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I got the metal bits sanded before the sun started beating on it and making the aluminum too hot to work with! With that out of the way, I needed to start gluing in the structure that would hold the false floor where the water tank would go. More paving stones and the truck bed cargo divider...

We installed the aluminum angle on the roof a few posts ago. Now it was time to install the aluminum angle on the actual camper shell to finish off the last remaining fiberglass edge. Tomorrow I get to clean up all the leftover epoxy, prep for paint, and maybe get a layer of primer on the...

The roof is painted! We decided to paint it the same grey color as the body and not white like we were thinking. Today was more about upgrades to our truck than the camper. Jason doesn't like to slow down ever, at all, for any reason, while driving and he overheated the shocks on our last...

One of our major oversights on this project stemmed from our desire to keep the camper as compact to the outline of the truck as possible. That means that the side of the shell has minimal overhang over the sides of the bed. That also meant that we had no way to mount normal camper jacks...

Thanks for the concerns about the copper guys. We did use copper fittings instead of bends, which would make the thickness double at that point. The tutorial on Youtube that we copied was using cheap electrical conduit, so we figured the copper would be at least as strong as that. I don't...

I had quite a bit of downtime while waiting for the epoxy to cure on the roof section so I decided to work on the water tank. One of the things we didn't like about our previous water setup was that every time we wanted to get water or wash dishes we had to dig out some sort of heavy water...

It's really time to get the roof mounted permanently so we dont have to keep picking it up off of the shell every time we need to work inside (which is often...). It's not super heavy, but it is very awkward to move around. We bought some angled aluminum to epoxy around the perimeter of the...

Here's an update on the finishing of the galley countertop and table! I followed a Pinterest craft recipe (first mistake) of mixing steel wool and vinegar to make my own stain to make wood look greyed out and weathered. Yes, the container is from a tub of gelato, and yes it's absolutely...

The roof is in primer and set on top of the camper! Looks pretty nifty! I'm still trying to decide if I want to paint the roof the same color as the shell or leave it white like the Toyota FJ's... I finished up the blinding white paint on the inside of the roof. You can't look directly at it...

Painted outside in the heat for a solid hour and a half.. Definitely recommend white primer if you're going to do white paint. It's pretty much necessary to cover up the orange tinted fiberglass and foam. I wish I could have painted more, but I have to finish the install for the galley and...

I'm super motivated to get the inside all painted, but don't want to paint any areas that will eventually get fiberglass. That means that I need to really nail down the interior design and get more pieces cut and placed before I can really move forward. We're getting pretty close to how that...

So I've had mixed results with spray cans. They're great for some things, but not what I wanted to use on something like the camper. I needed paint that would be easy to apply but also durable. We used a similar paint on our boat with great success so we settled on a one part polyurethane...

We have paint!!!!! :) or rather, primer... but we're finally starting to put some color on this thing! We even got the roof prepped!

I had a blast shopping for how I was going to decorate the camper. It was always going to be a mix of rugged adventurer and pinterest-inspired glamping... but I stumbled across a really awesome looking idea for the countertop and table! This is Shou Sugi Ban! I wholeheartedly approve of using...

Today we epoxied the lift mechanism mounting pads to the roof. It's almost embarrassing how much we used the leftover landscaping rocks on this project... While I was messing around with the roof, Jason went ahead and epoxied on the bedslide support piece. We only had one think available to...

We thought about high build, but figured that the fiberglass was still too textured and went straight to the filler. There's definitely a point of diminishing returns for the bodywork for us and we're pretty close to reaching it. ;)

We mixed up some filler and epoxy and glued the roof mechanism backing plates to the shell. Fun fact: buy actual square cinder blocks for this project. That should hold just fine! Well, it was bound to happen eventually... I finished some fiberglass and left my paintbrush sitting on the...

It's Christmas!!!!! (not really, but it looks like everything showed up at once!) We got some new wheels for our truck! A tiny sink! it's 10" and 13" oval. I wanted one large enough to actually use, but small enough to not take up all of the counter space. In hindsight, I have enough...

The more we work on prepping the shell for paint, the more spots we find that need touch up filler... We still have Bondo to sand... but at least it's not itchy like fiberglass! While the epoxy filler and new bondo were drying, I got to work on the wood piece that will eventually support the...

We had previously given a lot of thought to the logistics of the pop top and how we were going to do it with hinges and whatnot, but couldn't quite figure out how to make an entire hinge along the front edge work with the eventual nose cone (fun fact: we were overthinking the waterproofing) and...