pop-up camper

[gray07]

Has anyone ever made a resin one, growing up as a kid we always had one went almost every weekend during the summers and just wandered if anyone has made one, a closed one. I see them on the highways every where.

[1930fordpickup]

Great Question.

You could use the trailer from the Revell dirt cars (V8 60 and Kurtis midget)as a good starting point.

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[goodguyinar416]

I seen one made some time ago using paper towels as the fabric. There are some very strong paper towels that could take the paint, etc.

Art

Edited November 4, 2014 by goodguyinar416

[Lunajammer]

I've seen some plastic army tents for toy soldiers that would be perfect for the canvas shapes and would be cast-able.

[blubaja]

Sounds like a very fun scratchbuilding project! For the canvas tent material, you could use canvas tent material from an old tent.

Great Question.

You could use the trailer from the Revell dirt cars (V8 60 and Kurtis midget)as a good starting point.

I'm not sure what a midget racer trailer has to do with a camper...

[jbwelda]

he was probably talking about using the trailer as a base for a tent trailer sort of thing. not sure if that's a pop up or not but that's what I got from it.

jb

[1930fordpickup]

Sounds like a very fun scratchbuilding project! For the canvas tent material, you could use canvas tent material from an old tent.

I'm not sure what a midget racer trailer has to do with a camper...

I was thinking you could use the trailer as a starting point for your frame. Just depending how big of a box you would want the trailer to have. When I say box I am talking about the size of the trailer when it is going down the road and not set up.

[blubaja]

Ahh. That sounds decent then! I would rather scratchbuild the trailer too lol.

[PatW]

We have a lot of those on the road here in the UK all of a sudden. If you want to make one you can use the same hinge mech as on opening doors, just have two opposite sides hinged in the base and two in the top, or something like that!

[disabled modeler]

years ago someone offered a Shasta EZ pull behind camping trailer kit from a aftermarket company...man Id love to have one of those and any camping trailers/motor homes in kit form.