Building a Trailer from Scratch and.. Polystyrene!

[@1SnarfyDude]

I like the way you took the time to put all of the gussets (little triangles) in place. It added a lot to the look. Oh, just one Little thing, it needs tail lights. Great work.

[@DrFoo11]

Freaking awesome build! Every time he said triangle I said to myself "Gussets. The word your looking for is gussets."

[@GodzillaB210]

Need to figure out some tail light boxes. Don't want to get pulled over!

[@DiecastResurrection]

Little built of music in the first 5 mins of this one, after that i continue blabbing away.. Happy Friday!!

[@paularmstrong4546]

Happy Friday, i was rocking my forrest green Diecast Resurrection hoodie today. Yeeahhh #Blubbsforjimmy

[@donaldtolbert7804]

Blub Blub Blub... O hey man, Keep up the vids, creative

[@2meterPeter.]

Why is Jimmy under the Hot Rod?

[@mmotorhead]

Really nice... but I think you could make a pair of mud flaps for the rear tires... Congratulations.

[@halfdemon43]

The Styrene really opens up customisation possibilities. Keep it up.

[@CaptainHowdyOG]

A1👍... Did you hear that bell?.. You just leveled up amigo... you went from repair/resto to manufacturing.... You chose wisely. Awesome job! It looks like you bought it! More! More! More!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I hear the phrase "level up", and that most inanely insipid song by lame-ass Russell Wilson's partner, Ciara, keeps coming to mind. Gaaaaahhhhh!

[@PhantomDragonEternal]

You see? I'm sure you knew about him already, but I was the one who recommended Sideways King 75 a few videos back. I'm happy to see you working with polystyrene now! Keep up the great work. BLUBS FOR JIMMY!!

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Gave this one the big tester, I watched straight after a SidewaysKing75 video. 2 transport trailers, both A1 quality. Look forward to future developments and possibilities.

[@kirbybrady3397]

I love the chevelle wagon. The trailer turned out awsome. I think I would have covered the top of the goose neck though. It's a first try so it great!

[@Outlawstar79]

Broco Crisp!!! that trailer is siccccc and you can even do poly construction now, sigh they grow up so fast! I like it..I like it a lot lieutenant Dan! Everybody leave a like for this Video so we can have more polystyrene goodness!

[@chopperbaldwin610]

Brotherman that is freaking killer, I am a model builder and I do scratch building as well but your build is better than I have done. You have got me wanting to really get into modifying and building custom work. Keep up the great work and have a great day.

[@samandjerrys]

Would have been cool to see some landing gear, tail lights, marker lights & possible running lights along the side but, holy cow, still pretty awesome! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next! 👍

[@tjh44961]

Great job! For the wooden deck, use coffee stirrer sticks, and stain them with alcohol colored with a few drops of India ink. That will give them the greyish-silver color of a weathered wooden deck. That's what those of us in the model railroad game use for the decks of flatcars. Keep up the good work!

[@pbrady187]

Love seeing new stuff on here. It really shows when you are pumped for a project. This is a great new addition. YES!!! MORE!!

[@rogerbradley7509]

You need to make some loaders for the back so the cars can get off and on. It looks awesome!

[@2deepIn45]

Like ! Like ...like! I like! Dang and DANG.....! That is one sweeeet trailor! I am very impressed with how easy you made it look. You Rocked it!

[@spankyhappy2767]

You can use clear colored plexiglass for lights. Have seen one guy make them working lights. Lit up real nice. I am working on a 1/14 scale Thermo King Reefer. All out of styrene sheets. It is about 90% done.

[@edfletcher2404]

Great to see you do something different. That trailer is beautiful. Keep the styrene projects coming!!!

[@djdresden242]

Done similar. Rebuilt an s-foil from a mid 80's B-Wing model and just recently cockpit detail to an old Millenium Falcon. It's great stuff.

[@jerrybynum5702]

Cool project. I like what you've done here ... Also, work a job, or make a job you love ... I'd try to go with do what you love. Quote of the day ... "Sick welds bro!" - DR

[@paulwoodman5131]

Yeah! Styrene is so easy to work with & you can make about anything. Good to always have around. I made a box to mount a porch light last week. Hot wheel interiors, camper shells..... Yes, more plz!

[@HammyTechnoid]

*Pre-Loading the Tweeze* 21:56 it's all down to that!!!! Ever the day came when the tweeze be pre-loaded..... *POWER TO THE TWEEZE*

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

That trailer actually looks Store bought for sure.

