After the Pikes were done cannibalizing the new Star Traveller to upgrade The Tank, I set to work making it into a hippie van for Albus to live in. I thought about making it into a school bus but Albus can be very persuasive. All I had to work with was the bare-bones vehicle, the bathroom door but only one bathroom wall, the table surface, two vanities, and two round sink units.
First order of business was to finish the clean up. None of the stickers survived but they left lots of residue! Here we see it at the beginning of the renovation. It didn't take long to figure out the vanity pieces were not going to work since they had no sides for me to glue to the walls. One of the sinks was missing the faucet, so the other was selected.
The bathroom space has two areas for snapping walls into position. Since I only had one, Albus opted for the bathroom to be part of the rear compartment. That will be the bedroom and therefore more private. When I was gluing the wall into place, I noticed staining from the rug. Looks like Albus has been murdering around!
There's also some on the exterior of the camper. It's not as noticeable, but it's there. The stripes and one rug were very pink. I guess the pigment ran during clean up.
Albus informs me that he lives in a campground with a shower house and eats all his meals at work, so he doesn't need anything more than a toilet and a bed. I told him it he should be able to wash his hands and to get a glass of water. He agreed.
God bless the clearance rack. A ten by ten wooden plaque is almost the perfect size for his bed. he can sleep diagonally. It's not like he has to share. He still doesn't have a blanket or pillows, but it's spring right now. I promise he'll have them by fall.
One end of the sink unit has a partial wall and I glued that to the bathroom wall. The poster above the sink says "One day at a time". The next step: What to do about the open end and the incomplete front?
Colorful craft sticks give the front a cheerful touch that reaches the floor. They also served to brace the base of the cabinet and keep it from leaning. I wrapped a few in duct tape and glued them to the inside floor.
A scrap of denim from my sewing box gets clamped into place while the glue dries. Albus can have a side cabinet behind a curtain!
The door had to glued into place because one of the hinges is broken.
Removing the hanger assembly from the back of the plaque. It wasn't hurting anything, but I might need them some day. Into the tool box with them!
Headlights and blinkers painted.
Brake lights and blinkers in the rear, also painted. (I'm beginning to think Barbieville has a law requiring Smokies stickers.) You can see the poster on the bathroom side of that wall - this one says "Worry less, live more". We can feed Sour Flush candy to The Boy and use the plastic toilet it comes in to finish Albus's plumbing.
Albus welcomes you to his humble abode. Pull up a captain's chair and make yourself comfortable. It's not much, but as always in Barbieville, it's a work in progress. And Albus is a simple creature, really. He don't need much.
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