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[GPW]

Living hinge... How about taking two pieces of heavy canvas, sew them together across the middle with something strong like kevlar thread , then “rubberize “ that section ... install it as a hinge .. ? We’ve been using hinges like this on foam planes for years ... they never fail, and they don’t leak ... ...

[ghcoe]

Good ideas.

[ghcoe]

Working on the hatch some this morning.

Getting it straight

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New roof piece is installed.

Roof piece on

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Next to bolt the frame rails back in. They came off to be stained and varnished. Now I need them back in to align the body to the floor.

Frame rails

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[GPW]

Really coming along Nicely George !!!

[ghcoe]

Thanks! It would come along a lot faster if I did not have to sit and think about how to do things, but then it probably would not be so much fun. Already building a bigger unit in my head. This trailer has really got the wheels turning now.....

[GPW]

Foamies are just like Potato chips (crisps) , You can’t have just One ...

[kudzu]

Living hinge... How about taking two pieces of heavy canvas, sew them together across the middle with something strong like kevlar thread , then “rubberize “ that section ... install it as a hinge .. ? We’ve been using hinges like this on foam planes for years ... they never fail, and they don’t leak ... ...

LIKE! Thanks GPW!

[Fyddler]

For my galley hinge I used a piece of old fire hose. It is made from rubber and nylon. This was from 5" hose, so it's real thick, probably to thick for a door but same idea.

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[ghcoe]

Got too hot here to work on the foamie much. I did manage to get a couple frame rails installed and made my front wall extension.

front wall extender

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I used 2"x3" flashing to go under the floor and attach with the bolts that hold the forward inner frame rail in place. This will give a nice hard edge along the bottom of the front wall and will help hold the wall in place better than just gluing the wall to the OSB edge.

Side view

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With foam

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[atahoekid]

Thanks! It would come along a lot faster if I did not have to sit and think about how to do things, but then it probably would not be so much fun. Already building a bigger unit in my head. This trailer has really got the wheels turning now.....

Although I thought I had planned a lot of the build, there were lots of time, I found myself staring at the build thinking... 10 - 15 minutes at a time. Maybe it was day dreaming but I did find myself sketching a lot after those episodes of contemplation. Part of the fun. Exercising the ol' noodle If I had a job that required such imagination, I might not have built the Road Foamie, so in the long run, I guess I should be grateful for a boring job....

[GPW]

Foamies ... The “thinking man’s trailer “ ... ladies too ... ... Thinking is Good !!! Just beware of Imagination ... that can go both ways and be either very creative or quite a distraction from purpose ...

[ghcoe]

Did a bit of work today. Got the last piece on the front.

Front

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Inside front

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One thing I notice while working today is that the foam on the front is turning color. Looking closer at it I realized that it was deteriorating from sun exposure. So keep your foamies out of the sun until you get them covered.

[GPW]

George , we found that on extruded foam , intense photon bombardment causes the surface color to fade , but the underlying area is unaffected ... on bead board the process is much accelerated , weakening the bond between the beads on the surface , but un-affecting their composition ... but all that takes a long time to happen ... No worries unless you build Really SLOW ..... like me ...

[eaglesdare]

Just caught up on this one. Wow, what a wonderful job you are doing. You will be out and about enjoying your foamie soon.

[Bogo]

I have some unprotected pink foundation foam that has eroded around a half inch in a decade. It's fully exposed to the weather, including getting full sun for the morning.