Winnebago project by philo426

[Lucius Molchany]

Usibg an AMT truck chassis

[Lucius Molchany]

Added wooden reinforcement

[popeye the sailor]

Dale's camper?........the Walking Dead?  I'm in!  

[Lucius Molchany]

Lol!got the wheels and tires on!

[Lucius Molchany]

Getting the structure together

[Lucius Molchany]

Mocking it up

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Front end coming together

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[popeye the sailor]

looking really good!  what do you use the baking soda for?  the interior is gonna be fun!  

[Lucius Molchany]

Well if you add baking soda to the superglue it bonds quicker  allows for a stronger bond.

[Lucius Molchany]

[popeye the sailor]

too bad I don't have a Dale figure..........I may have the site book marked though    I do have a Glenn figure........Negan is also included { a dual set....I won't open the package}.  I'm usually not a collector of such things,  but I've amassed a small collection since last Christmas   fun project........great to exercise the imagination.  I gotta know........what's you motivation to build it?  good use for the truck frame  

[Lucius Molchany]

Wally I tell you the truth I picked up a die cast Tomica Winnebago at a Garage sale I liked how it was designed.Since I have never encountered a 1/25 Winky I thought it would be a fun challenge to scratch build a Motor home loosely based on the diecast.Since I got the cabover Kenworth at Ollies it seemed natural to use its Frame.

[popeye the sailor]

nope.......can't say as I've seen one either.   ......a worthy endeavor indeed    do you collect Matchbox?   I have a site that I window shop that sells Johnny Lightning and replica die cast cars.   sites like these are just the place to find older kits that have been reproduced or gotten from estate sales and such.  I see so many kits that I built in the past...a walk down memory lane.

[Lucius Molchany]

Some, I like 1/18 diecast too.

[CDW]

Have you guys seen the Winnebago that's made from Lego like parts? I was very surprised how realistic it comes out. It's in something like 1:32 scale or something close to that. It has a numbers of well cast figures (including Dale) that are pre painted that come with it.

[Lucius Molchany]

I have heard of it !

Edited November 7, 2019 by Lucius Molchany

[popeye the sailor]

McFarlands........I believe they do the figures and stuff.   I have the cell block.......I wanted to add on to it,  but I haven't put much effort in getting the kits {they are kits}.   as mentioned,  I really don't collect this stuff,  but the past year or so,  I seem to have amassed a small trove.   I even have a John Snow figure,  from Game of thrones

they have a winnie.........my son has it     looked to see if I still had the website.........must have dumped it  

[Lucius Molchany]

Yeah on amazon it is like24 bucks .free shipping but they charge state sales tax

[Lucius Molchany]

Made the upper rear panel out of sheet aluminum. 

[lmagna]

30 minutes ago, philo426 said:

Made the upper rear panel out of sheet aluminum. 

Great project. I was wondering why you didn't use this material on all of the siding?

[Lucius Molchany]

Well can be somewhat hard to work with.

[popeye the sailor]

the sheet metal used for model railroading might be better........I have some of the corrugated stuff.   it's like tin foil and shapes very easy.   you could look into the doll house modeling too.   looking great so far.

[Lucius Molchany]

I intend to plate it with ribbed plastic.

[lmagna]

On 11/13/2019 at 10:26 PM, philo426 said:

Well can be somewhat hard to work with.

One of my favorite materials for metal surfaces was this stuff: 

https://www.ebay.com/i/152797616457?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=152797616457&targetid=483851281893&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9060507&poi=&campaignid=8085362828&mkgroupid=83728992216&rlsatarget=pla-483851281893&abcId=1139446&merchantid=118859769&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtrnuBRDXARIsABiN-7A4yV2RKZYxQaCarfOJ287towSkXhFBv7j8Ey-bTA-WH7C-RXyDEFIaAo-3EALw_wcB

 

Back then I could, and did get it for free, or practically free, depending on who and when. Now days I guess they cost a little more, especially if you get them on eBay. You could contact your local printing people, Places where they still do offset printing AND use the metal plates. I suspect they would be MUCH less expensive and even possibly free. They go a long way and are paper thin so are easy to work with as well. 

 

Not really applicable in this incidence but they are also fabulous for creating battle damaged panels as well they rip bend and tear quite convincingly, and being aluminum even have the same color under the paint as the real thing.

 

I have not used it in years but I still have a box of them, what I consider a lifetime supply just in case.

[Lucius Molchany]

Interesting stuff..