by KCStudly » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:19 pm
That's very similar to how it will be on TPCE, except I have a wood edge built into the curved part of the walls surrounding the hatch area. I plan to rabbet that hard edge for the hatch seal and will probably just knock the sharp outer edge off with an 1/8 inch round over bit (I don't want a big shadow line between the hatch and wall, but it needs to be eased). The wooden edge will allow me to staple the canvas down under the seal, and the canvas will die at the corner of the rabbet. The rest of the wood will be painted black enamel to help the eye transition between the outer painted canvas and inner wood finish, while protecting and hiding the edge grain of the inner ply skin.
At the crotch where the last roof spar (the hinge spar) is perpendicular to the hatch mating edge of the wall I plan to add a small inside corner of wood so the seal on the wall can transition smoothly in a continuous piece up the back of the spar. The corresponding lower front edge of the hatch hinge spar may also need to be rounded.
This tricky inside corner will probably need to have a first piece of canvas (or thinner bed sheet material) applied or "jambed out" before the main panel covering gets slit and folded over.
I don't know if that helps you decide, or maybe gives you some ideas, but it is how I am envisioning the very similar thing on my build.
KC
My Build:
The Poet Creek Express Hybrid Foamie
Poet Creek Or Bust
Engineering the TLAR way - "That Looks About Right"
TnTTT ORIGINAL 200A LANTERN CLUB = "The 200A Gang"Green Lantern Corpsmen