February 17, 2018
Description
Very basic, frame rails, tongue, fifth wheel plate and a rear bumper. Nothing extra here, but still some decent scale detail in the fifth wheel plate and frame rails that are strong enough even in PLA.
This design has integrated mounting holes for the ubiquitous Tamiya two axle leaf spring suspension setup. There are options on thingiverse for printing most of these parts as well. The other parts that come from Tamiya kits are the fifth wheel itself, associated mounting hardware and the release mechanism. You can also obtain the rectangle taillight lenses from the flatbed kit and mudflaps or make your own.
The front tongue is held on by 4mm battery bullet connectors and you'll need a few extra 3mm screws (the same as used in all Tamiya kits) to put the rest of it together. The rear bumper and the top plate use wood style threads and thread right into the rails. All other fasteners have a recessed hole for a flanged lock nut also used in Tamiya kits.
The tongue is currently designed to leverage the rc4wd pintle hook mount. Its not the cheapest, but is pretty good looking and I think accurate for the style used in the US.
I like these for the hinge connectors: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/4mm-gold-connectors-low-profile-10pc.html
With that said, its fairly trivial to adapt the design to a different type of mount like a rod end. If you want a specific type of mount, post in the comments and I'll do my best to provide it and add it to the make, or you can load up that .stl into tinkercad and make it for yourself.
Feedback is welcome, happy making!
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