Small caravan box by Tom

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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby dales133 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:58 pm


Congratulations tom!
I realy like the design of this and have to say its probably the best looking slide out camper ive seen.
Must feel great to be using it.
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby Ridjobradi » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:16 pm

Outstanding looking trailer
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby noseoil » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:19 pm

Tom, congratulations! It really looks nice & towing it behind the car must be a good feeling. Hope you have a good trip for the weekend. Well done & glad all of that hard work is paying off now.
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby Sheddie » Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:54 am

Hi Tom, :woohoo: I am so glad that you have got this far and that you and your family can now go away and enjoy all the time and energy that you have put in to it. It is looking really good and I am waiting with interest to see the rest of what you are doing to the interior.
Wishing you happy travels, :vroom: and looking forward to the :pictures: of your trips.
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby ipy » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:25 pm

Thank you for all that kind words, my friends. I am happy with the trailer and now I am building kitchen and bed. Unfortunately my car broke- an hydraulic pump that gives pressure of oil to the hydraulic suspension, power steering and power brakes does not seem to work properly so I need it to be sorted, hopefully on Tuesday.

Still thinking about a kind of a picture to be placed somewhere in a white area of the capsule. Wish it had a minimalistic look.

Tell me, what can you see in a picture attached and do you think it would look good on a trailer?
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby dales133 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:29 pm

I quite like that design but also like your van as it is.
Maybe you could superimpose it onto a picture like you did with the paint scheeme so we could see
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby ipy » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:51 pm

Something like that
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby dales133 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:04 pm

Yea that dosnt look to bad.
I like the logo but im unsure if the colours might clash with your paint scheeme or not.
Maybe play around with the logo colours
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby KCStudly » Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:01 pm

It is a nice design. I would do it mirror image on the side shown, and mirror image of that (same orientation as shown) on the far side so that the mountains are to the rear on both sides. That way the swoop of the image rises toward the rear working with the "action" of the camper better.

You might also consider muting the blue and yellow down a tone or two, just to keep it from clashing with the gray so much. The grey is sophisticated and luxurious, while the bright basic colors jump out a bit and say, "look at me". I think a little more subtlety in the colors would be more classy.
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby dales133 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:03 pm

X2..
KC you have a uncanny knack of saying what i am thinking so much more eloquently
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby KCStudly » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:17 pm

I guess that makes me "special". Special K. :lol: :? :lol: :? :lol:
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby dales133 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:51 pm

Haha :)
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby Sheddie » Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:42 am

:thumbsup: as KC said. ;)
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby ipy » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:08 am

So many things I would never think about. I modified shapes a bit but I think connecting pictures in a corner is not a good idea.
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Re: Small caravan box by Tom

Postby rebapuck » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:27 am

I think he meant to put the mirror image on the opposite side to the one shown.
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