Thrifty Alternatives ..Building Foam Campers

[GPW]

Painting started...

[GPW]

Here ya' go !!! All Done !!! More pics in the Album... Just playing around... Many many possibilities... easier on a Big one , just more paint...

Not really a Stealth camper eh ???

[parnold]

wow!



This whole foam/cloth idea has me very intrigued.

[eaglesdare]

another wow here!

wished you lived closer, would love you to paint on mine. did you use oils? or acrylic?

[tuber]

Love the paint job. You could have another career just painting TD's. Have you vere considered seascapes....submarines?

[GPW]

Thanks !!! I used acrylics ... I used to paint Vans in the distant past ... I( do have a little practice ... This was just for Fun.... many possible subjects /designs...

Tuber , I've painted a LOT of seascapes... never any submarines... too hard to get the rust off...

[schaney]

GPW, love the painting ... if you ever get out my way we'll have to talk about doing a scary things in the woods mural for an Explorer Box.

[GPW]

Scary things ... like Bears ... I paint those too .... currently doing a project for "Save the Moon Bears "... About the scariest thing I can think of in the woods ... besides "the Crazies"...
Been a long time since I've been in that area ... I sure love the Northwest ... very Scenic ... Friendly people !!!

[schaney]

No I'm something more like Killer Clowns from Outer Space mets Zombie Apocalypse in a subtlely scary way, camping in the woods. There will need to be some grow in the dark element, but not so scary that people will be affraid to go into the woods

[GPW]

COOL ... sure should keep people away from the E Box... Science Fiction type of SCARY ... Glad I finally met the other person that liked Killer Clowns from outer Space... that's 2 ...

[schaney]

I was worried you wouldn't know what I was talking about, but to find a fan My daugther who is now in her late 20's still has a fear of clowns after seeing that movie as a kid.

Want to get peoples attention without scarying them to much.

[GPW]

QUOTE: " Want to get peoples attention without scarying them to much."
So I guess that leaves out painting politicians faces on the trailer ...

[bbbrt76]

how much foam do you have left? how about a test to destruction of a plain piece of foam and one given the cloth tbII treatment? lay a 4 ft length of each across a pair of sawhorses and stack on weight until they break, maybe see how well the covered one handles a smack from a hammer to investigate impact resistance

[KsPete]

Very nice paint job! I was thinking about doing something similar on my "canned ham" when I get it built. It would have to be simpler, maybe more like stencilling or paint by number. I have some artistic talent, but not at your level.

[GPW]

BBB, Test to destruction .... Never have seen anybody do that to their regular TD...
Actually , I've been crashing Foam planes for many years now ... and they survive much better than the planes constructed of wood.... Damage is more localized, and easier to repair...
And here's a trick .... foam that has been compressed (dented) can be made to re-expand with heat (boiling water) .... Something you can't do with wood or metal ...
Thing is with all this , Foam doesn't rot... If you just parked one outside , it'd be there for a thousand years ... The wood,metal and rubber would rot away , but the foam would still be there... That's why ALL plastics must be recycled, lest it end up in the Pacific Ocean in a large swirling mass... forever... Make Trailers , Not trash !!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody !!!!

Anybody needing simple Art instructions, I can advise ... It's pretty simple once you know how ....