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Fairing/Skirt Mold for the Camper - Drivers Side Rear - Continued...... Finishing out the build of the ends and bottom side of the mold. The bottom side and ends of the front and back of the mold all have a flange, so a bottom and back panel can be fastened to the fairing and each other. This...

Fairing/Skirt Mold for the Camper - Drivers Side Rear Maybe this is already assumed/known, but I'll share it for general build info. If I'm not working on the fairings/skirts (making molds or doing the layup), I'm doing fairing/body work on the inside of the camper. I have been bouncing back...

Oversight & Additional Composite Work - (That Sucks!) trackhead, you jinxed me. I blame this one on you ;)😛! You may, or may not, have noticed that the sides/ends of the passenger side front mold/fairing are longer than the drivers side. After staring at the drivers side front fairing (dry...

Carbon Fiber Fairing/Skirt for Camper - Passenger Side Front Rough part out of the mold. The inside of the the part has some additional CF reinforcement on both ends of the fairing/skirt. I will explain the purpose of this in a later post. Final cutting and shaping Dry fitting onto the...

Fairing/Skirt: Mold, Layup & Demold for the Camper - Passenger Side Front Second side/end under construction I also tabbed the wheel well side/end of the mold to the main mold section, on the bottom side of the mold. This side is the back portion for this mold and will become the front...

Fairing/Skirt Mold for the Camper - Passenger Side Front Time just flies bye on these builds :oops: ????????? First step was cutting the main mold section used on the previous mold (Drivers Side Front), in a manner that maximized its use for all of the subsequent molds. I also had to cut it in...

Thanks for the additional confirmation on this 180out (y)(y)! This is one thing I noticed on most, if not all, of the professional builders that have electric steps mounted behind the rear tire. They only protect the upper mounting plate section, with the drive motor and electric parts, but...

I know of two other people who built their camper shells out of carbon fiber (CF). One is similar in size to mine and the other is slightly smaller. The one similar to mine included CF fairings and no core material. The smaller one had resin infused walls like mine, with core material, but no...

Layout & Templating - Carbon Fiber Fairings/Skirts for Camper - Rear Ohhhhhhh Man! This may not look like much, but it took days to dial in the template for the rear fairings/skirts. I decided to start with the passenger side rear first, that fits around the step box. Step box wrap around...

Electric Entry Steps - Layout & Mounting It may sound silly, but getting the electric steps mounted on the camper is a mini-milestone for me on the build. It's an indicator that 1. the exterior composite work is close to being done and 2. The most complicated section/meeting point on the build...

I'm laughing right now, maybe close to pissing myself 🤣! I'm approaching the full time two year build mark and it sometimes seems like the finish line is no where in sight. Actually, I think I may start crying 😩😭.

Thanks for the weight info Craig. I can't wait to see which one of ours beasts is slimmer 😁. I'm sorry to hear about your hands; I know you had previously mentioned them. I hope everything goes smooth with the surgery. If you need somebody to pick your nose, just give me a ring 😆.

Don't jinx me trackhead ;)! No major screw ups and/or scrapped parts yet and I don't want to start now 😁. I may be batting a 1000 percent on the end product, but the amount of time AND times I: plan, design, measure, layout, template, dry fit, contemplate, rework, recontemplate............ and...

Thanks ITTOG 🙂; I appreciate it (y)! Yahp, I'm trying to catch all of the desires and details the first go around/build. I don't think I have any interest in attempting another one, so there won't be a second chance/opportunity. I better have a trip of a lifetime in this thing. If not, I...

I am, it's called one time production 😁!

A BIG Thanks to Wilds!!!! A gentleman, and scholar, by the name of Wilds Drake reached out to me on the portal earlier this year. He let me know that he had just finished his own similar custom expedition truck (EarthRoamer-ish inspired) and offered to be a resource if I needed it. He said his...

Dry Fit & Shaping - Carbon Fiber Fairing/Skirt for Camper - Drivers Side Front What do you think? It's a bit hard to see the definition of the lines, contours and corners on the fairing, because of the patches of white sealer, but the overall fitment came out better than I expected. I was...

Carbon Fiber Fairing/Skirt for Camper - Drivers Side Front Here is the rough part out of the mold. The white is the sealer that came off the mold with the part and will be taken off, sanded, when I prep the part for bonding to and fairing with the camper. Everything looks good and the layup...

Layup & Demolding of Carbon Fiber Fairing/Skirt - Drivers Side Front Finally on the pump after wrangling several 50" long wetted out pieces of CF cloth in place, that had multiple tabs cut in them, and had to be laid perfectly and precisely in some very tight radiused corners. Not to mention...

Staging for Layup of Carbon Fiber Fairing/Skirt - Drivers Side Front I had to finally give the vacuum pump a little love for all of its hard work so far on the build Strategically staging everything so I can get the fairing/part on the pump as fast/efficient as possible before the resin...