Just got to see my friends slightly modified 1956 Airfloat, getting closer to finished. I came to give some advice on the shower room and materials.
He added the central roof cylinder cuz he is taller than the trailer.
Box Truck tow vehicle is setup as his workshop, which is mainly filled with CNC router machine. They are about to go "full timing" .
These ceiling panels are built up in layers , with about 1/4" thickness of relief. CNC and hand painted
Speaking of CNC, everything in this floor is individual wooden pieces. About 10,000 he says:
Incredible work!
He'll be the center of attention where-ever they go.
Wow! That's impressive.
I don't suppose he has a build thread on Grassrootstrailersports or something?
That is amazing. I don't think I have ever seen that level of detail put into a camper trailer. It looks like it should be the living quarters of some eccentric guru in a movie.
Amazing! What’s his estimate of all-in man-hours? Yet another amazingly cool thing I’ll never have the talent or time to achieve!
Grtechguy said:
Is this him?
http://www.walterdill.com/airfloat-project.html
Yes, They are wanting to keep it below the radar til they get out on the road. I don't think he has any build page anywhere, but in GRM fashion he used salvage metal/foam garage door panels for structural floor repair.
That is incredible! Rolling artwork. 
That guy has talent !
any info on the CNC shop ?
We’ve had a new visitor at Fifer Meadows Truck and Trailer Storage for a week or so:
After our earlier visit, I was asked to help with a few items on the Airfloat, and I offered up our place for work space. I’m going to work with them to install a hybrid cement shower stall (all surfaces seamless with patterns TBD) and some of the rear bedroom surfaces.
‘56 Airfloat and our ‘55 Spartan:
While we’re fabricating plans and items for the shower, Walter got busy replacing the wheelwells. I happened to have a couple dishwashers just about to go to the dump, and they were available. Thus the stainless Bosch wheelwell upgrade:
A little more detail inside:
Original mahogany, new door
Bedroom ceiling:
Lot is full at the moment:
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Very nice!
A warning (I used to be in white goods development): The Stainless Steel tubs in the dishwashers are typically 0.4mm thick. All the shapes pressed into them makes them reasonably rigid, but the lack of wall thickness means they are pretty easily pierced. A dropped knife can, if you are unlucky, pierce the metal. I'm not sure I'd rely on it in a wheel well...
Impossibly cool. Sometimes you see a project and think - "Is this thing real? Is someone making this up?" This is one of those times. That is such a neat trailer. Kudos to your friend.
These photos are just snapshots, I hope to do some more serious pictures over the next couple weeks. It's a case where the pictures don't do justice to what is being created here.
