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I really like color combination!

Gotter done! Yeah its a bit late, finished @1:23ct but it must still be Tuesday somewhere! Wished I had started working on it when this round 1st started as there was more doodads & detail I had wanted to include. When I dug this out of the crypt I thought is was nearer done it was. ? Still I'm happy with the result.I did add rub rails(?) Comments, suggestions welcome.

Nicely done Gwolf! (Another kit I want to build) I'm working hard to complete my project b4 midnight. With any luck I will. I feel somewhat like Tom in that there are changes and doodads I would like to & had planned to do but had forgotten about, mostly fog lights and an after market console, parts that would require scratch building. However I have decided to move ahead and giitter done w/o theses features. As I have several Caravan projects going on, I may go back & add these features as I move along. Pics tonight, I hope...

I have to agree the weathering is perfection! It looks like the real deal in the outdoor shots. Fantastic!

Nice! I like the color combination.

Looks fantastic!

Turned out great! This is a model I've been wanting to build for a long, long time, especially being a slant 6 fan. Seeing your build is inspiring!

I dig the taillight treatment! Cool!

Very nice! I like the stance!

Your paint & detailing of the interior look fantastic!

Thanks, Andy. Pickups , it would seem to me, would be a lot more user friendly with the all around lower bed that this fwd platform would provide. You certainly wouldn't need a staircase tailgate!

CaraRam! I have decided on the model name. Current project will be the CaraRam. I also have other projects in mind; CaraGlam (custom pickup) and El Carnero (pickup w/unaltered quarter panels & outer tailgate "sheet metal"). I even have a race car in mind if I ever get that crazy & Rambitious!?

Finally I have an update & pics! (Camera & computer not getting along ?). I have been fighting & procrastinating over extending the "belt line" to the bed sides. I had envisioned a smooth side bed, however the belt line just fell into place and after several attempts at ignoring the obvious to achieve a smooth side, I finally relented! I added back up lights & removed the character lines from the tailgate. It is ready to paint at this point. Will post more pics then. Comments, suggestions welcome.

Wow! A Tucker hot rod ! That's something you don't see every day.

No progress here. Been concentrating on the pickup conversion...

Its looking good!

Me too. I'm crazy about the '60-'61 Dodges (& MoPars in general). I purchased both HT & wagon versions of '60 & '61 Dodges from Modelhaus. I started the '61 Wagon years ago(very little progress) , a Polara that I plan to convert to a Dart Seneca to replicate one I once owned. My folks bought a new '61 Polara 4dr, red w/ a white top. I was wondering if you plan to correct the speedometer? The "translucent" speedometer is, to me, one of the coolest features of these cars & I would like to figure out a way to better represent it.

Very interesting... The profile of the now front fenders is reminiscent of the late '40s - early '50s (bullet nose) Studebakers. Don't know your plans for taillights, but the old headlight buckets might house the large round taillights used on some years of Matadors(?) GOOD LUCK!

I have at least 6 of these kits, ht. & conv. in different colors. I haven't built any yet & wondered how well they built up. I don't recall seeing any built or reviewed before, so I wondered if they were junk or what. I may now have to get 1 out and get it on a shelf! Thanks for the review & build tips!

Thanks Mike. I agree the front is much too flat (& bumper too wide). Its as if some one tried to make a 3 dimensional object appear 2 dimensional! Also, the "greenhouse" looks too long & the rear deck too short. If the greenhouse were shorter it would put the door in a little better perspective. Its for sure something is quirky with its proportions.

Excellent weathering!

I am farther along than I remembered. Although it may not look it, its been painted Chrysler Bright White. (Everything on the '98 I owned was white except the window trim, drip rails{?} & the rub strips on the roof.) Mostly painting the black trim around the windows & assembly is all that's left to do. I may attempt to scratch build a pair of fog lights. Perhaps not a real challenge for a round, but I seem to get so far along on a build & never finish. This thread give me the excuse to gett'r done. Here it is next to the pickup project

Oh yeah. Been a year since I worked on it. Pics on the way. Extracting it from the coffin today.

As I am deep into a conversion of a Caravan to a pickup, I may as well pull a stock Caravan from the crypt & finish it. So I will offically submit the stock Caravan for round 7. It will be representative of the '98 I once owned. With any luck they will both be completed by the deadline.

The weathering looks great! I have been wanting to try my hand too. Maybe some day...