Been a long time since last fall's posting. Work for me finally picked up again, so spare time limited again. Haven't camped in the trailer since the one shake-down cruise, tho planning to a couple times---later in Sept and in October.
I guess I have to change the critter's name to "Neon Lyte", since that's what I fabbed on the deck lid...
This spring, we got the windows privacy-treated, using locally printed film like one sees applied to pickup back-glasses...
A little later, got wiring added---2 120V outlets in the galley, 1 in the main compartment---and 12V reading lights and roof exhaust added. Soon, I hope to buy a 12V deep-cycle battery, and am thinking of a 12V solar panel as a means to recharge the battery during the day. Anybody used one of those???
Inside, I finished insulating the front end. Heating the 3/4" polystyrene to shape it (yes, I did wear a respirator) didn't work very well. If I used enough heat to form it, it shrunk slightly, and got even more brittle. So when I did the even more rounded front upper corners, I simply used 3 layers of 1/4" foam, which was much easier to just form to the curves by hand.
Maybe I'll finish up gluing thin indoor/outdoor carpet over the insulation this weekend... then just a few metal carpet-trimming strips to screw over the 2 vertical seams, and one strip at the base, and I'll be mostly done with that. Oh, yeah, the same carpeting-type treatment on the narrow area above and to the sides of the footwell still to be done.
'And then...............
Well, back to it....
"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt