Tim Charlestons with a Tin Snail

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Tim Charlestons with a Tin Snail

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I'll be building the 1/24 Citroen 2CV Charleston.



Here's the box art.

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The parts, still sealed in the bags.

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I think this is one of the best colour schemes to appear on the 2CV, I hope I can do it justice.
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Lovely looking kit. Nice to have something other than an aircraft.
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TobyC wrote:Lovely looking kit. Nice to have something other than an aircraft.
What Toby said :grin:
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Nice choice, I'm sure you'll WALTZ it :ha:
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Looking forward to watching this build. I've worked on and driven a few of these cars. I hope the kit is more fun than the real thing because the real car was a dog of wolfhound proportions to drive in my humble opinion (and I have driven some pretty poor examples of automobile).

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Gregers wrote:Looking forward to watching this build. I've worked on and driven a few of these cars. I hope the kit is more fun than the real thing because the real car was a dog of wolfhound proportions to drive in my humble opinion (and I have driven some pretty poor examples of automobile).

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Old_Tonto wrote: :ha: :ha: :ha: I remember borrowing one once. It was like being chased around town by a lawn mower!
And I bet it caught up with you too :lol: ;-)

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We once drove to a motorcycle show in one, a Charlston too. Four adults and a 2-week old baby crammed into it.

It was memorable, I'll say that :roll:
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Sorry about the slow start (it is a 2CV, what did you expect? :lol:) but work has commenced. I started by fitting the suspension parts to the chassis.

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Next the chassis was sprayed black and the wheels were sprayed with Humbrol Hu20 Crimson. The instructions say to use Hu19 but Hu20 is a much closer match to the colour used on the Charleston.

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After giving the body a coat of primer it was time for a quick mock up.

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I thought that while I've got this one on the bench I'd finish my Airfix 2CV Dolly version of the same kit which I started around 1991. :oops:

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It's gone together well so far, hopefully the rest will be as easy.
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A neat looking pair.

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Both looking good Tim :)
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This is starting to look like a fine build. Nice one. Incidentally the one I drove was a dolly in those colours.

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Sorry about the lack of updates but there has been some progress. First, the body was painted Hu20 Crimson.

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Then, after some masking, I sprayed the black.

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Nurse, remove the bandages. :grin: I'm pleased with how it turned out.

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Now that the body is painted I've moved on to the interior, which has gone together well so far.

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I need to get to work on the engine next if I'm to finish on time.
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Excellent work Tim. I was at the Haynes Museum this weekend and conspicuous by its absence was the 2CV as was the VW Beetle(I suspect that had been removed for an emissions test though ;-) )
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I have fond memories of being driven around the French countryside in one of these: a nice looking model.
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