dieseldawg142 Posted December 29, 2013 Author Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) ... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
disabled modeler Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 I seen a old style Shasta camping trailer once in a book that was made as a kit...love to have one of those. I use to own a 16 foot Jayco had a lot of fun with it...be great to put behind a station wagon/van/pickup build.
dieseldawg142 Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) ...... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
disabled modeler Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 Very nice Dan...you both did great work on it!...nice truck too. We have a 84 Chevy 4x4 long bed 1/2 ton been wanting to build one like it just need to locate the resin long bed and Chevy grille to fit the old Fall Guy pickup kit.
dieseldawg142 Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) ... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
dieseldawg142 Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) .... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
disabled modeler Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 That is SWEET Dan...!!! I love the crew cabs wish ours was one. I have no access to extra beds and might not be able to convert the bed into a long bed myself...great work! Our truck has 33x12.50x15 Micky Thompson Baja MTZ? tires I found some from a toy that look sort of close to them. The 84 Chevy grille would be another problem for me the kit has a GMC grille....keep up the great work its very very cool!
dieseldawg142 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) ...... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
disabled modeler Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Dan mine was an old farm truck since 1985 or 86 it never left the farm it was on or was given a bath and it shows...it only has 43,000. miles on it but its kind of rough had a hard life till now. I found tires close to mine on a toy armored personnel carrier...close enough for me anyways. Its a 84 Chevy Silverado power everything...not much of a gear ratio 308. and a 4 speed auto. I know someone use to make a resin long bed for these and a resin Chevy grille but have not been able to find one anywhere yet for my project build...I am one of those guys that wants to build a model of ever car/truck/van the family has owned. If you can send me your home e-mail i could send you a photo of our truck...someday hope to make it look better...right now its all about the mechanical things...body parts as i can find them cheap...disability income does not help with it or model building...LOL...
dieseldawg142 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) ... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
disabled modeler Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 i'm the same way-i need to build everything we've owned! i have a couple of resin chevy grilles, but there not for '81-'87, had them quite a few yrs, but i can not remember where i got them from.wish i could. i will be using the bottom one on my recently acquired chev stepside 177_opt.jpg Those look like resin copies of the old MPC 75? Chevy step side pickup kit grille to me...which is a good kit i have one from my old childhood build days. My home e-mail address is posted under my profile here...send me a message and Ill send you a photo of our old truck Dan. Glad I am not the only one that wants to build a car/truck of everyone the family has owned.
Greg Cullinan Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Camper looks good. Surprised we don't see more campers. So cool.
tbill Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 that camper is amazing! holy cow what a beauty..............
dieseldawg142 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) ... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
dieseldawg142 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) ..... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
von Zipper Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Your camper is coming along great, Dan Your scratch building is fantastic - keep in coming !!!
tbill Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 Dan, I hope you kept plans/drawings extra parts or whatever for this, as i'm thinking this would look good on one of my shelves, or trucks yet to be built yes, that's a hint....... as much as I enjoy building, I could never scratch build something like that, so, you need to do a second one......i'll be waiting by my mail box
dieseldawg142 Posted January 1, 2014 Author Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) ..... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
dieseldawg142 Posted January 3, 2014 Author Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) .... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
von Zipper Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Some times that's how it goes for us modelers-Stop and Go. Wait for parts, fix equipment ect. and find time for our real lives. When I got ready to start building my trailer the first thing I had to do was spend a few hours repairing my miter box. I like using the Mid West Products plastic miter box (found that picture on Google) I like the plastic boxes better than the metal ones because it's not as bad on the Exacto razor saw blades-but a by product is that over time you'll end up cutting thru the box, so I cut a piece of .080 sheet stock to patch it and it will last another couple of years now (I'm a cheap skate) Your trailer looks good so far- the wood decals look real too, I wouldn't have known it wasn't real wood if you had not said so. Have you looked at Wal Mart for die cast quad runners ?
dieseldawg142 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) .... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
David G. Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Looking good! I love all the little fiddly bits. David G.
dieseldawg142 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) ... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
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