My little tagalong camper *56K Beware lot of pics*

[Prime]

Well i have been working on this for a while and finally finished it up yesterday. I wanted to do something I had not seen done before and this came about by accident. I was searching on eBay for decals and saw an ad for "1/12 scale Caravan with decals". I thought I had never heard of a Dodge Caravan body, so naturally I had to check it out. Imagine my surprise when I saw it was a Camper. I knew the British called campers caravans, but I never expected it to be one. Naturally i had to have it, so I bought it and waited patiently for it to cross the ocean. Once it arrived and I unboxed it I started taking measurements to see how much I would have to stretch it to make it 1/10th scale. (see the first pic for the size diff compared to my scaler.) It is made from abs plastic so modifying with plastic card was a snap. I made a frame for it the size I wanted the camper and then stretched the body to fit. after I got the body the size I wanted I cut holes for the windows and started the body putty process. After getting it smoothed out and painted I started on the roof rack. I finished it up and started adding a few scale items. My wife made the sleeping bags up for me and talked my into adding the "tuber" to the roof, since I always take an RC truck with me when I go camping. Then I added some curtains to the windows and made a hitch to fit the receiver on my truck and it was good to go. Thanks for looking. Criticisms and comments appreciated.

 

[Prime]

the rest of the pics8)

 

[ColquittCustom405]

Nice work dude.You put in the fab time on this thing.Looks killer.

 

[razor rc]

looks sick man. "thumbsup"

 

[raul duke]

Thats some good work. The detail is great.

 

[chip cross]

sweeet

"thumbsup"

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Wow that really looks good. I like the mini RC car too!

 

[rcnut38]

Killer

I wish I had the skills to do that. That rock, Great work."thumbsup"

 

[Crawlerguy851]

What's up with the windows?

 

[freetimecrawler]

I think most campers like curtains in the windows for a little privacy I would assume.

 

[gr33nlemon]

Nice work man. The only thing that I would suggest is maybe jack up the ride height a little bit. It looks to be a little on the low side IMHO. Great work none-the-less.

 

[Prime]

Thanks everyone. I had fun building this. It was a nice break from the norm.8)

What's up with the windows?

I think most campers like curtains in the windows for a little privacy I would assume.

Exactly. Nothing worse than waking up to a bear watching you sleep, trust me on this.;-)

Nice work man. The only thing that I would suggest is maybe jack up the ride height a little bit. It looks to be a little on the low side IMHO. Great work none-the-less.

thank you. It is higher than it looks in the pics. My grass is a little high right now, my lawn mower is on the fritz. I am waiting on the parts to come in so the grass is running rampant. It sits about 1.25" off the ground.

 

[Scattman]

I love it. Great idea. I really dig the funky curtains.

Now you just need something to get her a rockin'"thumbsup"

 

[Harley]

I agree the curtains are typical camper curtains (aka ugly arse sheets you wouldn't let in your house). Does it smell funky like most campers?

Gotta love your blackfoot too!

 

[Big Mike]

The only thing that I would suggest is maybe jack up the ride height a little bit.

I was thinking trim a little more off the bottom.

Really cool looking...

 

[rcracer]

Simply KILLER, awsome job man.

 

[MOCRAWLER]

GREAT TRAILER!!! fantastic work. the body work looks perfect"thumbsup"

 

[tltman12]

Sweet trailer, all the detail is awesome"thumbsup"

 

[Brizio]

Very nice!!! A lot of detail, but why you don't use the same tires?

 

[Prime]

Thanks for the comments. I do appreciate them. "thumbsup"

I agree the curtains are typical camper curtains (aka ugly arse sheets you wouldn't let in your house). Does it smell funky like most campers?

Gotta love your blackfoot too!

lol I think all campers, even new ones come with the funky smell from the factory.

Thanks. The Blackfoot (Sammy) is my favorite rig right now. I took him out yesterday for it's first serious trail run and was quite pleased with it. Even my wife had fun playing in the mud with him. 8)

Very nice!!! A lot of detail, but why you don't use the same tires?

Because I only had one Moab left after building Sammy. lol Seriously though, it was because I didn't think it would look right with that much side wall. So I got those buggy tires off of rcnut38 and put them on a pair of narrowed King Cab wheels.