silver spaceship

[R. W. Alexander]

:applause: You gotta love the toys!! Great job on this build.
We are looking forward to seeing the final product.
Rod

Rod and Sharon thank you for the comments. She is about done. Liftoff should be in less than 2 weeks.

[R. W. Alexander]

I put the plastic hinges on yesterday. They work really good.





I was going to put up a wider aluminum rain drip edge, but I did not like how it looked against the trailer.

[img][img]http://www.tnttt.com/gallery/image.php?image_id=69244[/img]


So I took some leftover .032 aluminum. Cut a couple of 1 3/4" strips 36" long, and clamped it between 2 radius-ed pieces of 3/8" ply. And lightly hammered away to form a j channel. I then heated up the aluminum and bent it around a curved piece of ply to get the curve I needed above the door.

[Rlowell]

I like it!!! I hope that my build turns out as good.
Rod

[Miriam C.]

You are right, the J-channel looks better. The whole thing is really nice!

[GuyllFyre]

Build looks amazing!
Where did you source the plastic hinges?

[R. W. Alexander]

Build looks amazing!
Where did you source the plastic hinges?

I got a 50ft coil of plastic hinge from Monroe engineering
http://www.monroeengineering.com/hinges ... -hinge.htm

It is a snap to install. I put some 1/8" x 1" aluminum flat bar on top marked some holes and drilled and countersink 3/16" holes on 6" centers.

[R. W. Alexander]

I did a boo, boo, on my rear hatch handle. I put it to close to the bottom edge. Which resulted in a large angle offset. I had drilled the hole already, so I was committed to putting the handle in that area.



So I figured out how to fix my problem. I cut off part of the shaft to the handle and added a small flex shaft that I never use. And welded it to the handle shaft.


[img]


That took care of the problem. No gaps.

[Cliffmeister2000]

Pure genius!

[R. W. Alexander]

:applause: You are right, the J-channel looks better. The whole thing is really nice!

Thank you. I does look better than the one I was going to use. And a lot cheaper than the $1.95 a foot price for J-channel. If I can use what I have lying around the shop. So much the better.

[R. W. Alexander]

Pure genius!

I don't think so. But did you know that the difference between a journeyman and a apprentice is..... the journeyman can hide his mistakes better.

[Cliffmeister2000]

A journeyman has an apprentice to blame his mistakes on!

[Rlowell]

No matter which one of you did it...ya done good!!
I would have NEVER thought of adding another piece! Way to go!!
Rod

[R. W. Alexander]

I got most of the finish work done today. The head liner is in. I got the L.E.D. trailer lights connected, and put in a acrylic mirror with a mountain scene engraving. At this point the trailer is about done.
[img]
[/img]
[img]
[/img]
[img]
[/img]

[Rlowell]

She looks great!! Where are you taking her on her maiden voyage!? I can only assume she is going to the Wasach range come Friday morning! Have a blast!! How long did you work on her?
Rod

[R. W. Alexander]

:applause: She looks great!! Where are you taking her on her maiden voyage!? I can only assume she is going to the Wasach range come Friday morning! Have a blast!! How long did you work on her?
Rod

The maiden voyage will be Yellowstone Park. I have wanted to go to canyon village by Yellowstone falls for quite some time. As for how long it took to build. I started on July 6th, with the first cuts into some plywood. for a total of 24 working days. I have also started working on some new windows for #2. It is a Lexan window that's a 1/4" thick that fits into a window gasket and will fit into a plywood cutout in the side wall of the trailer.