1/12 scale teardrop trailer is done!

[Sixties Sam]

This project has been in the "On the Workbench" section for a while, but now it's finished, or at

least done enough to display.

Here's how I made the final details: The hatch hinge is medical tape which simulates a flexible

plastic hinge like I used on my 1:1 teardrop. It's covered with two strips of 1/32" balsa. Door

hinges are cut down R/C plane control surface hinges.

Hatch supports are 1/16" alum. tubing with small R/C ball links on one end.

Running lights are made from a 1/4" dia. disc of aluminum flashing bent into a taco shape and a

piece of plastic glued in for the light.

The tongue jack is made from a section of an R/C transmitter antenna. this allows the caster wheel

to be raised and lowered, and there is enough friction for it to stay where you put it.

The caster is alum. flashing, and the wheel is a slice of alum. tubing filled with a disk of balsa. The hitch on the 57 is made of wood and styrene with a ball from an R/C ball link for the hitch ball. The drawbar &

ball can be removed from the square tube receiver like a real one. The safety chains are from one

of my wife's old necklaces with craft wire S-hooks.

I've had fun building this trailer (and the 57 Chevy), and I'm pleased with the results. I hope you

guys like it too! If you want to build something really different and fun, try a teardrop trailer!

For larger photos, visit my Flickr photo album at http://www.flickr.com/photos/12482094@N07/

Sam

[old-hermit]

That is cool Sam and looks real. The reading light, bedding and kitchen are perfect touches.

[djway3474]

That is just 2 Kewl!!!!

If the grass was not so big you would think it was real.

I love this large scale stuff and I would build nothing but that, except display space becomes a premium.

[old-hermit]

I love this large scale stuff and I would build nothing but that, except display space becomes a premium.

If you love something, you will find a way.

[crispy]

That is awesome! Great work, it looks right at home with your 57!

Chris

[bsoder]

That is just way cool!...great work