Silver Beatle - She's now with an old friend!

[David S]

Tom, your speed and quality continue to impress.

[planovet]

Tom, your speed and quality continue to impress.

Are we talking about the same Tom???

[David S]

Tom, your speed and quality continue to impress.

Are we talking about the same Tom???

Well its all relative I guess,I've been building for almost 2 years now so compared to me he's moving along.
One of my favorite sayings is "you can't rush quality"
Wooops!!! I looked at his first post, circa 2008, ok,so it takes some time to build up steam right Tom??

[caseydog]

Looking good.

I figure you should easily have it done in time for LCG7.

CD

[rockinrobin]

Wow!!!! I am really looking forward to seeing this tear at LCG!!!

[Oldragbaggers]

You've really set the bar up there pretty high Tom. You've got some serious teardrop building skills.
Great job and congratulations!!

Becky

[aggie79]

It's Alive...or at least it's (overly complex 12 vdc and 120 vac) electrical system is complete...and working!

LCG is almost here and all I had done on the electrical system is rough-in wiring and install a few fixtures. The last two weekends I've spent finishing the wiring.

This is what I started with:



This is the cramped quarters I was working in. (Now I know why Planovet put his distribution center on a slideout.) Not shown is the battery and box.



Here's a pic with everything buttoned up and the system being tested:



And a close-up of the upper galley:



Amost ready for LCG.

Thank you for looking,
Tom

[LDK]

Hey Tom

The SB looks great! It looks like everything is coming together for you now. Percentage wise, how far are you now?

[S. Heisley]

WOW! It looks great!!! Love the two lines of LED lights in the hatch.

[atahoekid]

That looks pretty sharp, Tom. Top notch build the whole way. You got something to be really proud of.

[Loader]

Looks great Tom!

The colors really work together and the red "mood" lights should work out real nice to find your way back to the trailer after dark without inviting all the bugs!

[aggie79]

Tom, your speed and quality continue to impress.

Are we talking about the same Tom???

David,

Thank you for the compliments, but I have to say Mark is right about the lack of speed. I'm in month #35 on the build.

Mel and Larry,

Thank you too. I'm about 95-7% complete. For me, out of all aspects of the build, the electrical system has been the most complicated. It's been fun building, but I'm ready to go camping.

WOW! It looks great!!! Love the two lines of LED lights in the hatch.

Looks great Tom!

The colors really work together and the red "mood" lights should work out real nice to find your way back to the trailer after dark without inviting all the bugs!

Sharon and Earl, I have to admit that the idea for the red lights came from Planovet (as have many other ideas I've incorporated.) I'm not sure what they are called, but they are high intensity LEDs. At night, they light up the galley pretty well. Of course, in the over do it department, I have 4 of these underneath the teardrop. They make a pretty good red halo beneath it.

Gig'em,
Tom

[caseydog]

You aggies make things way more complicated than they need to be. Get that thing done, and go camping.

And, don't spend the whole weekend at LCG talking about what isn't done. Have some Tonyritas and dodge a few water balloons.

CD

[StPatron]

Stunning! As I knew it would be.

I'm really, really, really looking forward to seeing the SB at LCG! Oh, and meeting you also.

[Deryk the Pirate]

Impressive Tom, and I really like the countertop... Im gonna have to install my dc panel that I ripped out of a boat about to get crushed and tossed in a dumpster, but my setup wont be as fancy as yours!