Homebuilt Camper questions (teeny tiny house?!?)

[Freeholdfarm]

   You may want to consider a "convertible" dinette/bed on the lower side of the bunks.  The top bunk could be on a hinge to fold up against the wall.


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That's a good thought, one I should have thought of since I spent some time on a boat with a similar arrangement when I was in college.  Thank you.

Kathleen

[bayview]

   Here are some camper ideas . . .

http://www.angib.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/teardrop/tear51.htm

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[Jens]

you could do a fabric skin that has then been "doped"  Doping is a technique that used to be used for Airplanes to turn canvas into a solid semi-rigid surface.  I read about it years ago in Street Rodder magazine.  I think it was Art Himsl who was building a Zeplin motorhome.  Don't know if Zeplin was the make, and it was being rebuilt, or if it was a totally custom deal that just looked like a zeplin and so he named it that.

[MountainDon]

You can still buy aircraft dope. There are different types for different fabrics.  It shrinks to make the fabric drum tight and waterproof. The fabric can be applied over a substrate or stretched over an open framework.


http://www.randolphaircraft.com/index.html

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/dopesthinnrsolvents.php

[Redoverfarm]

Don I wonder about the aircraft material if it were placed in an area that had to be moved or reconfigured.  Most of those are in a permanent position on a rigid substrait. Probably not the best on a "pop-up" style but maybe on a permanent roof.

[MountainDon]

I was thinking of using it as the waterproof material to finish off a non folding roof. You are right, once doped it's not going to fold. I've used dope on model aircraft; same principle, just scaled down.