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Good call on leaving that grille off the model. It was created for the last ambulance version of the kit and doesn't match anything Dodge ever produced! It's not as easy as finding an earlier grille / bumper unit, because they modified the body opening to allow for this monstrosity!

With both the Chevy and Ford vans of this era being reissued, we need the Dodge back as well. I can imagine Round 2 hasn't done so because they know we'll complain about that grille. The version before this kit was the high end van grille with the dual rectangular headlights, see photo below:

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My vote is for Round 2 to tool up the last version of the low end grille, that's one similar to above, but with single either round or rectangular headlights.

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That would create a whole new kit version very easily. They shouldn't go back to the earlier 1970s grilles because MPC did upgrade this model every year during it's run. So things like tail lights, trim and even the roof ribs are different year to year and bound to be incorrect.

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thnx tom .. well one thing is in my favour i never care for original .... but i hav to admitt .. i cleaned this van got rid of all the lines and moldings .. made it custom smooth .. now that its more like a abandoned van i wish i kept those ....

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left this one alone for a while .. later on in the diorama it will get stuff put against it a bit more plant life thats taking hold of the van ...

but i felt it really needed one different colored door ...

maybe it would even be cool to do 2 rear tail > doors in 2 different colors .. i have to think about that i dont want to overdo it

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whell still finetuning this one .. didnt do anything modelcar related lately and today i saw the van and thought hmmm the tarp is horrible .. needs more pigment and tones .. also the bullet holes got a slight wash and i added a few more tree leafs

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thnx marc , well i'm not really building atm and every ounce in a while i see the van and get an idea .. today i scored free high artificial grass , used for soccer fields .. will be awsome for the dio , spray it more tan / brown wit a hint of green .. make a flat spot and put the van in there :)

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