Front area light fixture

Silver Streaks normally have a small shelf in the front area above the window. This ledge was held up by an aluminum strip screwed all along the nose area above the window. When I purchased the Mini-Me this shelf had been almost torn off and the front ledge was missing:

Originally I had thought about making a larger cabinet than the original to replace the shelf. I was going to put hidden lights behind the cabinet as I have seen done in some Airstreams.  But I decided that I liked having the extra open space as well as the cleaner look and lines of the front nose without a shelf. I wanted to have more light in the dining area as well. Then I thought, why not put some kind of light fixture instead of the cabinet?...Why not indeed...
I made a thin plywood template of the area:

Then I went to a local sheet metal shop, Swan Island Sheet Metal Works and had an aluminum angle piece bent to match the template.  Notice that the bend is into the flat side of the angle.  This is easier said than done.  They did a bang up job of it, without marring, bending or dimpling the aluminum.  Do not attempt this at home kids, these guys are trained professionals.

I then added LED light strings to the backside and interior bottom of the rod and put a toggle switch at one end as an on/off switch.  When I rewired the trailer a while back, I ran 3 new wires (two power and one ground) up into that area of the trailer and so already had power available there.

Then while at the neighborhood hardware store I saw a small display of steel bottle can openers created by a local artist:

Since I live in the Pacific Northwest what could be more PNW than salmon? So I used my grinder to cut the bottle openers to the desired height.

Boom!

Jumping salmon!

Not only does it make for a very slick look, it added a lot of light to that area of the trailer.