RTS Caravan 71 Roadrunner

[jjsipes]

After watching the Mecum Indy 2019 Auction, I had a thought come back in my head and went digging for an old partial buildup. Threw it in the stripper and got to cutting. Not sure how well this will go but, here I go. Gonna be a long process due to time for modeling and having too many projects.

Edited May 31, 2019 by jjsipes

[jjsipes]

After a few hours.

[afx]

Looks like the start of a great project.

[Bucket T]

Cool idea.

[Trendsetta68]

Me and my son were at the auction and the one that caught our eyes was the green Duster. The paint job on it was 
awesome !
Good luck on your project, great start !

[gtx6970]

Same car has been on my to do list.

So u have my attention 

[jjsipes]

5 hours ago, Trendsetta68 said:

Me and my son were at the auction and the one that caught our eyes was the green Duster. The paint job on it was 
awesome !
Good luck on your project, great start !

I'd like to do the other RTS Caravan cars but I don't know

[1972coronet]

Oddly ( or not ) MPC's 1972 Road Runner annual kit's customising parts are eerily similar to the 1971 RTS Road Runner ( BTW , what-ever happened to the custom parts from that 1972-only issue ? ) :

[jjsipes]

10 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

Oddly ( or not ) MPC's 1972 Road Runner annual kit's customising parts are eerily similar to the 1971 RTS Road Runner ( BTW , what-ever happened to the custom parts from that 1972-only issue ? ) :

I've looked at that before but to me only the paint scheme is similar. Hood and nose are different 

[Mr mopar]

Can wait to see this one done ....Jason you have a good start ! would have been cool if MPC would have done these kit back in the day

[bigdrag1]

Very cool start to a great looking car,  I got the Duster on the bench.

Edited June 2, 2019 by bigdrag1

[jjsipes]

9 hours ago, bigdrag1 said:

Very cool start to a great looking car,  I got the Duster on the bench.

Nice

[Trendsetta68]

20 hours ago, jjsipes said:

I'd like to do the other RTS Caravan cars but I don't know

Kool...I'm leaning towards the Duster first ...

[Trendsetta68]

Here are a few shots of
the Duster that I took
at Indy's past Mecum
this spring .....

 

[1972coronet]

I've always loved the Duster ( either iteration ; both are 1970 models ) and the 1970 Road Runner RTS cars . For 1971 the only all-new RTS car was the redesigned 1971 Road Runner (albeit , 383-powered vs. the 1970 Hemi) .

Have fun replicating that RTS Duster ! 

[gtx6970]

The RTS Duster is going to be a paint nite mare to replicate

 

[Trendsetta68]

1 hour ago, gtx6970 said:

The RTS Duster is going to be a paint nite mare to replicate

 

It'll be fun to do...I paint lowrider / old drag car style schemes a lot...

[jjsipes]

2 hours ago, gtx6970 said:

The RTS Duster is going to be a paint nite mare to replicate

 

That's why I haven't even attempted anything on it yet

[theraif]

Steve had a lot of cool stuff

[jjsipes]

Started some nose work. I read where the nose was extended 6" so I added a 1/4"

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by jjsipes

[dragmodels44]

Those are going to be cool! Too bad you couldn’t resin copy the bodies when they’re done!

[Trendsetta68]

Awesome job !!!

[Jonathan]

Oh, that's cool!  You have my attention ...

[Rider]

Cool project, nice work on the extension. 

[crazyjim]

Nice project.