[@kuan5535]

It is(coughs). Not

[@kdrapertrucker]

Needs to put it next to a greenlight trailer for comparison.

[@whatchacookin1096]

Very nice build. You can use staples for handles, grab irons and steps.

[@madfan45]

I vote more of this stuff! Also looking forward to see how Jimmy's hauler turns out!

[@cutrockr-diecastracing2773]

Appreciated!! Gives me some confidence when I have to start making some trailers for some trucks I have collected! Cheers!

[@scottthomas6202]

A few years ago, the power company mailed out free CFL lamps. According to the instructions on the package, going up in smoke is a designed failure mode! I have several make a popping noise and go up in smoke. I suppose a resistor is being used as a fuse. Switch to LEDs. Cool trailer!

[@awoodworker]

Great job. I have been working with Plastruct and Evegreen brand styrene sheets and shapes for 40 yrs. I have only worked in 1/24 -1/25th scale and for the past 10 yrs I have been just building 1/18th scale . I build scale trailers and race car frames. The Plastruct glue you are using works very well but it really stinks. There are special cutters to trim the sheet styrene. I realize that the majority of your work is in 64th scale so you may not need anything other than exacto type blades. Exacto blades do a good job but they are easier to keep on the line if you use them backwards to make your cuts. Lots of light cuts. You are right, when you put gussets and cross beams in, the piece becomes very rigid. I love your videos. While I don't do 64th scale, I do watch you for airbrushing techniques and your humor. . I only recently bought an airbrush and haven't raised the courage to try it. Are you Canadian? I am in Ontario Canada. Keep up the great videos. The trailer looks awesome with great detail added .

[@philmaples9865]

Shoutout to Taras! I had a feeling I knew where them "BOOMS" came from. This video was amazing! Sideways King would be proud.

[@adriennehewitt865]

You are a natural at this!! As usual, love your videos. Thanks for sharing!

[@MultigrainKevinOs]

Hey bud, that is a beauty. Totally evident in how you build you have the mechanical background to know how it's built for reals. Great work, would love to see more scratch builds.! She's ready to hot shot some equipment into the patch.

[@bassmandanmartin3700]

That was legendary!!! I love seeing things like that built from scratch!! Outstanding artwork!!

[@lajoyalobos2009]

That was awesome! Can't wait to see more!

[@recoilgaming4123]

Awesome job! Especially first one. Options are unlimited now. LED lights for the trailer.

[@jeffhreid]

That was wicked cool! Came out awesome

[@jeffkrug5541]

Love to see more you nailed this down pretty quickly. Looks store bought!

[@plum0214]

Wow, that looks great. You've came along way since you started this channel. Great job.

[@MrVolvobloke]

Well that was a bit of a surprise ! Nice little video and I'm glad you had fun building it ! Fun to watch ! thanks!

[@fadeelk1973]

Awesome Stuff...you are definitely one of the best 1:64 creators out there!!

[@bigboy9706]

Dude you nailed it. That's freaking fantastic. I love the cars also that you had on the trailer

[@164diecaststreet8]

Wow! I have a bunch of styrene, a bottle of that bonding glue, , and now a little confidence that I may be able to make something outta my stack of plastic 😂😎 The trailer is 🔥 I love it!

[@darkkiss7247]

Wow. You put a lot of effort into this one. Great job Mr. Diecast!

[@brianjschumer]

Cool idea game out great!!..you should do a whole video in the Bill Murray "Caddyshack" voice.

[@CaptainHowdyOG]

.. Yup... Time for a golf cart and a gopher!

[@SwampersRC]

Awesome car trailer!

[@johnfaulk7775]

Maybe some sandpaper for the top surface to provide some no-slide friction

[@terribelbliss9646]

I did enjoy this video. Perhaps you should do interiors where none existed.

[@Jacensbattlegrounds]

That looks awesome, looks nice!

[@hestheMaster]

Clever build with styrene! Ramp holder part was brilliant!!! Next time try putting two angles on the deck part far enough to wedge the tires in so the car does go flying off with a hot dog driver! Looks like you have found another calling as Styrene Resurrection!😍 Also check out Sidewaysking75 version of a car transport using Hot Wheels Kombi VW. Amazing styrene work on it! He uses a device called the Chopper II to cut exact multiple copies of bits of plastic that are all the same.

[@jhatchit]

Maybe experiment with surface mounts LEDs for lighting effects and a button cell for power

[@scottthomas9043]

That trailer rocks, only thing I would suggest is mudflaps and folding jack's for the front of the trailer!

