Gypsy Caravan

[planovet]

[starleen2]

A little trim work and a 1st coat of paint.

Steve, get rid of that blue accent striping! Looking good and love the color

[CAJUN LADY]

That color matches the window glass. Lookin' good Steve!

[toypusher]

Very nice, indeed Steve!!

[Steve_Cox]

Thanks folks, gotta get busy! Almost time to go camping

[Mary K]

Thanks folks, gotta get busy! Almost time to go camping

No Pressure....

[CAJUN LADY]

Thanks folks, gotta get busy! Almost time to go camping

No Pressure....

Right...nooooo pressure...she is just standing there with a paddle in her hands and a time ticker just tick, tick, ticking away. No, there's no pressure Stevie boy .

[Steve_Cox]

Thanks folks, gotta get busy! Almost time to go camping

No Pressure....

Right...nooooo pressure...she is just standing there with a paddle in her hands and a time ticker just tick, tick, ticking away. No, there's no pressure Stevie boy .

The Ticker is showing 23 days, but with other things going on, I just looked at my calender and I have 12 days I can work on the trailer. Hope for some of them it is warmer than tonight.

[planovet]

Right...nooooo pressure...she is just standing there with a paddle in her hands and a time ticker just tick, tick, ticking away. No, there's no pressure Stevie boy

Boy Steve, I'd hate to have an impression of that teardrop on my tender buttocal region.

[S. Heisley]

Hi, Steve:

That caravan fits in the garage and it's a standy! WOW! That's impressive! You really planned this well.

There's no tongue showing in the front of the garage...it's in the garage backwards and you don't have a pull-through garage! But, that caravan is heavy! Did you use one of those two-wheel hand truck thingies to manually pull it in?

The first layer of paint is on and the wood grain is still showing through, even in the pictures. Is that a special staining paint or did you thin it down a lot? Is the plan to always have the woodgrain show through?

Dang! Are we all gonna hafta come to Florida to see it? You'll have so many people coming down there that the whole state will fall into the ocean!

[Steve_Cox]

Hi Sharon,

I got rid of the blue pin stripes today. Just didn't have enough time to do much else. I had no real plan, just an idea and it kinda evolved into this. It has been entertaining to say the least.

Hi, Steve:

That caravan fits in the garage and it's a standy! WOW! That's impressive! You really planned this well.

There's no tongue showing in the front of the garage...it's in the garage backwards and you don't have a pull-through garage! But, that caravan is heavy! Did you use one of those two-wheel hand truck thingies to manually pull it in? I do have one of those two-wheel hand truck thingies, and I put the trailer in tongue first so to have more room at the front of the garage, also depending on which end of the trailer I want to work on. I would guess the trailer weighs about 1400# right now, about the same as my teardrop.

The first layer of paint is on and the wood grain is still showing through, even in the pictures. Is that a special staining paint or did you thin it down a lot? Is the plan to always have the woodgrain show through?
3 layers of CPES and 3 layers of gloss alkyd enamel and still have grain showing. I sanded with 220 grit after each coat of CPES. The CPES raised the grain a little. I was hoping for a wood grain look. I think if I had used a few coats of primer it would have hidden it.

Dang! Are we all gonna hafta come to Florida to see it? Yup You'll have so many people coming down there that the whole state will fall into the ocean!

[Cliffmeister2000]

Steve,

I just ran across this thread today, and all I can say is, AMAZING! Your first post was 3 months and 6 days ago. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years celebrations have all taken their toll on build time, I'm sure, and yet you have created a masterpiece. I am in awe of your skills. I hope I can make it out to Florida some day to see it in person.

[Tiki Dude]

Hi Steve, is that 1 x 4 pine trim?

[Steve_Cox]

Steve,

I just ran across this thread today, and all I can say is, AMAZING! Your first post was 3 months and 6 days ago. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years celebrations have all taken their toll on build time, I'm sure, and yet you have created a masterpiece. I am in awe of your skills. I hope I can make it out to Florida some day to see it in person.

Cliff, thanks for doing the math on how long it is taking. Seems longer:lol:

Hi Steve, is that 1 x 4 pine trim?

Almost. The trim started out as 2 X 4's and ended up as trim pieces about 1/4" thick X 2 3/4" wide. after trimming the inside with red oak, the trailer build budget was running a little low, so it ended up being done in pine. The pine is encapsulated in epoxy so it should last.

[Steve_Cox]

Just a couple of pictures and a little closer to finishing.