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[rotti]

Captain,

Your pictures of the lock made me curious so I took a look at my 2012 Hawk.

 

 

My dead bolt has the full 1" throw and the interior frame has been notched.

 

 

Also it appears my door frame lip is on the inside facing the door while while yours is on the outside?

 

 

As far as interior trim materials, I wouldn't call it paper or wall paper. Mine has held up fine, the only damage inflicted by me with a heavy cooler on the radius corner by the entry. I have the chip and its not paper. Could it be better, sure but at what cost?

 

Will be following your build and congratulations.

Edited by rotti, 25 January 2014 - 09:25 PM.

[Captm]

 Hello all, thanks for the congrats and comments.  Looking at all the different mods everyone has posted really helped in my plans.  I'm sure many of you will recognize your ideas.

Handy? I think I'm handy and thats more project than I'd take on. Congrats on your purchase. I often find myself at odds with people who don't like some of the stuff FWC uses "hey, they should make the cabinets out of mahogany" and such. I'm much more in favor of keeping the cost and weight down, however, I'm with you on the wiring. It would add no weight and not much cost to use marine grade components there. That said I haven't had an issue with mine yet. Just not how I would do it.

It definitely about keeping costs and weight down.  Funny I am using mahogany ply -  Jobert Okoume to be precise.  Very strong, light weight but not cheap!  From what I've seen of the ply that FWC is using I have no complaints.  I have not come across any voids in the layers, it's straight, and light weight what more can you ask for?  I just happen to have the Mahogany from my Flippac build and most likely use some of the factory ply as well.

I'm not sure yet how I'm going to finish it, but I'm leaning towards using the same wall covering and veneer that is already in use.

Cheers

 

 

[Captm]

Captain,

Your pictures of the lock made me curious so I took a look at my 2012 Hawk.

 

 

My dead bolt has the full 1" throw and the interior frame has been notched.

 

 

Also it appears my door frame lip is on the inside facing the door while while yours is on the outside?

 

 

As far as interior trim materials, I wouldn't call it paper or wall paper. Mine has held up fine, the only damage inflicted by me with a heavy cooler on the radius corner by the entry. I have the chip and its not paper. Could it be better, sure but at what cost?

 

Will be following your build and congratulations.

Hi Rotti ,

Your lock set up looks a lot more secure.  I wonder if FWC changed the way they do it to  cut down on production time?

I'm not complaining about the use of wallpaper and paper backed veneer- it works.  I really like the wall covering it appears to be water resistant and pretty forgiving on the abuse it will take.  I know the veneer in mine is paper backed, I guess they changed in the past year or so.

 

Not a great pic, still learning how to post

                                                      

Cheers

Edited by Captm, 25 January 2014 - 10:45 PM.

[rotti]

Guess new and improved isn't always better?

[Timothy McGowen]

Congrats. Keep the pictures coming as the build progresses.

[Captm]

Hi CaptM,

 

Adding my congrats,,,,Now the fun begins,,,It sounds like you have lots more building skills than I do, so look forward to seeing the pictures of your build out over the coming months, as I'm always "tweaking" my Eagle with all the good ideas I get from you all.

 

Will we see your rig at Sugarloaf owners rally  the end of April?

Hi Jim,

Yes we have the rally on our calendar.

Cheers

[billharr]

Looking forward to your build, mine is still on hold. I will be at the Sugarloaf Rally with my Hawk done or not. 

 

 

Remember take lots of pictures, we love pictures.

 

Bill

Edited by billharr, 26 January 2014 - 02:08 AM.

[craig333]

You've got a mahogany ply thats as light and cheap as anything else? Cool. Btw, I chose mahogany by random, could as easily have said cherry or walnut or whatnot. I had serious issues with a heavy camper (honestly, I thought it might kill me) and nothing has changed since I got my FWC, I still appreciate the light weight. Its probably the most important thing.

[Captm]

You've got a mahogany ply thats as light and cheap as anything else? Cool. Btw, I chose mahogany by random, could as easily have said cherry or walnut or whatnot. I had serious issues with a heavy camper (honestly, I thought it might kill me) and nothing has changed since I got my FWC, I still appreciate the light weight. Its probably the most important thing.

I just thought it was funny by coincidence that you picked mahogany as an example.    Jobert is light, cheap definitely not .  I agree with you on the weight - that's why I went with the shell.

 

Cheers

[Captm]

Looking forward to your build, mine is still on hold. I will be at the Sugarloaf Rally with my Hawk done or not. 

 

 

Remember take lots of pictures, we love pictures.

 

Bill

Sorry to hear about your fingers, glad to read that the healing is coming along.  I've been following you build with great interest!

Cheers