Painting FrankenScamp

[redbarron55]

Well after a couple of hot weeks of sanding and filling and scraping I have put a finish coat of paint on FrankenScamp.
To give the background information





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I painted with Total Boat one part epoxy primer and Total Boat Wet Edge single part polyurethane paint.
My plan was to roll and tip and I tried this with the primer and the finish coat, but I am no good at this.
In the end I roll and rolled the primer on the bottom half, sanded all of the streaks etc on the top which I did first.
Then to finish I decided to use my HVLP spray system for the final coat and I did get a good shiny finish, but I am not as happy as I could have been.
For starters the camper shell had been painted (poorly earlier by a previous owner). This is a 1985 Scamp 16 and it was in poor shape and I removed all of the refrigerator and water heater openings and filled them in with scrap fiberglass panels from removed interior walls.
The side bathroom window was moved from the side to the new front bath and the original opening filled as well.
In retrospect I would strongly suggest using stripper and fully removing any original paint so that you don't have any residual lines like I did. Although I sanded the paint smooth the paint lines reappeared in the finish coat, especially where the original Scamp Decalomania (which was masked on the original paint job making a lot more sanding lines)
Some paint was flaking and it was scraped and sanded off and I thought it was sanded fair and didn't show in the primer coat.
Anyhow it is all one color now!
I would call it a 15 foot paint job.

[Bjkj Mason]

Looks great!

[WizWid]

Truely splendid!

[Civilguy]

JD,

I admire people that take on jobs like this. I can get hung up just selecting the drill size for pilot holes on my cabinet latches. As a consequence I don't normally progress to accomplishing nearly as much as you have here.

I like the armored wheel wells.

[rbryan]

Don't knock yourself. After all, you're not a professional painter. I think it looks great.

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[Borrego Dave]

Naw, you bought a different trailer, right .

[redbarron55]

Thanks guys.
The "armored" wheel wells are the result of a small change 14" tires and Flexiride axle.
To get the clearance I felt I needed the fiberglass Scamp wheel wells had to go.
I also didn't like the absence of support along the sides of the shell. thinking plywood held in place with sheetmetal screws two feet away wouldn't cut it so I added 1 1/2" square tubing framework to carry the sides and all around the shell.
The result along with the solid cabinet work glued and screwed along the ceiling makes the shell stiff enough to not need the supports from the counters to the top allowing for the twin beds ( a SWMBO requirement to prevent crawling over one another in the night trips down the hallway.)
One small change begets many bigger and bigger changes.
At least it is all the same color.