Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Thanks. OK, good to know the shimming really is an important detail. No such thing as going 'too far'.
Maybe sculpting Muley Point out of mashed potatoes at the dinner table?
I'm going to eye it up with a straight edge tonight. The use of .019" was mostly due to its availability and my impatience. Ticki2 might have used a thicker material for his petals as they had a coating. It might take a a few more clecos per petal and a pair of gloves with the thicker material but Im sure its doable.
I will be reusing the original vinyl coated skin and rivet holes as much as possible. The skin came out with minimal damage and Im willing to accept a few scratches and dents for the price. Not sure if the vinyl j strips are reusable and I might skip them entirely. The original skin will be my pattern for the visible rivet holes. At this moment the new end caps are just clecoed in, not ready to pull the trigger just yet.
The plan was to paint the new end caps and probably the entire interior skin to a single color once everything was installed. Now that I have seen the bright shine of the plain aluminum, I'm not so sure. The mill finish should look awesome. I wonder if there is a way to join the petal seams without rivets, that would look really sexy.
My speed will not produce the same high quality results as many of you have done on your projects. I am often OK with close enough, especially when it comes to aesthetics. Furthermore, the metaphorical winding path to Muley Point is becoming well worn and easier to follow with fewer rocks along the way.
Maybe sculpting Muley Point out of mashed potatoes at the dinner table?
I'm going to eye it up with a straight edge tonight. The use of .019" was mostly due to its availability and my impatience. Ticki2 might have used a thicker material for his petals as they had a coating. It might take a a few more clecos per petal and a pair of gloves with the thicker material but Im sure its doable.
I will be reusing the original vinyl coated skin and rivet holes as much as possible. The skin came out with minimal damage and Im willing to accept a few scratches and dents for the price. Not sure if the vinyl j strips are reusable and I might skip them entirely. The original skin will be my pattern for the visible rivet holes. At this moment the new end caps are just clecoed in, not ready to pull the trigger just yet.
The plan was to paint the new end caps and probably the entire interior skin to a single color once everything was installed. Now that I have seen the bright shine of the plain aluminum, I'm not so sure. The mill finish should look awesome. I wonder if there is a way to join the petal seams without rivets, that would look really sexy.
My speed will not produce the same high quality results as many of you have done on your projects. I am often OK with close enough, especially when it comes to aesthetics. Furthermore, the metaphorical winding path to Muley Point is becoming well worn and easier to follow with fewer rocks along the way.
