Trailor hitch???

[Brandon05l]

ok i am want to put a hitch on it can someone tell me how to make one or someone make one 4 me

[crazyjim]

Dukefan69' (Nick Winter) posted a fantastic trailer hitch how-to many months ago. Maybe he'll reply to your post, or you can search for it, or PM him.

[Eric Stone]

I don't think it would be too hard- Use some square styrene rod or tubing, or file some round scrap sprue into a square shape, and build the receiver hitch to match the frame. Use another small piece of square for the hitch itself, add the drop portion of it here if you're building one for that big Ford. Glue a small flat piece onto the back of it where the ball will go. Carve a ball out of some sprue, and file a piece of round into a hex for the large nut that holds the ball to the hitch. Add a thin slice of round in the correct diameter to the bottom of the nut to simulate the little bit of thread sticking out of the bottom of the nut.

Google pics to use for reference, or look at 1:1 examples in person.

[Jordan White]

Here's a good tutorial I found: http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/tutorial/109

Course, to be honest, I'm sure yours will turn out better than the one built in the tutorial!

[Nick Winter]

Here's a good tutorial I found: http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/tutorial/109

Course, to be honest, I'm sure yours will turn out better than the one built in the tutorial!

I wrote that. and it was a quickey built one, I'm redoing it and submitting it to MCM, so hopefully it will be in a issue soon. My buddy was the one with the camera and took the pictures and built that one, I gave him some chicken scratch drawings. He told me what he used so I wrote that in as the styrene measurements.

Edited February 9, 2010 by Dukefan69'

[MonoPed]

Here's a demo that I did on Hobby Heaven several years ago. I used some .020" sheet, 1/8" square tube and other scrap plastic.

Edited February 9, 2010 by MonoPed

[diymirage]

ad a little pin to the whole in the post above and your all set

(you know, the pins the wifey uses when she sows and needs to hold the fabric together, they come in all sorts of different collored heads and also make great gearshifters )

[Wayne Buck]

Instead of carving the ball, I think one of those ball-ends from an r/c car would be perfect.

example: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXM472&P=7

[Brandon05l]

ad a little pin to the whole in the post above and your all set

(you know, the pins the wifey uses when she sows and needs to hold the fabric together, they come in all sorts of different collored heads and also make great gearshifters )

never thought of that and thanks to every one for giving some tips

[AzTom]

Here's a demo that I did on Hobby Heaven several years ago. I used some .020" sheet, 1/8" square tube and other scrap plastic.

Great build.

Here's a few I did in brass.

http://public.fotki.com/aztom/toys--models/custom-parts/brass-class-iii-tra/

[Eric Stone]

Instead of carving the ball, I think one of those ball-ends from an r/c car would be perfect.

example: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXM472&P=7

Those look pretty good. What size are they?

[Wayne Buck]

Those look pretty good. What size are they?

Not sure how big the ones in the link are, but I know I've seen some really small ones before that would be perfect.

You could probably get them a lot cheaper. I just figured I could find them on tower's site quickly for an example.

I would think any decent hobby shop should have an assortment of them.

[midwest 1953]

On the balls in the link.. if you scroll down from the picture, it says they are 1/2 inch tall overall, thread length 1/4, ball size 3/16, and 4-40 threads....

Irf they made these in 0-80, with an 1/8 inch ball, or 00-90 with a 3/32 ball they would be about right.

a 2" ball would be .080 dia. in 1/25th scale...

Jim A.

[Wayne Buck]

On the balls in the link.. if you scroll down from the picture, it says they are 1/2 inch tall overall, thread length 1/4, ball size 3/16, and 4-40 threads....

Irf they made these in 0-80, with an 1/8 inch ball, or 00-90 with a 3/32 ball they would be about right.

a 2" ball would be .080 dia. in 1/25th scale...

Jim A.

Thanks Jim,

Yeah those are too big, but I'm almost positive they make smaller ones.

I used to mess with r/c cars a lot when I was a kid.

[AzTom]

Thanks Jim,

Yeah those are too big, but I'm almost positive they make smaller ones.

I used to mess with r/c cars a lot when I was a kid.

If you find those smaller Let me know, I have looked everywhere. I made mine from small sewing pins and earrings.

Tom

[Pro 48 Fleetline]