drake 4x8 swing wing trailer

been working on this for a little while.




started the suspension

Sensational Dave, there's gunna' be plenty of "HEAD" scratching with this one.

This will be sweet, great work so far. Will be very interesting to watch.
Are they Auslowe rims and wheels?

cool will be watching the out come of this one.

Very cool, will keep an eye open on this.

It's about time you showed the people this work of art mate . Keeping secrets is not good you know .

This is going to be very cool..... watching

Great work.could you please tell me how i can cut plastic as accurate as you .Have you got a tool or machine to cut it .any tips would be great thanks.

We sometimes get these at work to move the big plant.
Serious bit of scratchbuilding going on there mate.

great work on this so far - keep posting progress , nice to watch as the build continues.

these are the plans I used for the dimensions

Kane, yes there Auslowes rims and tyres
Cruiseliner, nothing fancy mate, just a hobby knife and a Dremel tool and files.

I have very little interest in trucks, but crikey that's some great scratchbuilding.

Looks awesome mate, love it so far, great work

thanks for the compliments guys, may be what I need to keep plugin away at this.
got the rims sanded, ready to be glued together and the flash cut from the tyres.

Very interesting brother Dave, I'm sure the finished product will be a show stopper for sure!
Must be time Dad and Uncle Kevin stepped up a notch and showed us young fellows what nearly a century of modelling experience can produce........
Finished for April?????

Yea' well, Rob yu-know' I build a "MASTERPIECE" just about every night.
It's usually started anywhere between 11pm and 1am ---------- and without fail its always done and dusted by the time the sun comes up in the morning.

The really frustrating part is that I can never find it once it's finished.
Strangely enough, there never seems to be any mess ----- or left over bits and pieces----- Guess I must be ------ "SUPER TIDY"
Can't even find the empty box ????????? !!!!!!!!!!!!
I reckon I'd have a "MOUNTAIN" of built ups around here someplace, it's just a matter of finding the damn things.
The funny part is, I've given them all a name, --------- starting with ------------ "SWEET DREAMS"

You've got a mountain of unbuilts Uncle Kev...............just like everyone else in this family.

Scummy's got a huge stash, which I might add we need to start "marking", sorry Uncle Kev but greens my favourite colour so you'll need to pick another coloured sticker to "stake your claim".
I'll generously make some room for everyone involved by moving the Torana to a secure location known as my shed.
We better allocate brother Dave a colour too..........

red thanks..............
April, hey. sounds like a target date to strive for, I'll see what I can do. still have to do a truck and dolly for it too..........

So Im going for green, Daves going for red, what colour you picking Uncle Kev? And lets not forget the other family members that want to get into Scummy's stash..........

HEY YOU CLOWNS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whats goin on here , my sickness is in my head ! I'm not goin anywhere YET so you can all sit down !!!!!!!
Now that we have all calmed down i hope you got mega little stickers cause there's stuff i duno i even got , or so mummy says . It's amazing how we just buy and buy and not realise we got too much , and will NEVER get through it all . I'm getting older and the stash is getting bigger with no end in site , but we just keep buying and stashing . Dave dont rush this job mate art is made over time .
Oh , if anybody turns up at my place with little stickers in hand i'm gona smack them on the forehead with some kind of stick !

You stay out of this dad, got nothing to do with you!

CLOWNS................ just goes to show you do'nt need a red nose, big shoes and a funny hat to be a clown!!!!!!!!!!

back to the serious stuff now, done a little on the goose neck.
I've done a bit more than this, but need to take some pics.

Looking good mate