The weather is starting to cooperate! With a few dry moments this past weekend, we chose some low-hanging fruit from our list of projects that need to be done before we can reinstall Maude's inner skin.
This is where all of Maude's badges/emblems once were. You've seen in more recent posts that we've been working on repainting them.
And here are all but one of them! We're still trying to figure out the best way to fix her big "Land Yacht" badge. It has really shallow, teeeeeeeny tiny little sections that need to be dealt with. And to complicate it further, it takes 3 colors of paint. It's not going to be as simple as the ones above, where we painted the whole front, then sanded the paint off of the high spots. We'll figure it out one of these days ;)
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Next to tackle was the rivets on the front of the trailer that help anchor the shell to the frame. Behind the rivet holes and the aluminum exterior skin is a big thick plate of metal that is attached to the frame. The plate gives a nice strong point, in addition to the C-channel all the way around the trailer, to keep the shell in place during travel. Apparently, on Airstreams older than Maude, this plate wasn't included, and some shells went flying off! In even newer models, there is a second plate at the rear of the trailer. Maude won't be doing tons of miles, so we're not worried about her ;)
Sorry it's not a huge update this week, but at least some progress is being made! As the weather gets nicer and nicer, the projects that we can work on increase, as well as our motivation ;)
Until next time! <3 Becca
Sorry it's not a huge update this week, but at least some progress is being made! As the weather gets nicer and nicer, the projects that we can work on increase, as well as our motivation ;)
Until next time! <3 Becca
