Got just 4 more jobs to do on the static caravan (2 small and 2 larger) before it's stress tested by Hay's sister and her husband this coming Tuesday for 3 nights, prior to being available for paying guests.
The two small ones are connecting the remaining TV aerial wires; secondly and installing the sound bar for the main TV; the larger ones are mounting the silver wings I got from Facebook Market over the master bed headboard and installing the surfboard seat(the Clearwater decal has arrived), but I fear the latter is going to have to wait, as the weather isn't conducive to large scale spraying, although I may get a mate in the trade to do it in a proper drying kiln. Installing the surfboard seat isn't really imperative till Spring.
The silver wings were a bit of a pain. They had some hideous glitter on the feather ends, which I had to sand off without damaging them. They were additionally designed to be hung vertically, whereas I want to hang them horizontally over the bed in the master bedroom. Doing this with two wings requires two new fixings per wing and ensuring they are both level would have been a nightmare, so I solved that issue by using a batten across the back to link them together in a near-rigid manner, meaning a spirit level would be all that will be needed to hang them by the joining batten, across the 40cm spaced vertical battens of the caravan bedroom.
Before taking them to the caravan on Sunday, I may reinforce the brace with a patch of fibreglass and resin on the back.
To finish them off I'd like to add a circular, silver and black mirror over the join between the wings. That would certainly set them off and give the bedroom a bit of over-the-top wow factor, but watch this space.
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