Shasta Teardrop Travel Trailer
My latest vehicle MOC is a camping trailer, based on the 1960’s Shasta travel trailer. Click the image to view the set on Flickr, or check out the slideshow.
I built it for the campground scene that Loren built for BayLUG’s exhibit at the Museum of American History in Palo Alto. The display will be open to the public through January 11, 2009, on Fridays through Sundays. If you’re in the local area, come on and check it out one of these weekends.
I had made two RV’s before this, a Class C motorhome and a “toy hauler” fifth wheel trailer. But since I didn’t think Loren’s campground would work with just two campsites filled, I got inspired to make another. I built it to be compatible with the “Range Rover” from the new 7635 Horse Trailer set, partly because I didn’t want to also have to build a tow vehicle, and partly because I really like the look of that car.
As for the trailer design, I wanted to build something iconic, and thought about doing an Airstream but the curves were too complex. I thought of the “teardrop” trailers, since they have flat straight sides. I did some image searches online and found a few images of the Shasta trailer, and decided to build that:
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- Shasta Teardrop Trailer featured on LAMLradio Podcast
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- Land Rover
Tags: camper, City/Town, lego, rv, shasta, trailer, traveltrailer, Vehicle
December 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
[...] Ward has made a very cool compact caravan. It’s based on a Shasta Teardrop Travel Trailer. While the doors are a little hard to find I suspect most of us could whip up a little variant of [...]
December 18th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Brilliant Bill. Brilliant!
December 18th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
You have created a unique art work piece. If you can duplicate it, I would put it on display at the RV Art Gallery in Texarkana, Texas.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Sure, I’d be able to make a copy for your museum.
December 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
OMG adorable!!! Instructions maybe?
December 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Actually yes, I am working on instructions…
December 24th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
[...] just wanted to say thanks to Jonathan Bender for selecting my Shasta Teardrop Travel Trailer as his “MOC of the Week” when he was interviewed on LAMLradio Episode 69. (If you just [...]
December 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
[...] is pretty much the diametric opposite from my last RV model, the Shasta Teardrop Travel Trailer that I made a couple of weeks ago. While that one was small and minimalistic (with only the most [...]
December 26th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
[...] Shasta trailer made out of lego: http://www.brickpile.com/2008/12/17/shasta-teardrop-travel-trailer/ http://flickr.com/photos/billward/sets/72157611357198628/show/ 1/6 scale Chevy V8(Thanks Randy): [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 3:16 am
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