Finishing the frame

The frame was painted, axle mounted, and the body attached to the frame.

It's a trailer!

While it was upside-down, I painted the front. Once the body is mounted on the frame, it would not be very easy to paint the lower nose without messing up the frame.

seams

Once the outer skin was on, I fiberglass taped the seams. I wanted to glass the trough that the frame sits in. There are two reasons for this.

1. The plywood the walls were made out of turned out to be junk. I need to be real careful to keep water away from them. The tape covers the bottom edge of the outer skin.
2. The glass helps bond the walls to the floor. I also taped the inner wall to the floor. This way, the integrity of the wall/floor joint isn't dependent just on the 1" wide glue strip built into the wall.

The cut-out on the side is for the frame doubler which is needed to make the frame wide enough for the spring brackets.

ceiling skin

It's been forever since I've posted, and work has been progressing, so I'll do a series of quick posts to get everything up to date.

The ceiling has been glued to the "shelf" formed by the inner wall. The cross pieces cover the seams. 1" foam will go in the space and then be covered by the outer skin.

Here's a view of the inside.

The frame for the kitchen. The lower box will be where our feet go when we're sleeping.

A 1x3 nailer is attached to the boarder. The outer skin will be glued to this.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of attaching the foam and outer skin. I didn't want to bag and vacuum the whole trailer, so I nailed and clamped the skin. I wasn't terribly happy with the process or results.