Ebro 1/24 Citroën 2CV Pickup

[Guest]

This is something different Graham I like it.

[Ian M]

How about this one: Mask the windows off then cut the mask back to were you would want the rubber seal. three or four coats of thicker paint (matt paint builds up better than gloss then peel off the masking. One raised edge.

[spanner570]

That's a great idea Ron,  maybe get them the right colour too. . Thanks for the great tip 

Glad to be of some help. Looking at the box art, and if you fancy being a bit of a smart a**e , you could perhaps consider fixing the bands on the bumpers and all the opening windows!

[Guest]

Glad to be of some help. Looking at the box art, and if you fancy being a bit of a smart a**e , you could perhaps consider fixing the bands on the bumpers and all the opening windows!

Gauntlet throwing at its best 

[spanner570]

Gauntlet throwing at its best 

:P !

[Guest]

Not a huge or technical return to the bench but I am happy to have started this great little kit and got it finished within a week!


Nothing special to write home about but the kit is very nice, great fit everywhere and the little rubber tyres are superb.  Absolutely no build issues whatsoever other than what I brought to it.  I didn't have any clear yellow, if indeed there is any, so I used a very thin clear orange on the headlight glass which I now see is too dark.  Can easily be built as a right hand drive without any modifications but I chose to do it LHD even though the box art shows it as a RHD.


The grey I mixed myself with Tamiya Royal Light Grey, Ocean grey and a touch of Medium Blue.  The callout is for a Royal Light Grey (or to be precise 'Royal Wright Grey'  O.o  which, from examples I have seen, is too light.


Anyway, nothing exciting but a few pics to show it finished.  Thanks for watching.


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[Guest]

By the way, if this isn't military enough the fear not, the Royal Marine Commandoes had some as Light air transportable trucks, be a nice easy modification.


picture included for discussion only.  Copyright unknown.

[monica]

looking real good, Graham,liking the color as well,

[Ian M]

Great job Graham. It looks good in the grey.


hmmm Royal Marine 2CV...makes sense; weigh next to nowt and could probably survive a landing 'sans' parachute ...

[Guest]

Great job Graham. It looks good in the grey.


hmmm Royal Marine 2CV...makes sense; weigh next to nowt and could probably survive a landing 'sans' parachute ...

Certainly tough enough Ian.  I have seen pictures of it slung under helicopters and one with a recoilless rifle mounted on the back.  All excess weight, not that there is much, is stripped off to part or even complete door removal. Quite an interesting project to do.

[Guest]

That looks the business Graham, like it.

[Gern]

A nice, tidy build to get you back into things Graham!


How did you eventually end up doing the rubber surrounds on the windows?

[Guest]

A nice, tidy build to get you back into things Graham!


How did you eventually end up doing the rubber surrounds on the windows?

Cheers Dave this one is painted.  I didn't want to hold this one up while I sourced materials.  I did think of using EZ rigging line as it is quite fine and flat in profile.  However, I wasn't sure what glue would work with it without risking it peeling or fogging the clear parts.  This will be a matter of experimentation for future builds.

[Guest]

That looks good Graham that pic of the marines using them would make for a good dio.