Brockway

[vplow]

Just wondering if anyone has built any models of a late 60s-70s era Brockway or has any great ideas on how to do it.

I've already figured out how to modify a resin MAck R cab into a Brockway (basically, re-contour/fill and extend the hood, and modify the fenders)... but that only works well for a later one with the Mack cab.

Any ideas on how to go about making a Brock of this era with the Brockway-design cab? (other than scratchbuilding the whole thing?)

[stanhas87]

Dear vplow:

I also been asking for a model of a Brockway (ready to run,no kits,no fuss) but at the moment nothing came foward. No models of this make in any scale, as far as I know.

Nick K

[vplow]

Thanks Nick,

Yeah I'm quite sure nobody has produced a Brockway in kit or RTR form. I just figured I'd throw it out there in case someone had 'bashed one or had -thought- about bashing one enough to have an idea of where to start.

[eexjoe]

That's good truck that has never been done.
Ralph Ratcliffe and myself have discussed that one. I don't believe it will be very long before there is at least a resin hood available. The best bet would be something that can mate to an exsisting Mack cab.

[stanhas87]

Dear All:

As far as I know, two of them made to the movies: a conventional, white color, which wrecks at the movie Convoy (sad) and a Cabover type, briefly seen, at the movie Maximum Overdrive. I know, both movies have a good truck casting.

[vplow]

That would be good to have a resin Brock hood- but the Brockway-design cab is just as unique. Converting a Mack R to a Brockway by modifying the hood is do-able. But there is nothing I have found that is really close to the Brockway cab, in terms of proportions, or in terms of having the three-pane with "wraparounds" at each side of the windshield.

[cfesmire]

Of course you have the White 4000 from Sylvan that would easily be converted to a Brockway of that era. It's interesting to see the swapping of body parts from White as they accumulated companies and they showed up in conventionals of Sterling, Autocar and REO.

[vplow]

The Brocks that were similar to the White 4000 are a generation earlier than I'm looking to do, unfortunately.

But yes, for a 50s-early 60s Brock they'd be a good starting point.