[@irwinbrito7493]

That was amazing! I love it . Looks store bought for sure! Having trailered extremely low cars I definitely prefer dovetail trailers! You should look into that haha

[@seanrobison1782]

That is freaking awesome, Love the trailer!!!

[@popeye6457]

Man it's amazing. Looked like jimmy was getting some sun. I'm looking forward to more. Keep up the great videos.

[@martinsmith8417]

Looks amazing, you totally killed that one, more please!

[@bryanguzman744]

I own a trailer manufacturer and this was spot on! Please continue these videos they’re so interesting and original!!

[@tomheckhaus7617]

Great Job, I recently purchased some large sheets of clear plastic to restore some old 1/18 scale model boxes. The kind that has the plastic window covering 75% of the box and that plastic gets nasty over the years. I also bought the Odds-n-Ends pack, they "Evergreen" make a bunch of stuff like ready made girders, rods, 1/2 round rods etcetera. Nice folks to speak with if you call them for a specific need. I see Jimmy (Up to about 1:30) is outside his trailer recovering from a heck-of-a-wild-party LOL. Sadly I see you've inserted music, one of the things I enjoy most about your videos is the narrative with no music. I would have preferred just hearing your thoughts about l working with the styrene. Ah-ha that's what you did, lost the music, thank you. I see Jimmy has recovered at about 20:50. Seriously, what a great job, it looks store-bought. I'm looking forward to seeing the ramps built and maybe some side rails. WONDERFUL VIDEO and YES do more building vids.

[@revzillo]

That is fantastic. I'm really impressed looks like it came from a matchbox model or something 👍Top job Ace

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I used to go through quite a bit of styrene, Plastruct solvent, MEK, and CA adhesive myself, back in the days when I was a young buck of a Uni student majoring in Industrial Design, making conceptual prototype models. Seeing this sort of enthusiasm is contagious enough to get me back into scratching that itch to scratch build. For a "first", that turned out really well. The only significant thing I can see that sweet trailer is missing is some sort of landing gear, to hold it level when it's unhitched.

[@ngrinshift4383]

Good shhtuff! I recently did a international cxt dually out of a matchbox I found... You sir have colored me inspired. Awesome vid.

[@PacManDreaming]

Beautiful work! It looks like something that was pre-made. Oh, it's time to switch to LED bulbs. That's all we've had for several years now. They're much better than fluorescent.

[@brianartillery]

Have you seen any videos by 'SidewaysKing75'? He does incredible things with offcuts of styrene sheet. I use 'Evergreen' styrene a lot. It's quality is always consistently good. The finished trailer looks fantastic. I like the idea of one with a wooden deck, too. Nice one.

[@DiecastResurrection]

Yea I mentioned him in the video, I love those videos. Ill challenge him in the future once I get a handle on things here.

[@brianartillery]

I hadn't got to the part where you mentioned Sideways King when I stuck my oar in. Sorry. He does things with scrap styrene that just make me want to say 'F*ck it!', and throw all my gear in the bin. He made some engine blocks last time, and they looked beautiful.

[@Jsellers1965]

Thats awesome Bro! Makes me want to give it a try.

[@robertseper5393]

This is a great video, this is one of the best ones ove seen, you got me wanting to try at building one, thanks for sharing, Try building some kind of trailer jacks, for when its not connected...

[@JohnAdams-qh4zr]

That was awesome dude ! Really enjoyed that , can't wait for the next instalment. bring on the styrene... blub blub good buddy

[@Natschke_Family_Adventures]

That gave a rise to my naughty place. Well done! I'm jealous, I have the skills to do that but no patience, I go into Hulk mode and smash when something don't go my way. So I live through you and some other channels. Kudos.

[@madmax0814]

Wow! Now that’s impressive! You made that look easy! Simple gusset bracing added a lot of strength. A departure from the norm but very entertaining, thanks for sharing 😉👍

[@rhealynvalerozo8481]

😅

[@holymackeral456]

Nice job. That plastic is very workable and can be used for tons of stuff.

[@chha6439]

Great job as always. Very informative,educational, not to mention fun to watch!! Really nice work man 👍🏽💪🏽😎

[@ghosteh6503]

I want to try to build one of those weird VW campers for the Beetle so this should be good to watch how you do

[@chrishobbs236]

i was thinking of that camper as well i saw a youtube video on one never seen one before.

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

This was a good idea.

