The Covering is (Almost) Complete

This was a HUGE day.  A major milestone was booked.  The covering of the trailer is 99.5% complete.

Given Norm Brody's immediate availability for assistance, we tackled the two upper sides today.  Sean made a concerted effort to prepare the rigging for the task, and we both made all possible preparations for Norman's arrival.

As promised, here is a view of the rigging used to do the lower sides, absent the waistline ledge piece.

Note that the front and back have 4-5 slats attached to an overhead boss hung from a structural construct.  The middle 6-7 pieces are freely suspended from the trailer side.  The point of these slats is to space the contact adhesive-covered plastic panel away from the contact-adhesive covered plywood side until such time as we were prepared for them to meet and adhere.

For the lower panel (with the intermediate ledger piece not present) we rested the panel on the aluminum side and used the slats to keep the panel away from the plywood which had contact adhesive applied.  Sean started in the middle, pressing the panel against the side in order to assure the horizontal alignment, proceeding upward and outward from there, removing slats as required.

We repeated the process for the upper sides, adding a ledger on which to rest the lower edge of the panel and facilitate alignment with the existing panel while shortening the slats.

Here are views of the port side with both panels installed and trimmed.

We also covered the starboard side:

This completes the covering of the trailer, with the exception of two very small parts at the lower rear where the curve dips below the side of the aluminum trailer.

Next up:  mount the hatch permanently and prep for painting.

It is starting to look like not only a trailer, but the intended shape!