First box - The Mold!

For context, construction of the camper shell begins upside down in a temporary mold built of ordinary plywood in order to "stitch" all the pieces using 18 gauge copper wire, and then glue them together - hence the name for the method: stitch and glue.  Once the shell is constructed and the glue hardened, the mold is removed for sanding.

Here, we opened the first large box for an inventory. All pieces of the mold frame accounted for… Will begin construction in a few hours!