[@jolozafra8601]

15:40 me to.. when im making my flat bed on my 1:64 hahaha

[@silenttraveler2710]

Scratch Building is the new thing.. Total Awesomeness

[@sicmaggot82004]

you forget to add the legs on it in the front when you take the trailer off. you should add trailer lights, trailer brake lights, a tire rack up at the front of the trailer, wheel wells, and so forth and so on. but it looks great man.

[@weekendwarriordude2790]

Very cool! Your video couldn’t be more timely for me as I was just about to buy some styrene myself! It looks really easy to work with and fun 😎👍🏻 Yea the wood deck with steel frame would definitely take it to the next level.

[@jeffcarney2426]

Absolutely love the trailer.. love to see more trailers and haulers made this way

[@richardcorwin5529]

A very nice start to enhance your hobby DR! Another company to check out is Plastruct as they also have architectural shapes in many sizes. You have to be very careful with scratch building as it can be an obsessive and dangerous hobby!! :-)

[@abdullah_carart5638]

This was pretty cool Video idea: do a car conversion episode Like change a sedan into coupe Coupe into convertible Van into pickup Pickup into RV Whatever you like to make using grinding and cutting tools to cut roofs off

[@CallMeMrStopmotion]

Station wagon into sedan.

[@abdullah_carart5638]

@@CallMeMrStopmotion that will be awesome the other way around would be cool too

[@CallMeMrStopmotion]

@@abdullah_carart5638 that would be a great Custom.

[@mr.sideburns2031]

Always fun to see a bit of a different project. Not sure how many hours you have into it but for a first attempt it came out awesome. Looking forward to you tricking out the truck now.

[@WeaselJuice]

This was different and fun! 👍

[@joshlee226]

Great Job. More Fab work for sure. love the Ford too!!

[@altrdahhhutosdiecast6657]

Nice job!! Might shoulda drilled axles right thru I beams tho and cut bed around wheels and put some CURVACEOUS fenders on it = sleek and lo!!!! Still tho yorn looks sic wit da feva!!!!

[@crimson4502]

COOL ! It's amazing how it looked like the real deal after the paint.

[@DiecastResurrection]

Yea it looks like legit metal now hehe.. really fun stuff!

[@TheLTD_]

Coolest thing I’ve seen today. Great job

[@brianharris7243]

"That's a sick triangle Bro!" sure is.

[@frankpalmer8153]

I have to say that's a GREAT job !!!!! Very professional looking ! Make some more please.

[@davidsnipes6371]

Man you make that look fun. Great job. If you ever get ballsy to do a camper im in to watch.

[@dragonfires01]

love the trailer...........just a suggestion for the next one.alot of.trailers like that usually have a ramp on the back.or dove tail..like the trailer dips down then the triangle ramps fold up on to the trailer and match the height on the deck of the rest of the trailer......

[@Mello_Man_Ace]

Very beautiful trailer u made here. Yesterday was my 1st attempt to take apart a Hot wheel. And I did really gud, I'm happy wit' myself. Keep up ur creativity goin,' I'm learnin' awhole lot from it. 👍🏾👍🏾thumbs up for ur trailer..

[@charliejames1981]

From something out of nothing... Such an awesome build right there

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

Yes I do like that. Suggestions: landing gear; spare tire; tie downs; and tail lights. Do the next one in metal, and paint it with spectraflame.

[@erroroperator4959]

The end result turned out awesome. +1 for more custom polystyrene creations.

[@allthingssilver7635]

I think a metal frame trailer with wood floor like you said would be awesome. That would be fun to make and to watch. You should totally go for it. You'll have to add wheel wells around the wheels tho since the tires sit on the sides of the trailer instead of under it.

[@allthingssilver7635]

For the wood floor use wood stained popsicle sticks.

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Very interesting build

[@robertfloyd1002]

I'd put the post on the trailer and put ball( use on R C air planes) on the post so it rotate on your plate on the truck But it your trailer and well done on making it !

[@urnestt2555]

Very cool. They make diamond tread styrene. That would be a nice touch.

[@reh3ddoes]

Great work! Can't wait to see the wooden deck one.

[@BobPegram]

Time to substitute LED lights for compact florescents.

[@sped6954]

Built from scratch with no instruction sheet or anything else to work with. No way I could do it, but you make it look so easy. Another excellent job. All it really needs in taillight boxes and side markers; one at the front in amber, one at the midpoint and one at the rear both in red. Or is it the front two in amber and the rear one in black I don't remember!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@leecarswell9656]

Excellent job OMG it looks like a piece you'd buy from to store!!!!!

[@Delenter]

You did a wonderful job! the finished product looks wonderful!