Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Not sure how I got to looking at teardrop trailers but my web wanderings led me to the Oregon Trailer site and I was quite taken with the off-road Terra Drop Alpha. I don’t want a real one but I thought it might make a cool model to tow about. Here it is: https://www.oregontrailer.net/upload...02626_orig.jpg Here’s the kitchen. https://www.oregontrailer.net/upload...03239_orig.jpg They’re basically made of plywood on a steel frame so I got to cutting out some trailer shapes out of 3mm plywood ‘cause that’s what I had. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67201.jpeg Started gluing bits together and it began to look trailerish. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67202.jpeg Glued some styrene sheet onto the top and added a bit of a kitchen. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67203.jpeg Then I made a hatch for the galley but it was a mm too wide and 6mm too short. It didn’t fit. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67204.jpeg So back to the drawing board. Made a new one, a bit narrower and a tad longer, and it fits like a hatch! http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67205.jpeg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67206.jpeg And a bit of Polybak cut to cover the side. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67207.jpeg Stay tuned. More to come. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Nice job, following along. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Very nice! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks fellas! |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Very cool choice, excellent execution as per usual, Tossed Man. There are some pretty cool compact campers out there these days. That is definitely one of them. I am more of a back-country, canoe-camping kind of guy so that kind of thing doesn’t suit my needs. Strangely I still want one:mrgreen: |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Wow totally awesome! Nice work. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks Jato and Smog. I’d buy one but they run about $30K fully kitted out and the bed isn’t long enough for me. Thus, the model. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Wow! When I first saw the pics, I was going to ask where you bought this kit. Great job on designing and cutting the pieces out![emoji106] Excited to follow along and see how it turns out! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks! I’m making my own kit. 8) |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Got a bit more done today. Glued a styrene skin on the hatch cover. Just gotta let it dry now. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67208.jpg And then I'm going to try to glue this onto the skin of the hatch. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67209.jpg This is what I'm trying to recreate. https://www.oregontrailer.net/upload...521-195938.jpg https://www.oregontrailer.net/upload...516-100552.jpg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer awesome build. Sub'd Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Sweet build tossed man! I thought the same as b-mow, looks like a kit u could buy lol. Definantly watchin this one Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks 72square. Thanks Indybama. Most kits have the parts measured out properly though. I'm flying by the seat of my pants here and have had to re-cut multiple parts. Like the skin for the hatch which I glued on upside down. D'oh! I'll get it right eventually. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer You're a helluva pants-pilot Tossed'! "thumbsup" That thang is lookin' really good. I think the Oregon folks would be impressed. Super NICE work! 8) jim |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks Jim! Pants pilot eh? I'll have to add that one to my résumé. Cheers, Todd |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Here's round two of skinning the hatch. I'm trying Polybak this time instead of styrene. I need to glue it three times because of the curves on the hatch. Never used so many clamps for such a small thing. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67255.jpg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67256.jpg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Got a bit more done. Glued on the first layer of the hatch skin. Also got the front box framed out. Stay tuned. More to come. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67257.jpg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67258.jpg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67259.jpg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer That looks awesome tossed! Youre doin a fantastic job my friend. Cant wait to see how it turns out. I believe its goina be one of those 'fooled you' pieces of art work. Keep up the great work! Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks Indy! I hope so. It's slowly coming along. Gotta figure out the doors next and am thinking about how to make the frame and axles. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Well, it's back to the drawing board for the main body. The hatch is perfect, as is the front box. Need to redesign the placement of the cross beams on the main body. Need to add some more and fine tune the placement of a few. Also, need to make the inner cabinets a bit shorter. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67268.jpg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer What a nice project, very good handiwork"thumbsup""thumbsup" |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks Mike. Definitely a work in progress. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer OK, from the drawing board to the laser cutter. Made myself a new "kit" today. Glue tomorrow after a bit of sanding to get the smoke residue off. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67269.jpg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67270.jpg |
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Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer As much as I’d like to, selling them isn’t going to happen. The laser cutter is at work. It ain’t mine. I just get to play on it from time to time. |
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Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer So awesome! |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Thanks Jato. Now, on to the exciting stuff. Glue is drying. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Here you can see how exciting it really is. Big clamps for a tiny trailer. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67278.jpg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67279.jpg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67280.jpg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Bit more glueing done today. Almost back to where I was. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67281.jpeg http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...569-67282.jpeg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Lookin good tossed! Cant wait to see this thing up on wheels lol Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Wheels!?! Hadn't thought of those yet! |
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Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Well, there is snow up here half of the year. Maybe a sleigh's not such a bad thing. |
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Hopefully you have a big heater. Winter camping would be cold! :ror: Quote:
I wish we got good, deep snowfalls here in PA. These days we just get annoying storms of a few inches or less. |
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Down here in bama, if we get snow, people get stupid! Common sense tells u slow down. But no, they get in a hurry to go get milk n bread before its gone. Like thier affraid theyre goina miss out n b snowed in for weeks. First time it snowed bad down here since i moved here, i seen probably 5 vehicles off the road in a 2 mi stretch smh Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer People here forget how to drive in the winter over the summer months. First snowfall there are a ton of collisions. Over time people get smarter in their driving. I'm an hour from the Rocky mountains here. Head out there on a snowy day and the ditches along the highway to the mountains are littered with 4X4 pickups and SUVs. |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Cut a couple of holes this morning. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67290.jpg So I could add some lights out of the parts bin. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/membe...4569-67291.jpg These Axial lights aren't too far off the real thing. https://www.oregontrailer.net/upload...46753_orig.jpg |
Re: Scale Oregon Trail’R Terradrop Alpha Off-Road Teardrop Trailer Okay, this thing is looking way cool! You are a wizard |
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