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Thanks again, I appreciate your experience and your willingness to share it!

Thanks, are you using that to coat the mold before pouring the resin as well?

Thanks Charles. I was looking at Micro-mark's info and the only spray I see is for rubber mold to resin cast. The rubber to rubber stuff only comes in bottles. In your experience, it would seem the stuff in the spray can will also work rubber to rubber? Do you need to use the mold release on the mold before you pour the resin?

I don't see any holes to pour the resin. Am I correct that, at least for the parts you show, you fill the lower mold with resin and squish out the excess when you put the top on? Before Jeff asks, I'll ask, what molding resin do you use? (If I had to guess, I'd say something from Micro-mark)

Thanks, looking forward to the rest of this tutorial!

Great tutorial, just what I need! Do you need to spray the master part with mold release before you do the 2nd pour (the one that fills the box outside of the tire in your example)? Or do you only need the mold release prior to your third pour?

I was in touch with him a while back and he indicated he was going to start slow which I took to mean that the it may be a while before the entire line is available. Good news is that Dave's legacy continues.

Looks great, that stack must make it sound, well, interesting.

A Brock 357/359 would be nice......just to add a few squirrels to your hoard.

Have fun, I did this conversion several years ago. What I remember most was not liking the way the stock chassis sits, the back end is too high, just doesn't look right. I ended up lower the back suspension a bit and I may have raised the front a tad as well. It still doesn't sit level, has a bit of front rake, but I think it looks better. https://pbase.com/baywing/image/168619074.jpg

Thanks Charles!

Take your time. Most of us have several projects going and some have projects that have stalled out for long periods of time. I've found that if I'm not feeling it, I put it aside. Usually somewhere down the road I pick it up and suddenly a problem I was having is solved (ie, I figured out how to accomplish something that I needed to do).

Thanks for the encouragement folks. Hit a small snag this afternoon. I was test fitting the cab and body again and noticed that the dump body sits too far back. The fourth rib from the rear needs to sit between the duals for the tailgate assembly to work right. This means I need to stretch the frame about 0.5". Surgery has been completed and the patient is resting comfortably on a hard, flat surface.....

Looks great, nice job on the weathering!

We have an operable tailgate! I used the pivots that I cut off after thinning them down a little. I could have easily made new ones but these already had the nut/washer detail and I didn't have to guess at the pivot locations. It's critical that both sides pull the same so the next challenge will be once the body is on the chassis, to make sure both side links are the same. (Could be each one might need to be just a little different but won't know that for a while.) Next will be the mounting blocks for the dump body but I think I'll jump on the cab/chassis and make sure the location for the body mounts will work.

I have the lower tailgate capture "hooks" fabbed and installed. Note that these are not latches, ie, no moving parts. The way this tailgate operates is more like a guillotine, it slides down into place and these hooks just act to capture the bottom of the tailgate. Next will be the upper attach mounts on the tailgate along with getting the linkage and it's mounts. Everything needs to be in the right position for the tailgate to function properly.

Great job as always!

Looks good, those lights in the bumper look real!

Thanks. I meant to post a couple of pics of what was involved in fabbing the tailgate. It was not as straight-forward as it appears.

Thanks Thanks, most all Brockways of the time had the pale green interior. Thanks, I have hopes of driving the one I based it on but I suspect the 2 stick trans will be a challenge.

Thanks Thank you

Tailgate is almost done, just need to add the attachment points at the top.

Thanks Karl! Thank you Thanks Thanks! It was one of the easier Brockways I've done. Thanks Jim Thanks, the original is well weathered and showing it's age but still running. Got a ride in it last year, twin stick and loud! Thanks Thanks Thanks Thank you Thanks Thanks

Interesting build, it almost looks like it's got Brockway style fuel tanks.

Great job on the weathering so far. As they say about military vehicles, if it ain't leakin' it's out of oil!