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Welcome to the blog for our campervan build

This project began in May 2020 during the 'lockdown' in the UK due to COVID-19. We were supposed to be touring Europe in our existing camper conversion 'Movano The Van Hoe' but this obviously wasn't going to be possible... So after finishing a pretty ambitious Hot Tub Trailer build (see the blog here) we decided we needed another project to keep us occupied during however many weeks left of lockdown.

We put Movano The Van Hoe up for sale and bought a Renault Master which we will convert over the coming weeks/months.

We are fortunate in that Elliot has a fully equipped workshop with tools and space to work, and we're also fortunate in that this is Elliot's second camper conversion, so we're not totally winging it!

This is a blog of the full build and I make no apologies that it is very photo heavy. The primary purpose of the blog is to document this build both for our own records, and for anyone else who's interested.

We plan on touring around Scotland with our Trailer Hot Tub when travel restrictions are relaxed enough to allow this.

Disclaimer: This is NOT meant as a tutorial. Do not try this at home. Always seek professional expert advice.

Thursday, 15 October 2020

Fabrication of the folding seating/bed Part #2

So ages ago we fabricated the seating/bed from 25mm x 25mm x 1.5mm square section steel tubing... And then didn't really get around to sending it to the powder coaters.

But today it's been sent off to Pentland Powder Coating to be coated in Anthracite Grey RAL 7016.

Meanwhile, we finish off the tops of the benches. We've painted them black, and are drilling holes to ensure adequate ventilation of the cushions/mattress.

We're also creating opening hatches in the top of each bench, to allow access to the storage space underneath.

The wood tops are fitted with stainless steel hinges to allow them to fold up flush with the wall and out of the way so Master Splores can be used as a regular van...