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DOACC: Sneaky Frames & 3D Prints

Diary Of A Camper Conversion

I’ve had some paperwork to do this morning but then made it out into the shed. I had to be on a video call but I didnt expect to contribute much so I could do some bits and pieces in the background.

DOACC: Bending hardboard & vapour barrier

Diary Of A Camper Conversion

My hunch has paid off and the result is surprisingly neatly bent hardboard. So I set about cutting strips, soaking them and then slowly bending them to shape around the skylight trims. They are made from aluminium and strong enough to act as forms. Once all clamped up and bent, they just had to dry, so I left them in the shed while I went to work on the van.

DOACC: Roof design finalised

Diary of a camper conversion

Today I took 3 hours to put up a sum total of 2 bits of wood. It took 2 attempts.

DOACC: More roof

Diary of a camper conversion

Needed to add more wood batons to the centre of the roof ribs to support the floating light shelf thing. Still not quite worked out how to do it, so left them oversized.

DOACC: Rear doors deadening and insulation

Diary of a camper conversion

Using WAYYY too much duct tape I made little dividing walls in the door cavities. This will – in theory- keep the fluffy insulation from getting tied up in the mechanism of the door and locks.

DOACC: Floor Removal

Diary of a camper conversion

This was a big one. Can’t do much else without the floor being sorted out.

Kayto’s Glimmer

On a standby flight means being there early, so this morning I was first up and, having packed the night before in a chocolate frog-fuelled rage, left the house before seeing anyone else. My flight was at midday (I hoped) and then the team’s flight was at midnight, so they had another 12 hours to play in Tokyo.

Going Harry Potty

Travel advice isn’t something I’ve taken from social media before, but on the run up to this trip I had collected a number of interesting places.

100 Year Old Sushi

Checked out of the swanky Asakusa hotel after WAYYYY too much breakfast and dropped our bags at the new AirBnB. The team is meeting up for the final couple of nights before our Japan adventure comes to an end.

But first – Ramen.

Exploring the Trees

We started the day with a return to Meiji Shrine, walking through the peaceful forest of Meiji Jingu like we hadn’t just spent the last few days being battered around by Tokyo’s chaos. It’s one of those places that immediately allows you to slow down, right in the heart of the city, its a calm natural space. It was busier than last we came, but we are now into golden week so this is expected but we found some quiet parts off the main path.