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06-13-2014, 11:04 AM
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#761
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Posts: 45
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All Canadian FE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 84
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
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Originally Posted by wmkbailey
I'm sold.
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No kidding! I'm in. Just made a note-to-self.
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06-13-2014, 11:42 AM
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#762
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Kelso, WA
Posts: 253
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
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Originally Posted by kenny76
I would think that coating it with another color would reduce the reflective properties of the white paint and maybe even the insulating beads.
How much paint did it take to get the paint work done with the 3 coats on your bus. I ask because I am considering buying the beads and adding them to elastomeric paint I can buy locally and not pay to ship.
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We bought the beads and mixed them in with white elastomeric paint you can buy at lowes or home depot (or local supplier), didn't want to pay for shipping weight. We ordered 12 lbs of beads and still have 6 lbs left over for another coat down the road (we painted our floor with the same thing as our roof, reflects heat right?)
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06-15-2014, 04:25 AM
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#763
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: The Valley - Arizona
Posts: 644
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freight-shaker (Freightliner)
Engine: Cat 3126b 250 HP
Rated Cap: Only 1 seat
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Excellent work my man! I have been ordering stuff for mine. Next month she will get 30 days of straight work on her!! Now to get my paint ordered.
-Doc
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06-19-2014, 07:38 AM
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#764
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Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Massachusetts.
Posts: 196
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-t-liner
Engine: Cat 3126 - MD 3060
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Yea. The bead board was hard enough for me and I had a helper and my roof is not raised. You are a trooper.
I can't wait to paint my bus. I've had bus kote waiting to go on for 8 months now. I wanted to do it befor winter but I realized I should paint the sides first.
Keep up the good work.
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06-20-2014, 09:17 AM
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#765
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,489
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/AT545
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
You may want to shoot me for saying this, but now that you've painted the roof white, I think your bus would look better if you lowered the rain gutter on the raised section of the bus to be on the same plane as the gutters on the front and rear non-raised sections, then smooth out the line where the original rain gutter was to blend it in, and then continue the white paint down to the level of the new rain gutter.
It might pan out like this:
- cut off the raised section gutter and smooth out the transition line
- have a metal shop make you a new gutter the correct length to connect the front and rear sections
- Install the new gutter and then re-paint to cover the areas you modified
It would be extra work, but I think it would look awesome!
Maybe someone could use a photo editing program to render what it would look like. I don't have a program handy right now that would do it justice.
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06-20-2014, 09:31 AM
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#766
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
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Originally Posted by Diesel Dan
You may want to shoot me for saying this, but now that you've painted the roof white, I think your bus would look better if you lowered the rain gutter on the raised section of the bus to be on the same plane as the gutters on the front and rear non-raised sections, then smooth out the line where the original rain gutter was to blend it in, and then continue the white paint down to the level of the new rain gutter.
It would be extra work, but I think it would look awesome!
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You are right, it would be easier to shoot you.
My roof steel ends at the gutter. The side steel slides up under it. The only connection are the rivets.
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06-20-2014, 09:52 AM
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#767
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,436
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
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Maybe someone could use a photo editing program to render what it would look like
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I've got nothing in this but, I can use PS and although it would be a lot of work. I think Dan has a point.
Too bad it's not this easy.
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06-20-2014, 02:20 PM
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#768
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,489
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/AT545
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
I suppose you could just paint it white and then paint a 3-D looking dark line to imply a gutter...
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06-20-2014, 02:52 PM
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#769
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
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06-20-2014, 03:40 PM
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#770
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Kelso, WA
Posts: 253
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Quote:
Originally Posted by wmkbailey
You are right, it would be easier to shoot you.
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Perfect
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06-21-2014, 09:53 AM
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#771
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 337
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
I disagree with the looks of moving the rain gutter down........I like the hitch in the line.... in fact I think you should move the rub rails up in the middle to match it and trim a bit off the side skirts as well..... give it an inch-worm type look!! Also will keep people wondering how you bent a bus!
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06-21-2014, 06:58 PM
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#772
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Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Massachusetts.
Posts: 196
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-t-liner
Engine: Cat 3126 - MD 3060
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
I just got to the bend in my ceiling with the breadboard and I'm not happy. I really thought it would bend the curve. I might take it all down now.
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06-22-2014, 10:16 PM
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#773
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,489
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/AT545
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Quote:
Originally Posted by Malkieri
I disagree with the looks of moving the rain gutter down........I like the hitch in the line.... in fact I think you should move the rub rails up in the middle to match it and trim a bit off the side skirts as well..... give it an inch-worm type look!! Also will keep people wondering how you bent a bus!
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I can see what you are saying. I think if there was an angle in the back to match the angle in the front, that would be the easiest thing to do and make it look better.
Edit: what I mean is to just make the gutter follow the angle of the front where the white paint comes down, and then do the same in the rear, so both front and rear gutters make the 45 degree downturn to connect the lower sections, then fill in the little triangle in the rear with white paint to complete the look.
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06-23-2014, 07:38 AM
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#774
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePimentals
I just got to the bend in my ceiling with the breadboard and I'm not happy. I really thought it would bend the curve. I might take it all down now.
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I almost did the same thing. As you can see I made my transition at the bend. The gap I have will be mostly covered by cabinets and such, so I'm not too worried.
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06-23-2014, 07:40 AM
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#775
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
The main reason I don't want to move the rain gutter down is the advantage the roof raise gives you, because now the windows will be at eye level.
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06-23-2014, 11:09 AM
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#776
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Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Massachusetts.
Posts: 196
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-t-liner
Engine: Cat 3126 - MD 3060
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
I was just at the lumber yard and we talked about any and all possibilities for bending plywood. And there is only one type that will work and it's 53$ a sheet. I've heard that lauan plywood is available with all the grain in the plys going the same direction so that it bends easy but no one there had ever seen that. I wonder if I flip the bead board over if the grooves will act like a kerf and will allow for bending.
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06-23-2014, 06:11 PM
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#777
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Check around your area for "Bender Board" --- Used by cabinet makers for curved work. Comes with kerfs cut all the way across the back. Nifty stuff.
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06-23-2014, 09:03 PM
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#778
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Posts: 1,793
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: B3800 Short bus
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 36
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
I had decent luck bending 1/4" oak plywood. There are pictures of the process about 3/4 of the way down the page on my build thread: http://www.skoolie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=466764
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06-25-2014, 09:07 PM
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#779
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
I haven't been followig your build for a while. I think the bus looks great.
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08-15-2014, 07:46 PM
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#780
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Re: The Journey Visvi 1999 Thomas MVP ER
Whats been happening on your build? It's been awhile, I've had to take a break and work on the house
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