They've been making steady progress on our Troopy conversion, but they're quite busy this year so our schedule's being extended by a couple of months. No worries as we never had any hard deadline to begin with.
I went a little OCD on the color, changing my mind several times while researching heritage colors and trying to decide if I wanted to go with a matching color on the top portion of the roof tent, white or black. Once I was told that the top checkerboard plate would stay clear anodized aluminum and thus reduce solar gain, I decided to go with black so that future roof additions (spare parts box, roof rack w/slide-out table, wood bins, etc.) would blend in more easily rather than stand out.
I also ordered pints of several heritage color samples to check out options I didn't want to discount just yet (Fashion Green 303, Heath Gray 113 and the Greyish Olive 6H9) and several colors I wanted to blend to see if I could lighten up the Olive Green 653 (which in reality is a brown with maybe a tinge of green) with a Olive Green 637 (this one is actually green) and some Yellow 531. I ended liking a lighter version of the 653 with a little 637 & 531 mixed in (6-3-1 ratio).
Then to my surprise, the upcoming 70 series will have a somewhat muted version of my final color ... the Trail Dust. Talk about a freakish coincidence!
Attaching some images of the color study & conversion progress.
Next up is the mechanical / suspension upgrades and exterior accessories (bull bar, wheels & tires, read bumper, etc.). Those should greatly improve the exterior's aesthetic.
I went a little OCD on the color, changing my mind several times while researching heritage colors and trying to decide if I wanted to go with a matching color on the top portion of the roof tent, white or black. Once I was told that the top checkerboard plate would stay clear anodized aluminum and thus reduce solar gain, I decided to go with black so that future roof additions (spare parts box, roof rack w/slide-out table, wood bins, etc.) would blend in more easily rather than stand out.
I also ordered pints of several heritage color samples to check out options I didn't want to discount just yet (Fashion Green 303, Heath Gray 113 and the Greyish Olive 6H9) and several colors I wanted to blend to see if I could lighten up the Olive Green 653 (which in reality is a brown with maybe a tinge of green) with a Olive Green 637 (this one is actually green) and some Yellow 531. I ended liking a lighter version of the 653 with a little 637 & 531 mixed in (6-3-1 ratio).
Then to my surprise, the upcoming 70 series will have a somewhat muted version of my final color ... the Trail Dust. Talk about a freakish coincidence!
Attaching some images of the color study & conversion progress.
Next up is the mechanical / suspension upgrades and exterior accessories (bull bar, wheels & tires, read bumper, etc.). Those should greatly improve the exterior's aesthetic.