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Tossedman 09-05-2019 10:45 PM

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.

Atitagain 09-05-2019 10:54 PM

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Nice job, following along.

Damatheus 09-05-2019 11:45 PM

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Very nice!

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Tossedman 09-06-2019 06:45 AM

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Thanks fellas!

smog 09-06-2019 09:19 AM

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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:

JatoTheRipper 09-06-2019 09:50 AM

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Wow totally awesome! Nice work.

Tossedman 09-06-2019 01:14 PM

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.

B-MOW71 09-06-2019 02:07 PM

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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!


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Tossedman 09-06-2019 02:20 PM

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Thanks! I’m making my own kit. 8)

Tossedman 09-06-2019 09:58 PM

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

72square 09-07-2019 09:31 AM

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awesome build. Sub'd

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indybama 09-08-2019 06:52 PM

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Sweet build tossed man! I thought the same as b-mow, looks like a kit u could buy lol. Definantly watchin this one

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Tossedman 09-08-2019 09:13 PM

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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.

dr frankenstyle 09-09-2019 07:31 PM

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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

Tossedman 09-09-2019 07:40 PM

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

Tossedman 09-09-2019 08:02 PM

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

Tossedman 09-11-2019 06:54 PM

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

indybama 09-11-2019 08:29 PM

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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!

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Tossedman 09-11-2019 08:42 PM

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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.

Tossedman 09-14-2019 05:31 PM

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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

Mike Flea 09-15-2019 04:06 PM

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What a nice project, very good handiwork"thumbsup""thumbsup"

Tossedman 09-15-2019 04:07 PM

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Thanks Mike. Definitely a work in progress.

Tossedman 09-16-2019 08:17 PM

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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

jebster 09-17-2019 04:22 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tossedman (Post 5962902)
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

once you get this to a level your happy with you should get yourself a blue star and sell them! impressive!

Tossedman 09-17-2019 09:26 PM

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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.

jebster 09-18-2019 04:09 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tossedman (Post 5963169)
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.

completely understand. nice to have access to tools like that. miss the days when i lived close enough to my family to be able to use the equipment in the machine shop.

JatoTheRipper 09-18-2019 08:02 AM

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So awesome!

Tossedman 09-18-2019 08:22 PM

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Thanks Jato. Now, on to the exciting stuff. Glue is drying.

Tossedman 09-18-2019 09:36 PM

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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

Tossedman 09-20-2019 04:12 PM

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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

indybama 09-20-2019 04:41 PM

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Lookin good tossed! Cant wait to see this thing up on wheels lol

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Tossedman 09-20-2019 06:04 PM

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Wheels!?! Hadn't thought of those yet!

JatoTheRipper 09-20-2019 06:07 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tossedman (Post 5963948)
Wheels!?! Hadn't thought of those yet!

Without wheels it's a sleigh. :lmao:

Tossedman 09-20-2019 06:08 PM

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Well, there is snow up here half of the year. Maybe a sleigh's not such a bad thing.

indybama 09-20-2019 07:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper (Post 5963949)
Without wheels it's a sleigh. :lmao:

Good quick thinkin jato! I thought tossed mightve had a meltdown there for a second lmbo. I guess in some parts if the world wheels are over rated half the year

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JatoTheRipper 09-20-2019 08:18 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tossedman (Post 5963950)
Well, there is snow up here half of the year. Maybe a sleigh's not such a bad thing.


Hopefully you have a big heater. Winter camping would be cold! :ror:


Quote:

Originally Posted by indybama (Post 5963981)
Good quick thinkin jato! I thought tossed mightve had a meltdown there for a second lmbo. I guess in some parts if the world wheels are over rated half the year

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Haha. Thanks.

I wish we got good, deep snowfalls here in PA. These days we just get annoying storms of a few inches or less.

indybama 09-20-2019 08:27 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper (Post 5963989)
Hopefully you have a big heater. Winter camping would be cold! :ror:




Haha. Thanks.

I wish we got good, deep snowfalls here in PA. These days we just get annoying storms of a few inches or less.

Im from IN, live in bama now. I remeber as a kid we would get 2+ foot of snow, now your lucky to get 6 inches, n really really lucky wen a foot of snow hits the ground.

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

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Tossedman 09-20-2019 08:35 PM

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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.

Tossedman 09-23-2019 09:07 PM

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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

smog 09-23-2019 09:17 PM

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Okay, this thing is looking way cool! You are a wizard ��


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