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You could take over, Gary! That way the supply chain wouldn't be interrupted! 😉

What a beautiful build Pal. You made a jewel out of it! Absolutely unique!

Same thought I had! Reminded me of a Freightliner! I have no idea if Peterbilt ever built something like that but it looks pretty cool! In that version maybe the radiator would tilt with the cab. That way no changes to the dog house would be neccessary!

That looks perfect Gary! A clean and precise job on that dash and I love the idea with the pin heads! I might just come back to that in my next build!

It was my pleasure to help you build your vision Pal! I really enjoyed it and I learned a lot about the differences between resin and filament printing. Thanks for that knowledge Bren!

Congratulations Jeff! That Ford turned out so cool. You did such a clean and precise job. I think this is probably one of the most unique builds here. Something to be proud of Pal!

Looks to me as if it was ready for the winter season. It is a real one, isn't it? 🤔

Looking awesome Jeff! Enjoy the last steps to completion!

Unbelievable! What a clean and perfect job! Hat's off!

That is so touching Jeff! A wonderful idea and perfectly executed. I'm sure your dad is watching and he's mighty proud!

Wow Steve, this is going to be another great build and I'm convinced that again it will look more like a real truck than a lot of the 1/25 AMT kits! (No offence to any modellers here, I'm merely referring to the basic kit quality) Front row, popcorn, beer: Go!

That's going to be a real challenge applying those decals! Have you thought of painting? Not less work, I know but if the decals don't work out as expected it would be a reasonable plan B! I'm sure though that with your pantience and precision you'll get the job done!

Take your time time Pal! It's such a great build. No impatience now! Believe me, I know what I'm talking about.

Looks just awesome Pal! Such clean and tidy work! 👍 Can't wait to see it finished! A rare model. Probably the only one of its kind!

Thanks very much Jeff! I'm glad you like it. I don't think it was my best but surely one of the 'rare truck models' type. Like the Marmon Harrington or the Autocar ACX. I am planning the next build but before I introduce it I have to maintain my printer. It's been working for months now without giving it much attention except for levelling once in a while. I want to try out a few new parameters and a 0.2 nozzle and do some trial runs. When that's done I might also have made enough progress in designing to introduce it here in WIP!

Thank you Brian! I actually do have enough room on the shelf but the conventional belongs to the 'Convoy' so the cabover will have to make friends with the other trucks! 😉 I also switch once in a while and take models out of the cabinet and exchange them with ones from the shelf. That way the Brockway cabover will surely be close to its brother sometime!

This is going to be another hi-complexity build! I'll be following curiously! Good thing you got enough coffee!

Hi everyone, I finished this Brockway 459 yesterday and wanted to share it. For those of you who missed the build, it's almost completely designed and printed. The tires, antenna, bumper, marker lights, shifter, stacks and windows are box parts or scratch. Still it consists of 170 printed parts. I tried to 'hide' the print lines in the cab by using a distracting paint scheme and a few primer coats. Didn't work perfectly but a little at least. The windows are made of 0.2mm transparent foil which unfortunately warped and snapped a bit out of place after having glued it in. Seems I need a better quality. OK, enough of story telling. Hope you enjoy it. The shifter is sort of customized. I didn't leave much space for it to fit between dog house and driver seat so I made one with a long grab handle instead of a ball. At least it fits and slides in perfectly when closing the cab. There are also quite a few other things I had to 'customize' not having had enough details due to a lack of pics but I somehow got it together! I also designed a new slide plate for the fifth wheel since I didn't want to totally cover up the view onto the chassis and drive train. Here's two pics together with the 'Widow Woman' Brockway from Convoy. I always like to make a cabover and a conventional of each make. Thanks for dropping in!

Calling it finished: I know it's not perfect but it's finished! It did turn out better than I had expected though but I learned a few things and hope to be able to use this knowledge in my next project, what ever it might be. My goal was to build a 'brother' for the 'Widow Woman' Brockway. As I said I try to make at least one cabover and one conventional of each make. They won't be together on the shelf but not far away from eachother! I'll post it under glass tomorrow. Thanks to all of you for your encouraging comments and for showing interest in my build. Hope my next one will be better and will find your likes!

Fifth wheel is mounted. Looks OK! A bit more fine tuning and hopefully tomorrow it'll be ready for the shelf!

😆 Looking at your builds I can only say you're a genius! More realistic is not possible!

Thanks Brian! A nice compliment from a pro builder like you! I'm really flattered!

This is my self designed sliding plate: (is that the correct term?) The fifth wheel is in print!

Thanks Pal! The mirrors are self made! Same I used for the Big Nasty build! The orange is Revell no. 30. Funny is, I just now realized that we both used orange on our current builds! 😂

Got some more small stuff mounted: Marker lights, mirrors, grab handles, some decals, ... The decals on the doors are a tribute to Ali MacGraw who played "Melissa" in Convoy. She was born in Pound Ridge, NY. I originally didn't want to mount a fifth wheel because I somehow like the view onto the chassis and drive train. Means, I didn't want to cover it up by the sliding plate. BUT, I designed one that is open so the view is free! It's in print at the time so I'll show you later!