Hellers 1/8 Citroen Traction Avant

Extreme detail, Super nice job on this one.

Test fit of the doors.



the doors have working hinges and door handles (Yep they have working latches)

Coming along beautifully.

well I'm back from Bonnie Scotland and back at it.

Yer aging (weathering) the body also ? COOL !!!!

Every update on this one is better than the last. Excellent work.

Hi all well started with some colour, you may notice not the colour I originally stated as I've given up on Citroen giving me the code (so now of course I will have to change the carpet colour :mad::mad:)
anyhoo here is the start of the rusting (lots more work to be done on it, but I think its a good starting point)

The rust effect is looking good. Nice,

Hi all well after a disasterous reaction on the paintwork on this I've sorted it (will never be a great job but is ok as an old jalopy) did a bit more staining of the doors and the bodywork and added some rust effects to the black paintwork, still a long way to go on it but is starting to look better now.

Nice

Hi all I was checking some of the pictures, one advantage of that is looking at pictures of things 2 and sometimes 3 times bigger than the actual thing you see faults you wouldnt see on the actual item, like for instance a lot of the flat areas of rust are, just that flat, no blistering and no reason to be rust coloured, so I,ve fixed that and dulled the doors and bodywork down and started blending panels and adding general grime (I must say I'm quite pleased with the results so far) if things carry on like this I think the finished thing will look quite realistic (of course having said that I will no probably go and ruin it)






















does anyone know how to dull down and dirty the windows and windscreen? all tip welcome.

Hi all well I'm sure you must be getting bored of this by now (I know you're all so polite you wont say so) so I'll take advantage of your good nature and continue the onslaught.

Im really enjoying watching this come together, although Im getting suspicious that its a real car and you've built some giant furniture to make it look like a model!!

"Hi all well I'm sure you must be getting bored of this by now (I know you're all so polite you wont say so) so I'll take advantage of your good nature and continue the onslaught."

DEFINITELY NOT !!!!
Enjoying every update, and especially the fact that you are depicting a less than pristine show room condition car!
Great work !!!

Andy...

Not bored at all. Really liking following this along. Super nice work.

hi all here is tonights update, I realise the windscreen needs work but its my first effort at doing glass.




does the bird poo look effective

Very effective. Pesky Crows. LOl

hi all here is yet another update

It needs dents. Hail dents, garage scrapes, something. It's too straight.

I'm ahead of you there, the front wings are not on yet.