12 ft Winter Warrior build

[steve smoot]

Gary, you are lookin' good there...

[YuGun]

Perfect, go on...

[starleen2]

Gary - what size plywood are ya' using for the exterior? Something I learned is that if you have a gallon or two of unused paint- paint that "other" side of the plywood before you cover it up with insulation and paneling. it helps keep the moisture from penetrating from the inside of the sheet. This is an old upholsterers trick I learned from covering boat seats - the "high end" manufacturers painted BOTH sides of the wood before upholstery, others just pained one side. On the ones that were painted on both sides, I almost NEVER had to replace the wood - can't say the same thing about the others

[RAYVILLIAN]

Thanks for the tip Starleen unfortunately it's a bit to late. I've already have the sides covered with good old faithful luan. I used that on the WW and it seems to hold up pretty good except that one sheet I keep repainting.
I don't have the inside ply on the back half I think I'll use that idea there but I just glued the last of the inside ply on the front half so it's to late up there.

I've some more pics put haven't gotten them posted yet I'll try to do that this afternoon.

gary

[RAYVILLIAN]

It's been a while and I have gotten some things done.


Here's the front wall with the tongue box floor and the pattern of the side of the tongue box


Here is the support for the bed.


This is the bed with battery box on the left.

Nest is the hinge support wall.


Gary

[RAYVILLIAN]

Sorry that I haven't posted lately but I have made some progress in the last month.



This is the front view with the tongue box roughed in and the roof on. I'm trying to decide on how I'm going to tie the tongue box into the roof and still have it usable.



This is the back right now with the hinge wall and the door into the bedroom.



This is looking through the door into the bedroom.

I had to make some changes in the roof design 1x2's on side didn't look like it was going to work so I made them into T beams which is why you can see them in the ceiling. I think they look kinda cool that way though.

Hopefully I'll get the time to figure out the tongue box this week and get it finished so I can water proof this much and start on the back wall and hatch.

Gary

[bdosborn]

Gary,

Good progress, its starting to look like a camper. That wall to the bedroom will stiffen up the sides a lot.

Bruce

[caseydog]

Looking good, Gary. Just over two months until LCG5. Tick, tock.

CD

[RAYVILLIAN]

Yeah CD I know that's why I'm planning on concentrating on the out side and working on the cabinets later. I hope to at least have a shell to sleep in that will keep me dry.

Gary

[Miriam C.]

A month to water proof and a month to sit around and congratulate yourself.

[starleen2]

Makin' some good progress so far - it's really taking shape now

[Nathan N]

Gary,
How tall is that front box? I went back and read where it will be hinged on top.... You toting a ladder around to get up there? Maybe standing on the tongue it isn't that tall.

Looks interesting, looking forward to seeing it in person some day.


Nathan

[starleen2]

just a thought. . . perhaps a side door on the box? that would eliminate the hinge issue, but would also mean another door on the side

[RAYVILLIAN]

Nathan the tongue box is 47" at the back and 36" at the front that's measured from the tongue so I have to stand on the tongue to get in it. But it's big enough that I could hide in it. That might be where I sleep if Trudy gets mad at me.

Starleen I'm probably going to put a door on both sides to get in the bottom but not right now I'm trying to keep as simple as I can to get it done then I'll start finishing suff. Sooner of later there will be a AC in there but that will probably be this winter after they go on close out.

Gary

[starleen2]

Gary - why hinge it at all if you're going to have doors in the side anyways? If the premise of the tongue box is for the A/c unit then why not put a gasket around the perimeter of the top and bolt the top on - that way you can remove it when needed to get to the really big stuff that might need servicing. At the top - perhaps insert a flange to over lap the seam at the roof line to allow water to passover without getting into the tongue box