Airstream Bambi trailer for scx10 Cherokee

[frizzen]

I agree about those chairs. They are not impressive, but they ARE here. I'm not all about free advertising, unless it helps someone try to find something. Don't even remember where my 1/10 driver figures have gone so i could check how well it scaled to them. I thought they'd be excited to travel and camp, but i guess hiding instead?

However, once i get to that point, I'm not exactly opposed to building my own camp chairs...

That red one was made from a bamboo chopstick, broken umbrella from the trash, a couple straight pins, and piece of wire. For a 1/14 scale car

Used plans that looked about like this one

Sling Beach Chair Diy

Everything related to beds, chairs, cabinets, tables, sofas and other furniture items for your reference in buying or selling and other purposes.

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[frizzen]

Ok we're on the second page and nobody is reading anymore, so don't tell anybody about this...

don't search any of these terms:

AMC theaters The Accountant Popcorn Bucket

It certainly won't get you anything thats 17.5" long, 5" wide, 6" tall. The roof might swing open on the street side. Eyecrometer thinks somewhere 1/20-1/24 scale. That jeeeep Commander body fit on my losi MICRO crawler, scale that however works for new stuff.
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The Airstream PanAmerica Travel Trailer: Adventure and Versatility from the Open Road to Hollywood

In 2009, Airstream introduced the tri-axle PanAmerica Travel Trailer. Now, it's become an integral part of Hollywood's Accountant films.

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34-foot PanAmerica

Movie "The Accountant" Airstream

Just watched The Accountant with Ben Affleck. He used a 34' PanAmerica in the movie. Pulled it wilt a Ford F-150. Word is he liked it so much he made a deal and took it home with him after the movie. Great flick by the way...a little rough at times so not for younger or those sensitive to...

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If 34' x 12 = 408" then ÷ 17.5" bumper to coupler = 1/23.3 scale?

Personally i'd kinda like to see this one teamed up with a 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88... Groovy

STL OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88 1973

STL OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88 1973

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[Gula]

Ok we're on the second page and nobody is reading anymore, so don't tell anybody about this...

don't search any of these terms:

AMC theaters The Accountant Popcorn Bucket

It certainly won't get you anything thats 17.5" long, 5" wide, 6" tall. The roof might swing open on the street side. Eyecrometer thinks somewhere 1/20-1/24 scale. That jeeeep Commander body fit on my losi MICRO crawler, scale that however works for new stuff.

Scale titts, somewhere in1/20-24 scale. Cool find!

 

[frizzen]

Meanwhile, back over on the scx10 tow car...

Those dingo bumpers aren't really working anymore

First I needed a drop hitch. The mohero adjustable drop i went with has an aluminum frame crossmember featuring the wrong hole spacing (39mm) and smaller diameter than the plastic or metal bumper pins, so plastic rear bumper has been left hanging by wires for a while. Rclions metal bumper comes in, mount pins are still wrong diameter and spacing (43 mm). Make bigger holes in crossmember, slot holes in bumper, clearance bumper around drop hitch, paint it pretty, swap shackles over.

Well if rear bumper gets upgrade, front really needed it even more. Any winch use would bend plastic bumper down. Injora metal winch bumper with brushguard shows up. Plastic frame crossmember doesn't match bumper pins, order metal upgrade mount for scx10-2. Paint bumper pretty and install everything. Looks mostly happy but bumper mount pins are still too long. Also not sure if i want to use the brushguard.

Now that front and rear bumpers are better, i might as well get some rock sliders that don't wad up or have a huge open area to catch on rocks like stock plastic. A set from ynuhv just bolt up easy, and repainted slider sections. This set also gives some floorboard to the chassis.

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The not-black paint on these is Rustoleum hammer-texture Dark Bronze. Good enough for the bumpers, box tube rockers, and lower body stripe on the big XJ. It reads a lot more Gray than Brown. Seems like texture and color always matches so touchups are quick & easy.

