Road Foamie - done for the year

[atahoekid]

Hey down under! Nice to hear from you. It is surprising how long the details take. Sometimes it feels like I make no progress during a day, other days progress is surprising. It's difficult to break away from working on it somedays because the end does feel like it's close at hand. Can't wait to take it for the inaugural trip.

[down under tech]

Hi Mel: You are coming to the teardrop showing at Cabela's by Boomtown aren't you??? It is Saturday August 18th. I guess there will be about a dozen TDs there. We will be there with ours. Hope to meet you there.

Just keep plugging along, and when you get tired, enjoy a large mug of beer !!!

[nevadatear]

I second Johnny, you should come on down to cabelas! You should even drag down you foamy so folks can see a build in progress, and a way different kind of build! You have a month!

As for a hobby to follow, sounds like you are a set up for getting I to gas pressure appliances. Don't take up too much room (unless you get into it like Kirk, Doug, Kevin, Dave and lee). And you have something to do when every you want too. No down time.

[atahoekid]

If I'm in town, I may take the Foamie down there if it's towable by then. If not, I may just show up to say HI!. I'd love to see your tears in person. You're right about gas appliances. The only thing I'm plumbing in is a catalytic heater and an exterior connection for the propane stove down by the galley end. I hope to see you guys there. Thanks for the encouragement!

[High Desert]

Mel, please do bring it down it you can. Would love to see the Road Foamie in person, along with all the others, a foamie build would be a great addition to the show. If it's not roadable by then, please bring yourself. I'm looking forward to putting a face to all the local names in the area.

[atahoekid]

I've been working on the Foamie pretty diligently lately and have now got the walls secured to the floor and the roof is on. I only have to put the nose on. I'm still finishing up some wiring and still waiting for my carbon fiber to show up. I've been waiting for 9 days now... One of the things I learned in doing this project is that stuff shipped from Florida to Nevada takes FOREVER!!!

I'm hoping to be have the Road Foamie road ready by August 18. There's a teardrop show at our local Cabela's and I'd love to be able to get it there. I give myself a 70% chance.

Now that the walls and floor are joined and the roof is glued on, I am really impressed by how solid it all feels. I was pretty confident it would be, but it's nice to see the actual result.

Here are photos showing my progress to date. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do much with it for the next 6 days or so. Sorry about the poor pics, light was fading I guess I shoulda used the flash.




The walls and roof are fiberglassed, the doors are done too but I won't mount those or put in the windows until I get the paint done. As I said above, the nose will go on as soon as I do a little more wiring and the carbon fiber gets here. The fantastic vent is on and I mounted the outdoor "spot" lights. The seam between the roof and walls will have a cap put on it for a bit of extra strength and to cover the ugliness there. There is also skirt that will add an accent to the bottom of the wall and hide the extra fiberglass layer that wraps up from the bottom and goes about 6 inches above the bottom of the wall



The 12v rough wiring is done for the interior. The walls are the 5mm mahogany underlayment that I coated with Minwax Polyurethane. The frame around the door is maple that I also clear coated with the Minwax Poly. The cabinet boxes in the upper right will also be clear coated. They are also maple and will get black face frames with black and maple cabinet doors. Against the back wall you can see the switch boxes that were made to match the door frames and cabinet doors and will be mounted on the pillar between door and window. You can also see the interior light which will be wall mounted above the switch box.

Not too much more will get done on the interior as I will concentrate on getting the exterior done and get it road ready. Keeping my fingers crossed and working hard at it.

[Rosey]

Glad you are continuing! Looking good!

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[GPW]

Mel , really coming together now .... looks “comfortable “ ...

[bonnie]

Not too much more will get done on the interior as I will concentrate on getting the exterior done and get it road ready. Keeping my fingers crossed and working hard at it.

Go! Mel, Go! That is one fine TD. I can appreciate the time it takes. Rooting for your first trip to be to Cabela's.

[Wobbly Wheels]

Great to see it coming together Mel. Keep pushing and you'll be towing it before you know it !

[eaglesdare]

that is really looking great! i can't get over how big it looks. i hope you make your goal.

[wagondude]

Looks good.

Bill

[atahoekid]

I was pretty sure I would make my goal of being towable by next weekend but I ran into a snag. I need more epoxy. I ran out of epoxy on late Saturday afternoon so I didn't have time to run out and get more in Reno. I actualaly didn't run out but the pumps are shorter than the containers they were sold with, so I can't get the last inch or so of hardener off the bottom of the jug to mix with the resin. Anyway, more on the way but it won't get here in time to finish before the Cabela's TD show on Saturday. But I'll be there to put faces to names and meet all of you. Looking forward to it and I'll have some more up to date pics posted by then. Can someone give me the times for the show on Saturday?

Thanks. See you there!!!

[atahoekid]

It's been three weekends since I spent any time working on the Road Foamie, but I finally got an open weekend and spent most of it on the trailer. It is now ready for paint. It took a lot of small but time consuming steps to get there from the last post, but I finally got it ready. Here's what it looks like before I paint it.




By this afternoon, I should have a coat of primer on it.

[nevadatear]

Looking great mel!