1/21/2020

There is still a lot of demo wood to be burned up, so we left Stripe and his chainsaw to take care of the pile and fire, hoping he doesn't burn down the entire back yard. Every time that thing is in his hands he is like an adrenaline junky. We had to redirect our attention to the bathroom in the Ark because we are going a different direction with the shower surround material.

In short, we are removing the coped corners in order to install the wall coverings and trim. We also got our small Tamiya connectors that we are going to use to get the DOT lights mounted yet be able to be removed when the weather breaks and we get to finish the exterior fiberglass work.

9/10/2019

So, this afternoon we went back out to Buckley to hang with the two Daves. It was a very quiet night. School being back in session and the pending rain, folks just went home. As it works out sometimes, you just don't know how cool things will pan out in the end. In today's case we had the privilege of meeting an awesome lady who we will refer to in the future as Miss B. She is the wife of one of Americas most unsung heroes, those that are not afraid to be under the sea for months at a time. What a Lady! She has a very sleek and stylish booth with intoxicating products. Overall, a fun mellow evening. Just a bunch of BSing. Is that a word??? LOL
 

9/07/2019

So, with the display racks retro fitted we went out to the old reliable GO to set up the display for what we hope will be close to the last layout. Lots of people came by to visit so, it took longer than expected but it was fun!

2/20/2019

Trying to buy a house is such a pain these days. On the off chance the Ark actually becomes home Soldier A spent several hours needle scaling the compartment where the fridge goes so, we can start the floor leveling.

7/24/2018

For the last couple of days we have been doing repairs and moving forward with the boat racing attraction. The little race boat arrived and we think it is awesome fun. so the race course construction has begun.

Soldier A has been saving used dryer sheets for some time now and is trying a new method with them instead of fiber glass cloth. The testing of this method yielded a very solid and hard product so he is going forward with the plan. So, thrifty!

6/12/2018

More fiberglass and epoxy today than any other 3 days. Even if it did take until after nine tonight this was a really awesome day. There is only one corner left to reinforce and the last large piece to apply and we're ready for scales.

If everything goes as well tomorrow that will all get done, as well as the installation of the new batteries. Soldier A is still kicking himself in the ass over leaving the master switch on, but it's pretty much water under the bridge now.

6/11/2018

Well it's three out of four dead! Only one of Tiffany's batteries survived the full drain off. After dealing with that debacle the rest of the day was spent starting the interior insulation and final sculpting of the front end of the trailer.

Had to add one final touch up to the fairing compound on the drivers side, but we should be good to go tomorrow for fiberglass. No cool picture tonight.

12/17/2017

Today the decision was made to take the trailer out of the RV bay so we can construct the rock crawler course for our newest mobile attraction. The little crawlers are really cool and climb exceptionally well for their size. Pretty sure this will be another huge hit with the kids.

We're going to go with a 16x8 foot layout,which will create quite a large course and still fit under one of our 10x20 canopy for rain protection.

We also started looking into the possibility of completing the interior of some of the compartments that will eventually become cabinets.

11/28/2017

A bit anti climactic today. In an effort to recover from this weekends debacle, Soldier A took the Dragon Wagon over to Grocery Outlet to set up today. The weather was ok and he did get a little business for a Monday.

However, he forgot to take pictures!

11/10/2017

Got a bit of a surprise today with a bit of good weather. Enough to let us get the last big piece of fiberglass on the nose cone over the driver's side.

We also got more temporary paint on. We have a few Christmas events coming up and want to get the Dragon Wagon in full color for them.

 

11/6/2017

Really kicked some butt today! David, one of our good neighbors, came over today and helped me disassemble the troop racks so we can use the rails to build our handrail system for the roof.


This allowed Soldier A to continue on with the fiber
glass work, and he was able to get the angled section of the nose cone on the passenger side done. With the weather being as nice as it was, he also got most of the penetrated screws ground down so we can apply epoxy to the under side of the bedroom.

The help of a friend on days like this is priceless!

11/5/2017

First, our condolences and deepest, best wishes to the shooting victims in Texas this very sad Sunday.

It snowed most of the day here at the motor pool so we made an inventory and admin day of it. Nothing to take pictures of except the new style of bracelet that Soldier A made.

11/4/2017

Ok, so when the can of epoxy resin says 40 degrees on it that's what it means! LOL! It was 37 degrees at the motor pool today and as fast as we poured the resin on the truck it turned into a gel-like mess.

It ended up that we had to use the heat gun, squeegee, and roller all at the same time to get the epoxy to saturate the fiberglass cloth. What a fiasco!

We did manage to get the remaining piece of reinforcing tape on the driver side and complete the roof hatch. Once sanded,

it will be ready for the application of Dragon scales. A good place to start that learning process.

11/2/2017

Rain and colder than we would have liked, so today was not a work on the Dragon Wagon day. That didn't stop Soldier A from getting stuff done. It turned into a battle field day. The skirting panels seam to be giving him a lot more trouble than expected.

He finally got frustrated and decided to try skim coating one of the panels with the thought that it would allow us to sand these things smooth enough for lettering. Guess we'll find out!

He also got the third side of the roof hatch reinforcement tape on.

10/17/2017

Rain and wind! That's how we started the day at the motor pool. So, we went out for a bit of shopping in the Dragon Wagon.

She draws attention every time she pulls into a parking lot.


When we got back to the motor pool the War Dragon head was waiting for us. This is going to look awesome on the grill!

10/15/2017

Got to go out in the sunshine today and have some fun! Even not finished, the Dragon Wagon drew tons of people with loads of questions. The weather was perfect and we got to have some excellent conversations with some really nice folks. What an awesome day!
 

 

9/29/2017

Well, it's been almost a year, and yes we are still here at the motor pool. Man, have things been out of control for the last 10 months!

There have been lots of ups and downs, but more to the positive side, we think. Tiffany has become a true life of her own. She has now acquired the additional title of Dragon Wagon. In the weeks to come it will become evident as to why this is happening.

A busy summer combined with Soldier A getting injured on the project has put us right back to the Fall weather battle, but we are still getting fiberglass work done.

Today was slow. wet,and steady.

11/13/2016

The weather was just nasty today. But there were a few breaks in between fronts rolling through. 

Most of this short day was spent sanding what was hopefully the last of the fairing compound on the back wall. As fate would have it, that was not the case and one last fill coat had to be applied. No good action shots, but there should be tomorrow.

11/12/2016

Spent the morning in damage control mode. The big tarp blew off Tiffany last night and we had to wrestle it back up top this morning. That ain't easy considering how tall Tiffany has become. After that was over, we got more glass on the ass end.


The door jamb is glassed in minus the header but things are getting more solid and waterproof by the day.

 

11/11/2016

It's official! We actually have fiberglass on Tiffany!

This is a milestone we thought would never come, but it did today. The porch cover is glassed on and so is one side of the door jamb. We also rolled an extra coat of resin on the top to assure complete water proofing.

Tomorrow will be working under the tarps again! Today's work was overseen by the symbol of our freedom, how fitting on Veterans Day. Thanks to all that serve and have served.