For a couple years I've had a light kit hanging around to install in this jeep. Somewhere through this upgrade chunk, i finally ordered some rear light buckets and printed some front buckets. Light housings got molotow chrome inside / black outside to stop light bleed. Installed the kit, then body doesn't fit around interior plate. Wire stretcher time. Then glue wires to body. Realize front side markers don't have a light, mangle some turnsignal buckets to fit, wire in extra leds. Filled lights with hotglue to have even glow instead of pinpoints of light.
Learn about "magnetic pogo pin connectors" to connect between body & chassis. Wimped out and mounted the light control to body with only passing servo signals up to body instead of passing all the seperate light channels up with control box down on chassis.

 

[Gula]

So, I ordered a few axles, both same width...for some reason?! lol
What I ordered is a bit too wide imho...@167mm and won't tuck.

 

[frizzen]

That sucks Gula! I always love when the descriptions hide the ONE thing you need...
So i guess it's either 140 or 157mm axle and do track adjustment with hex thickness or wheel backspacing

I put my trailer leaf Spring Over Axle and i thought trailer is very likely to get off of paved paths, so i put an extra leaf spring below axle that is bent into extra HEAVY arch to hopefully help axle lift and slide over something instead of hit and catch on everything.

 

[Gula]

I couldn't find a 157mm axle...please share....the bottom is what I ordered, and too wide! The middle one can/could be made to fit "perfect" and is what I just threw into me aliensexpress shoppen cart....I'll make it work

 

[JatoTheRipper]

So, I ordered a few axles, both same width...for some reason?! lol
What I ordered is a bit too wide imho...@167mm and won't tuck.

It's a different world now. You have to be careful how you throw around that "tuck" word. At least we're not talking about trannies...

 

[hnoroian]

What about the middle one with wider hexes to tuck the wheels?

 

[Gula]

It's a different world now. You have to be careful how you throw around that "tuck" word. At least we're not talking about trannies...

Be hard trying to tuck 167mm of width diameter in ur pants........ain't that like telephone pole size? Be like walking with a 20#bag of shit in ur wranglers n danglers

 

[frizzen]

Now that you ask, i'm wondering if the one i saw before was just a nonstandard measurment as seen here as calling 120, 140, 160 axles as 133, 155, 182

Amazon

Amazon

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120mm - 4.72"
140mm - 5.51"
167mm - 6.57"

Makes me think the work to chop a 167 down to correct length doesn't look awful. Pull bearings, shorten axle tube, press bearings back in. Halfshafts could probably be shimmed farther inboard to avoid profile, drill, die work

Asiatees has a Team Raffee "unpowered axle for camper tent trailer 157mm" that's looking fairly portal or torsion spring styled?

Team Raffee Co. Unpowered Axle for Camper Tent Trailer 157mm TRC/302378

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Hnoroian, yes the 140 with a wheel tucks into fender as seen toward bottom of page 1. I have not tried wider hex to pustsh out farther

Jato, my build thread is a safe place that accepts everybody who likes toy trucks. So to use "Trannie" you better have been talking 'bout the Axial 3-gear in the SCX10, instead of a Trans person.
Anyway, if you feel like Tucking more than just some tires into fenders, that's ok too. Although 140 to 167mm wide is some impressive girth to attempt to tuck.
But if we still can't standardize on measuring RC axles as 'With hex' / 'Without hex' / ''housing'' / "crosspin'', then we'll never get anybody to agree if proper measurment is 'Bone pressed length' vs 'non-bone pressed length'.

Keep this up and I may need to find some desktop scale flags to help find the campsite.

 

[frizzen]

Has anyone run across a working trailer tongue jack?
I know that several of the car-transport trailers have some really nice jacks on the hitching end of trailer, but i can't find any being offered seperately

Also i was thinking about a pair of Leveling Stabilizer jacks for the rear.
Probably the Rc4wd "Chubby Scissor Jack" unless there are some even cooler ones available?