Just had a great weekend in Redmond, OR attending the Overland Expo! We camped in the camper with our 7 month old for the first time and she absolutely loved it. Currently the camper has no tent canvas, so we camped with our air mattress down on the floor of the camper and it worked quite well! I have to say I'm very impressed with the thermal resistance on a hot, sunny day.

Getting back to the build. We left off after finishing the fabrication of the rear entry door. After that it was time for a quick test fit to determine placement of the wheel well cut outs.


After that was sorted I built a mold for the desired wheel arch size. This mold was simply built out of stacked mdf which was then coated in epoxy resin, faired, and finished with duratec primer.

When it came time to cut out the wheel wells from he main body of the camper I definitely chose the measure twice, three times, four times method! Here's a short video of one of the wheel arches getting punched out - no going back now!
Once two freshly infused wheel arches were bonded into the camper our next step was prepping for paint!


The necessary body work was completed on the main body of the camper, the door, as well as the lid. I've deliberately skipped past showing my method for building this lid because I will likely be changing how I do it in the future. Here you see the camper, rear door, and lid ready for paint! So exciting to see everything come together!
Stay tuned for the next post about painting and final installation on the truck!