Late 1940's French Street Scene 1/35. Scratch built buildings, MB figures and Tamiya car .

[Mini Me]

Looking the Bomb JR. :thumb2:

[Guest]

The dormers came out great. Love the shutters. What, no shutter dogs?:smiling3:

Got me at first Paul so had to Google it , NO is the answer. I'd never heard of them before but can see the use in holding then open or closed.Might give it a miss this time :crying:

Looking great - must be my eyes, or just that I'm on the phone, but can't see the flower pots on the inside , but daresay they are up to your usual high standard

No Gerry they are hard to see, I'll take another at a different angle .:smiling3:

Morning John,
Just had a quick catch up on this and have to say that I completely agree with the guys.... It's coming on a treat :smiling3:
Cracking work all round and is going to make for a striking scene!
Nice one!

Thanks Andy.

Very nice John, really like the window boxes.
Top work usual, carry on

Nice to see you Si hope all is well. Thank you.

There really aren't many who match you building skills John!

Jack that is extremely kind of you to say.

Looking the Bomb JR. :thumb2:

Thank you Rick.

[outrunner]

Yet another fabulous build from the Master, well done John and keep up the good work.

Andy.

[Peter Gillson]

Loverly buildings. Great work.

Peter

[Neil Merryweather]

This is already looking the Dog's, John, I can't wait to see it populated

[Guest]

Yet another fabulous build from the Master, well done John and keep up the good work.

Andy.

Thank you Andy, very kind of you to say. Money in the normal place !

Loverly buildings. Great work.

Peter

Thank you Peter.

This is already looking the Dog's, John, I can't wait to see it populated

Hi Neil, I've been working on the car, what a nice easy build form Tamiya. I keep looking at those figures !:worried:

[Guest]

Made a start on the car, what a dream to build, Tamiya of course.The steering, well lack of it made it easy, the only hard part was the two suspension arms. Managed it in the end by putting them on the the bottom frame first, allowing the glue to go off and then move then into line.







The rear axle slides through, fitted the exhaust .



Yes you can tell its mine by the glue marks !

Next was the wheels, again a good fit with Poly caps


The only thing here was those round spacers the larger ones. Couldn't tell which way up they went.But took a chance and they look ok.

Really clean sprues, since these were taken I've painted the seats and dash, and any thing else that could be done inside of the car.


Although the wheels are on, and not glued i'll keep them of to paint the shell and wheels.
Thanks for looking in

[Si Benson]

Tamiya never seem to fail in providing an enjoyable build……. It’s a cliche but it’s true!
Looking good John :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff going on here John. You know you will have to give those shutters “the dogs” don’t you…..

[Mini Me]

Hi JR. I have done a few of these,..........much smaller mind, but fun to do. Will yours be a civilian or WH staffer?

[Guest]

Tamiya never seem to fail in providing an enjoyable build……. It’s a cliche but it’s true!
Looking good John :thumb2:

Thanks So, it certainly is . Even I can feel confident.

Great stuff going on here John. You know you will have to give those shutters “the dogs” don’t you…..

I know Tim, it's bugging me now !

Hi JR. I have done a few of these,..........much smaller mind, but fun to do. Will yours be a civilian or WH staffer?

Cheers Rick, suppose it could be a repatriated one , but already decided to have a civilian one as can have the choice of colour. Yes there were other choices than black !
Mark kindly sent me a list of colours, of course prewar there was a choice , but around the late 30's all main bodies were black . The only difference was a choice of wheel trim !
So if I want to have say a dark blue or some dark brown I'll be ok .There was also a green , but don't want that as everyone will think it's 4BO :smiling3::smiling3:
Apart from black the colours were available as irisé. This is a very course metallic like finish. The aluminium flakes used were much bigger then with modern metallic paints.
Note 2: During the whole production of the Traction Avant, cars could be delivered to the dealer or sales organisation in primer. They would then organise the paint scheme. This could be on customer request or for demonstration/show models. Especially during the '50s many cars were delivered in primer. Another option was to have a (black) painted car repainted. These cars only have the outer panels painted and under the bonnet and on the doorsills they are still the original (black) colour

Like most things the deeper you go when researching it become mind boggling !


Note 3: There were several companies who made the paint for the Traction Avant production. Depending on the company colors were a bit darker or brighter then shown here.

Further research to the model 11N it was only available in black with reddish wheel trim . So unless I want to have it repainted as mentioned black it will have to be . Pity .

[Steve Jones]

You are a busy bee! Great kit JR. I'm sure it will go together with few issues. The street scene is immense. Glad to see you having a lot of fun

[Guest]

You are a busy bee! Great kit JR. I'm sure it will go together with few issues. The street scene is immense. Glad to see you having a lot of fun

Many thanks Steve . Never had a kit that was so easy to build.

[GerryW]

Even in the '60s, you could have a vehicle delivered in primer and it'd be cheaper than with top coat My father bought a Bedford in 64/65 (B reg) and used battleship grey gloss to paint it - that van didn't rust for all the time he had it, went round the clock and more think he sold it in about 72/3

[minitnkr]

Excellent blog, lots of good info. & examples of high grade scratchery.