Scratch built camper trailer

[Sixties Sam]

Hey all, I just built this little camper from styrene sheets and some plywood and balsa. The sides are grooved siding sheet, and the curved top is .010" styrene over balsa spars. I used the trailer tongue, axle, and jack from the Revell midget racer trailer. Window frames are .080" styrene angle. Clear styrene windows have paper curtains printed from online. Propane bottle is the head from a Lego man. Parts box wheels (VW) and taillights. There's no interior detail (I'm lazy!). I plan to make a campground diorama to display this and two other teardrop models I made. This was a fun build, and I hope you like it!

Under construction pic. Balsa spars.

 

Edited March 19, 2016 by Sixties Sam

[cobraman]

That looks great Sam .

[bobthehobbyguy]

I agree. Nice work.

[Ramfins59]

That looks really cool Sam, good job.

[wayne swayze]

Great trailer Sam! Looking forward to your diorama.  Fun to build this kind of stuff eh?

[landman]

Really nice little trailer.

[Crazy Ed]

What a Great Build. But Sam You Have GOT to make a Good Sam Club Sticker for it 

[disabled modeler]

Sam...that is so cool...I love it..!

[vintagercr]

Very very nice!

[ChrisR]

Cool build!

[crazyjim]

That's cute little puppy.

[oldcarfan]

Cool trailer!

[Tom Geiger]

Nice work!  But I can say from experience that building the interior is the most fun!  

[rctruk]

Nice work

[misterNNL]

thanks for sharing this great little trailer build!I love these early ":canned ham"as they were often called.Also appreciate you showing the under construction photos.Who knows this might just inspire some others to add one to their "gotta build"list of things to do.Great subject choice and attention to detail.

[Sixties Sam]

Thanks, all, for the compliments! The build was fun, and not very hard to do. BTW, the trailer is not a model of any real trailer. It's my own design, based on photos from online. My campground diorama will have this trailer and a teardrop with tow vehicles, and a bed-mounted camper in a Dodge A-100 pickup.

Sam

[Canso65]

Looks great Sam!

[mikemodeler]

That is very nice, great scratchbuilding skills! I have been wanting to order one of the Modelhaus Shasta resin trailer kits but maybe I can scratch one like this. That would be perfect behind a mid-60's wagon!

[misterNNL]

thanks for sharing this great little trailer build!I love these early ":canned hams"as they were often called.Also appreciate you showing the under construction photos.Who knows this might just inspire some others to add one to their "gotta build"list of things to do.Great subject choice and attention to detail.

[unclescott58]

Very sharp looking trailer. I'm impressed.

[darthsideous]

Very sharp looking trailer. I'm impressed.

ditto!