the jelly belly build

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Postby Mary K » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:28 am

Cool, :thumbsup:

Maybe you could order the cheaper foam stuff on line. Have ya thought about that? So it wont be so expensive?

:thinking: I know down here you they have a insulation for houses that can be sprayed behind the sheet rock to fill up between the studs. Try calling a local insulator business and see if they can do that for you and save you some time.

Just some thoughts....

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Postby del » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:12 am

Mary K wrote:Cool, :thumbsup:

Maybe you could order the cheaper foam stuff on line. Have ya thought about that? So it wont be so expensive?

:thinking: I know down here you they have a insulation for houses that can be sprayed behind the sheet rock to fill up between the studs. Try calling a local insulator business and see if they can do that for you and save you some time.

Just some thoughts....

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I will check with a insulation company next week, good idea Mary K.

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Postby Mary K » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:15 am

Every now and then I am useful.....but not often. :lol: ;)
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Postby del » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:24 am

Well winter is fast approaching, so I need to get cracking on things that will make my southern migration easier (if I get to go). Insulating is the name of the game. I went to install another can of expanding foam, but nothing came out :x . So I started to work on the bulkhead. I need to add bracing for the hatch props and create me a 3/4 gap for the insulation. Here is one brace installed.

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More bracing to follow. Yes it will make my galley about an inch shallower, but thats ok.

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Postby zelix » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:35 am

wow... I just viewed this entire thread. Man, that's a cool TD you are building there. :thumbsup:
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Postby del » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:27 pm

zelix wrote:wow... I just viewed this entire thread. Man, that's a cool TD you are building there. :thumbsup:
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Postby del » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:02 am

Inching forward, installed a whole two pieces tonight,and cut out a third.
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For the pattern, of the two side pieces, I still have an extra rib from when I made the walls (I know it is cheating, but hey it has come in handy several times.

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Postby del » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:30 am

A question just to the right of the two center brackets are several nuts holding in the fuse box and circuit box. When I insulate and put the other half of the sandwich in there will be no access to these. Should I put wood there with wood screws, instead of the bolt and nut? I can think of no reason to ever remove these items, but if I did.

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Postby Juneaudave » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:48 am

Ya know...if it's just the backside of a fuse and circuit box...even if you had to remove the boxes...you could do a fix easy enough!!! My vote is to insulate and not worry!!!
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Postby del » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:08 pm

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Woops the corner of my insulation broke, will have to fill it with something.

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Postby del » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:09 pm

Moving on on this insulation process, I need to install the clearance lights before I insulate. Now a question of style, do I install the lights pointing up or out?
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Either way they are visible from the side, and I am small enough that I do not need them so, what do you think?

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Postby Nitetimes » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:17 pm

del wrote:.... and I am small enough that I do not need them so, what do you think?

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Leave them in the package maybe??? :thinking: ;) ;)
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Postby del » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:55 pm

One of the things I need to do is adjust the door, so I can find out how much spring back the door has. To do this I had to remove the door and hog out the bolt holes so I could push in th door.
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After a lot of swearing get door back bolted on, and discovered the door only moved in about half as much as it should have. :x :x
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Postby dandan » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:54 pm

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
hi, im a bit new to this game.
will be attempting to build a roswell out of ali next year.
i would just like to thank you for shareing your build experiences with everyone.
have just spent the last 2 hours trawling through the 57 pages & enjoyed every bit.
well done.
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Postby del » Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:00 pm

dandan wrote::thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
hi, im a bit new to this game.
will be attempting to build a roswell out of ali next year.
i would just like to thank you for shareing your build experiences with everyone.
have just spent the last 2 hours trawling through the 57 pages & enjoyed every bit.
well done.
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Dan first of all welcome to the forum. I really want someone to build another one of these, so I can look at the pics of coarse and see where I went wrong. :lol:

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