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I actually found a 4000 series cab and hood cast by Dave carey, might work for the style I was looking at. We had Thomas buses around here

I've been doing research on the IH school bus lately too ! Been searching for a hood from the 2575 IH tractor Gary wallace suggested using the IH motor from the farm tractor kit as a base for the DT-466T engine.

nice work on the rollers ! looking forward to your progress enjoy your vacation!

Fantastic work, the color combination is awesome !!

the data plate says South Bend lathe works, looks exactly like one we have at work fantastic works so far

Thank you

Thanks !! The huge rubber definitely makes it look rugged , just the look I was after Wish my phone took better pictures, the outside ones don't really show the details that well

Thanks everyone Gator ya missed a really good show, the truck tables were overflowing w builds

Time to get smashing lol Can't wait to see your trademark paint scheme on this one

Thank you for all the comments I'm glad everyone likes it !! I took inspiration from everyone work on here to build it. Building a replica of an old classic is always fun

Nice work so far looking forward to future updates

Thanks for the feedback ! I appreciate the comments

just a teaser pic of the finished build, my Brockway 361 loosely based off the Tackaberry "Mountaineer" Living just over the hill from the plant, I knew eventually I d add one to my collection. The major details are on my WIP.. I wonder how many truckers saw this view behind them...

Thanks everyone for the comments along this build, I enjoyed every minute of the project. I'm happy to mention its officially FINISHED !! Today was its first public display and everyone seemed to enjoy it. enough gab..enjoy the wrap up. I'll add it to under glass later after I can take better pics special thanks to superpeterbilt for sending me the resin emblems, they worked perfectly on the scratchbuilt mud flaps . see for yourself ! I attached em w plain old future. the weights are strips of bmf you can just see my trademark valve stems peeking thru on the rear tire Drone view .. that's it !

A huge thank you to all those on the sping thaw crew for hosting another fantastic show !!!the weather was good this yr, vendors were wall to wall, and the models filled the tables...even overfilled !! Another great show !! See ya next yr at the new venue

Outstanding work

You definitely did a fantastic job on your wrecker it looks great in person !

Looks fantastic everything looks spot on !

Thanks everyone! Finding time to work on it has been scarce..too busy clearing snow

Looking good w flames

glad you were able to find It ! The recovery trucks are always fun to build

looks good ! great idea adding the northeast treatment they're not all trailer queens gleaming in chrome

I finally found a few minutes for an update..but before I get to the Brockway I wanted to show a pic of how big our little girl has gotten since the beginning of the project ! She's closing in on 10 months, and been giving the pets a serious game of chase the baby!! ok back to the plastic I gave the engine a light wash of engine grime pigments to give it a few road miles cause these trucks actually worked ! I'll dust the exhaust once more w rust powder before closing it up. The rear fenders were hung for good after grinding tons of resin from underneath..arggg. I used a set of dm 800 hangers for them The one part I was putting off was the curved "glass" windshield panels, but turned out much easier than I expected .Everything was secured w white glue then a coat of future to seal them in and hide any fine blemishes. One more test fit before installing the interior and bolting down the cab ! I fabbed up the exhaust pipes from 1/8 rod and robbed a stack from the autocar . everythings waiting for chrome now

Awesome progress of an iconic vehicle! I'm shocked there hasn't been one available yet from the injection molded kits . The finer details really look fantastic

That's a sweet paint job on top of the fiberglass cab wow that's all I can say !