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[papperbee]

Hi, I'm a newbie and my name's Peter. I've been lurking for about a year and thoroughly enjoyed your site. Actually I wander the west of UK and Europe mostly, (and am English). We finally have a FWC agent in England now and I've just received Keystone Shell No. 6245KEY-S. (If I manage to put up a pic you'll notice that quite a bit of the construction is back to front). I hope you'll allow me a couple of questions about fitting it out.
Most of the hardware to go inside is from a previous vehicle, so that's fine, bit it's the very basic things I'm puzzling over:[list=1]
[*]1.Can I fix the galley cabinets to the plywood AND the aluminium frame, or will the rigidity upset the famous flexibility and cause fractures? 2. If I can fix to the frames, does anybody hava a frame diagram or photo, or how do you find them? 3. Has anybody fixed the entire galley only to the plywood?

Congratulations on a wonderful community, and thanks in advance for your help. Rgds

[Mark W. Ingalls]

Hi, I'm a newbie and my name's Peter. I've been lurking for about a year and thoroughly enjoyed your site. Actually I wander the west of UK and Europe mostly, (and am English). We finally have a FWC agent in England now and I've just received Keystone Shell No. 6245KEY-S. (If I manage to put up a pic you'll notice that quite a bit of the construction is back to front). I hope you'll allow me a couple of questions about fitting it out.
Most of the hardware to go inside is from a previous vehicle, so that's fine, bit it's the very basic things I'm puzzling over:

1.Can I fix the galley cabinets to the plywood AND the aluminium frame, or will the rigidity upset the famous flexibility and cause fractures?

2. If I can fix to the frames, does anybody hava a frame diagram or photo, or how do you find them?

3. Has anybody fixed the entire galley only to the plywood?

Congratulations on a wonderful community, and thanks in advance for your help. Rgds

Welcome to the board, Peter.

1. Original cabinets in my 2000 Hawk were fixed to both, rather crudely IMHO. I think the "famous flexibility is sales BS: How can a welded, skinned structure be flexible and not leak or break the *inflexible* window glass?

2. Use a stud finder.

3. I fixed my galley to both the plywood base and the wall. I think if you don't, the rocking galley will smash everything apart from upside-down pendular movement.

RE: Major Hawk Remodel

[papperbee]

Welcome to the board, Peter.

1. Original cabinets in my 2000 Hawk were fixed to both, rather crudely IMHO. I think the "famous flexibility is sales BS: How can a welded, skinned structure be flexible and not leak or break the *inflexible* window glass?

2. Use a stud finder.

3. I fixed my galley to both the plywood base and the wall. I think if you don't, the rocking galley will smash everything apart from upside-down pendular movement.

RE: Major Hawk Remodel

[papperbee]

Mark,

thank you very much for your advice. I did wonder about "flexibility". I'm off to buy a better quality stud finder!

rgds Peter