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06-26-2008, 12:03 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: nampa
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:-(how do i make a camper shell for my toyota hilux i tried to make it out of styrene but i cant bend i perfect
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06-26-2008, 12:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Liberty
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honestly...practice, practice, practice. You could always try forming it out of a block of foam and then shaping the bends in the styrene around them using the foam as a template. Hope it helps you out  -Tim |
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06-27-2008, 06:19 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: nampa
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thanks tim |
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06-30-2008, 10:28 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nampa
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camper shell will be cool you get that pig on the trail yet?
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06-30-2008, 04:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: nampa
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nope im waiting for some one else to get a trail rig  |
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06-30-2008, 07:10 PM
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| Old guy   Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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Maybe your not using the right thickness, To start I would make a square the size of your bed as a base. Use thicker styeren to make the ribs of the camper. Front ,back maybe 2 in the middle. Then glue them to the base. Then use thiner styeren and go over the ribs. It should be easy, makes me want to build 1  |
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07-21-2008, 10:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kaufman
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| Why not make some out of some light weight metal? I used to do dirt oval bodys made from tor up sprint car wings. The bodys was a little heavy but they would last for ever. |
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01-22-2009, 03:55 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: in a cardboard box, maybe a castle
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Hair dryer works for bending thin sheet styrene.  |
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01-22-2009, 06:30 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Louis
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Hair dryer, boiling water, oven........... just get it warm enough so it bends.
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