11/14/2018

Just chores today nothing worth pictures lol!

11/3/2018

We have tons of posts to catch up on and with luck we will in the coming days. Now that the rainy season is upon us we are starting to fight the weather once again along with the shortening days.

Today Soldier A was able to get the landing gear reassembled an installed on the long trailer. There was a bit of a problem with a damaged set of threads but that was overcome and the job got completed. Another baby step but it's DONE! LOL!

11/1/2018

On one of his less than better days

about a week ago Soldier A forgot to turn off the main power switch again and totally drained all four of the batteries. I'm talking drained to the bottom LOL! Not even enough juice to power the low air buzzer! Way to go A!

So, for the last four days he has been charging them back up one at a time. Taking a full 24 hours or more for each one. We're talking dead here!  😆

Got the Dragon Wagon fired back up this morning. Hope he has learned his lesson once and for all. If this blog teaches any lesson it would be that the world presents challenges not expected every day.

10/30/2018

First run of the new micro rock crawler with the headlights installed.

9/8/2018

As anticipated, after a good once-over with the air file it was obvious that the end wall would need a second touch up coat of fairing compound. So, tomorrow is going to be material chasing and final sanding of this end.

9/7/2018

After a good round with the sander this morning we got the 4th layer of sheets on the first end wall. Weather was mild, so dry time was slow, but we did manage to get a coat of fairing compound on before the day ended.

With luck we can hit the end with the air file tomorrow and then dress things out with a light final coat of compound and another section will be done.

9/6/2018

Today began the fabric and epoxy application on the walls of the bumper car track. The used dryer sheets really worked well on the bottom of the track. It seems to be worth the extra time it takes to apply them rather than large sheets of glass, and we are recycling. 


Only bummer of the day is the dry time did not allow us to get four layer on as we had hoped for. So, last layer tomorrow after a scuff sanding first.

9/5/2018

That final thin skim coat of fairing compound absolutely did the trick! After a real good sanding with the air file the bottom of the bumper car track came out almost    as nice as the top of the slot car track table.

   So, we prepped the first end wall for fabric tomorrow.

9/4/2018

After a good run over with the air file Soldier A decided that one more very thin coat of fairing compound would be the best way to get everything to lay down for the final coat of epoxy. After that it's time for primer and bed liner. 

9/3/2018

Third day of Soldier A being back on the projects. After a couple of hours with the air file, it is apparent that there will need to be a final thin coat of fairing compound to fill the imperfections that still remain on the bottom of the bumper car track.

7/13/2018

The Morton Loggers Jubilee has been one of our favorite events to participate in,

but this weekend was very different than the past couple of years. The vending field had empty spaces everywhere. 

The mobile shooting gallery was the big hit and we got to talk gun safety with tons of kids. This weekend was also the first time we got to get on the roof of the Dragon Wagon. What an awesome way to watch the parade.

8/6/2018

Both barn doors are now installed on the Dragon Wagon 2 trailer, the rest of the week will be used for inventory production and load up for the Morton Loggers Jubilee.

8/4/2018

Monumental! That would be the best way to describe the day!


Started the day with a trip for some plywood to replace the scaffold planks that delaminated in the weather last winter. We had to strip the old nasty plywood off first and clean up the steel frame before the new plywood could be installed. And, to avoid the new planks from suffering the same fate as the originals,

we decided to seal them up real good with some enamel paint on both sides and all edges. To up the refit even more we added sand to the top paint coats for traction.
Next we moved on to the fitting of the second door for the trailer. That went pretty smooth, as all we had to do was fit it to the remaining opening.  So, it is clamped and curing for hardware tomorrow.

Thinking that this had been a good day, Soldier A went into hyper drive and cut the opening in the roof for the hatch and framed it out for the surround. By dark the hatch was in and ready for hardware tomorrow.

What an amazing day!

7/31/2018

So, today we had to add some strips of material to the inside of each door frame section in order to have lots of solid area to screw the door hinges. Ready to start the doors tomorrow!

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!

7/22/2018

Had a very fun and successful outing at Grocery Outlet today. Got to hang out and play with some of our local buds. 

We also had the opportunity to test the battery operating system for the portable slot car track. So, we are throwing up a short video of the test success.

7/14/2018

Tank Battles got a little crazy tonight! In dim light everything seems so much more intense. The Sultan Shindig is a blast!

7/1/2018

Weather was definitely not in favor of a car show, but Dream Builders is for an awesome cause. So, we were all in for the day.

We set up everything! Truck with the paracord, shooting gallery, tank battlefield, and the new slot car track. For those that braved the weather we were a giant rolling toy box!

6/19/2018

Almost two full days of sanding to get the perfect canvas to apply the scales but, they are going on now.

6/15/2018

Sanded and prepared for the final coats of epoxy today. We also decided to add a roof rack, so we took the scales back off the roof. Epoxy should be finished tomorrow.


 

6/14/2018

Took the Dragon Wagon into town today for some materials, only to find out she had a tail light out. As things turned out she had two different style lights on her so we just put on a new matching set.

6/13/2018

Last of the glass work is done on the trailer and some scales got set in place as well things are moving ahead. Finally!

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.

6/6/2018

The better part of the day was spent adding fairing compound to the sides of the trailer today as well as gluing on the foam in the front areas. This will be shaped with the foam cutter after it sets up and then the putty work can begin.
 

3/16/2018

Days are getting better and better. Today saw more parts painting as well as some really cool building stuff.

Since we are adding an awesome new slot car race track to our widening selection of entertainment attraction, it was time to get started on the track table and bases. We started with the construction of the table top and found that the one inch foam wasn't goin to be stiff enough, so we added some sections of two inch underneath to increase the rigid strength. Epoxied and weighted down the top should be ready for the next phase by Sunday.


We had to stop and cut a bit of fire wood, but then it was on to the portable bases for the track. Lots of cutting, sanding, and routing produced an almost complete first base. It will take two to hold the race track top. More progress tomorrow.
 

3/15/2018

With the help of some good buddies the topper is now on the trailer. In the next few days we will be doing the final alignment and attachment.

3/12/2018

Got off to a pretty strong start this morning only to run out of fairing compound. So, we need to pick some up tomorrow and get back on track. Got some other things done , so the day was not a loss.

3/11/2018

What a weekend! The weather just made progress so much easier.

The trailer chassis got its final coat of paint over the completed areas. Then Soldier B & C started cleaning and painting all the parts needed to complete the re-assembly of the project. There was black paint flying everywhere.

Whilst that was going on Soldier A finished the framing construction of the trailer shell, so it is now ready for the first wave of putty and pre-fiberglass sanding. This was just a straight up awesome weekend.

Tomorrow is going to be all about paint and putty.