Heller's 1/8 Citroen Traction Avant

[Guest]

Hi all well I've added the rubber piping that goes between the wings and the body and I've started the front seats (see if this works before I do the rear ones) I'm going to try the marbelling effect I used on the Kwak Z1 a while ago only not going to have so much of it, so this is just the base colour which would show through from the cracked vynle (how do you spell vynel vynal ????)

[Guest]

Looking great buddy, loving this!


By the way, its spelled VINYL.

[Guest]

Hi all well I bought some halfords plastic filler/primer and some halfords plastic primer and here is the result of the first coat of filler primer, I must say I am well chuffed with the first coat (I thought it would reveal a horrendous filling job which required loads of work) I will admit it has shown some areas which need attention, but the piping (I think anyway) looks just about right. I also did the first coat on the seats, which I'm also quite pleased with, yes it needs another coat but (I think anyway) its looking promising.

[Guest]

Those seats Look perfect!! Excellent effect!! Im not sure you need to do any more to them, perhaps it might be too much, they look top job as they are!

[Guest]

Hi all a small update on this one, filled the little hollows on the body and did a bit more weathering of the seats.

[Guest]

Hi all here is tonights update (sorry if you're getting bored of this but its a mahoosive project, I don't think I'm half way through it yet) although I have to say I'm really enjoying it, I'm already planning what I'm going to do with the next one.

[Robert1968]

Nice update Ken and the body is looking real smooth now after all that work.coming along nicely


Robert

[Guest]

I was just thinking I said I don't think I'm half way through it yet, I just remembered I'm putting it in a dio so make that 1/4 way through it.

[Robert1968]

OMG what have you got in mind bet it's it's gonna be huge!!

[Guest]

It's going to be parked either out the back of a house in Paris adorned with the cross of lorraine and the tricolour or a shed or garage being loaded up with molotov cocktails grenades and such ready for a French resistance raid.


Oh and I was going to try and get a copy of the fallen Madonna with zee big boobies to put on the rear seat.

[takeslousyphotos]

Yeah the seats are right on the money Ken.

[Robert1968]

Oh and I was going to try and get a copy of the fallen Madonna with zee big boobies to put on the rear seat.


In the sausage!!! Rene!! ( can you do a sausage Ken??


If it's a garage have ( or can you get a 1/8 bicycle ? ).................. Too much?


Robert

[Guest]

I wonder if I could get away with 1/6 action man scale, I've seen an action man bicycle on ebay.

[Robert1968]

I think if for instance the bicycle was in the back of the garage say with a sheet over the handlebars or partially covered or something like that I think you could get away with this ( I have a vision in my head of this dio with the Citroen and a few wine bottles with the odd cotton wool in, a few crates in the garage a pushbike in the back the odd toolbox ( sorry I'll stop.


Great work Ken


Robert

[Guest]

That's pretty much my vision plus a few guns, can't find any 1:8 figures so may have to draw them.