I was able to shake out just a few hours to work on the trailer this week, but I did manage to remove two of the lower door side panels (as well as the door itself). Plenty of twisty nails held the flashing around the door and the threshold, wherein I learned the wonder of Vampliers screw removal pliers. Seriously, these are great. Granted, 80% of the twisty nail heads ended up busting off no matter how careful I was (by comparison, I've removed about half of the J-rail without a single busted or stripped screw), but I'll take it.
No shortage of rot, although I was pleased that there's at least some solid framing left. One disappointment is what appears to be old damage to the paneling behind the icebox/back of the closet, which explains the fresher birch ply there. Count that one as a red flag missed on my part. I'll have a better idea once I get at it from the inside, but it almost looks as if it might have been fire damage. Oddly, the adjacent framing is just fine, not even any discoloration.
Oh yeah, here's the 1:1 scale Wright Flyer I talked about last post. This was a rush job, had just a week (which means about two working days) to get it on the field. Thankfully I had help from a couple of band parents to get it built, a big improvement over last year's similar job that ended up coming down to just my wife and I. Big kudos to Jason, who had the great idea to make the center support mast telescope rather than hinging down (the whole thing needs to fold down to fit through the 6'hx10'w tunnel at Autzen Stadium and be reassembled in a minute or two). 40' wingspan, 21' total length. That's a lot of PVC pipe and wire rope.
No shortage of rot, although I was pleased that there's at least some solid framing left. One disappointment is what appears to be old damage to the paneling behind the icebox/back of the closet, which explains the fresher birch ply there. Count that one as a red flag missed on my part. I'll have a better idea once I get at it from the inside, but it almost looks as if it might have been fire damage. Oddly, the adjacent framing is just fine, not even any discoloration.
Oh yeah, here's the 1:1 scale Wright Flyer I talked about last post. This was a rush job, had just a week (which means about two working days) to get it on the field. Thankfully I had help from a couple of band parents to get it built, a big improvement over last year's similar job that ended up coming down to just my wife and I. Big kudos to Jason, who had the great idea to make the center support mast telescope rather than hinging down (the whole thing needs to fold down to fit through the 6'hx10'w tunnel at Autzen Stadium and be reassembled in a minute or two). 40' wingspan, 21' total length. That's a lot of PVC pipe and wire rope.
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