51WillysJeep
RCC Addict
Hey Guys, its been awhile since I've built anything from scratch ( too long in fact). After kicking around a few ideas, It came to me that it would be neat to build up an offroad trailer to haul gear, tools, spare parts, dirtbikes, etc to and from the trails.
Since I own a real 1:1 Korean War era "M100" Military trailer ( which was built to live and survive offroad) it was a "NO Brainer" as far as what style of rig I'd like to build. Then I challenged myself to build it with ONLY scraps and spares I already had at the house.. ( no buying outside stuff for this build at ALL..;-))..
For those that may not know, heres what a real "M100" trailer looks like ( The one pictured below is not mine btw..)
After taking measurments from a bunch of pictures online as well as my actual trailer, I broke out some scrap styrene and whipped up a few test panels..
Heres the basic design after gluing it all together
Then I built up an aluminum lower subframe, and came up with this idea for the axle. Hilift leafsprings, leftover stock hilift pivot points ( forget what exact parts these were, but I had ALOT of them extra in the parts bin, and they worked perfectly..) some HPI stock car rims, and some aluminum tubing and threaded axle shaft.
Here it is mocked up on the chassis, along with the aluminum draw bar.
Next up was how to make scale looking rounded fenders like on the real 1:1. then I had another brainstorm, and dug thru the parts bin again.. I came out with 2 "spare" tire covers from 2 Newbright JK jeeps I had built.. PERFECT..!!!! I cut them in half, glued the sections together and test fitted them, and they fit like clockwork.. :twisted: ( seems as if they were "made" for this idea..LOL)
Here is the unfinished business end of things below..
Cut out some inner bed louvers....
And added a few more details to the bedsides and inner bed panels as well as adding some plastic taillights I stole from another old vintage toy I had laying around...
Next up is to strip it all back down, change out the hardware so its less visible, and then paint it O.D. Green, slap some wheels on it and its time to hit the trails..!! More to come very soon..!! Stay Tuned..!
Since I own a real 1:1 Korean War era "M100" Military trailer ( which was built to live and survive offroad) it was a "NO Brainer" as far as what style of rig I'd like to build. Then I challenged myself to build it with ONLY scraps and spares I already had at the house.. ( no buying outside stuff for this build at ALL..;-))..
For those that may not know, heres what a real "M100" trailer looks like ( The one pictured below is not mine btw..)
After taking measurments from a bunch of pictures online as well as my actual trailer, I broke out some scrap styrene and whipped up a few test panels..
Heres the basic design after gluing it all together
Then I built up an aluminum lower subframe, and came up with this idea for the axle. Hilift leafsprings, leftover stock hilift pivot points ( forget what exact parts these were, but I had ALOT of them extra in the parts bin, and they worked perfectly..) some HPI stock car rims, and some aluminum tubing and threaded axle shaft.
Here it is mocked up on the chassis, along with the aluminum draw bar.
Next up was how to make scale looking rounded fenders like on the real 1:1. then I had another brainstorm, and dug thru the parts bin again.. I came out with 2 "spare" tire covers from 2 Newbright JK jeeps I had built.. PERFECT..!!!! I cut them in half, glued the sections together and test fitted them, and they fit like clockwork.. :twisted: ( seems as if they were "made" for this idea..LOL)
Here is the unfinished business end of things below..
Cut out some inner bed louvers....
And added a few more details to the bedsides and inner bed panels as well as adding some plastic taillights I stole from another old vintage toy I had laying around...
Next up is to strip it all back down, change out the hardware so its less visible, and then paint it O.D. Green, slap some wheels on it and its time to hit the trails..!! More to come very soon..!! Stay Tuned..!
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