floors. And I knew what was left wouldn't be enough to complete the job, so the other day when I got the Reflectix I bought another 4x8 of the foam board.
Very recently I spent two days cutting, fitting and placing. And here are the results.
With just this much scrap.
Most are held in place by friction of fit and/or gravity, but there are a few using spray adhesive. Some on the vertical sections were sliced or pieced to conform to the waves and/or bulges of the paneling, the worst of which was just above the propane compartment.
But now there's a nice, fully-flush surface for final exterior layers to rest against.
