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Tamiya Citroen Traction 11 CV 1/35 Scale

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 18, 2009 10:29 PM
Very cool...I didn't know the car was also available in 1/35th...one of these was featured in the new war movie: "Inglorious Bastards"...who is the maker of the gent?---nice fig...
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Posted by Brizio on Friday, September 18, 2009 7:29 PM
Impressive!
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Posted by *INDY on Friday, September 18, 2009 6:37 PM

 Brizio wrote:
Nice job too on the guy!!! Thinking that it is in 1/35!

~YES~   Worked on his head some last night...

 

Just got my  Alclad II from Squadron too! I'll be masking off th e window frames tonight. More to follow.......

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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Posted by Brizio on Friday, September 18, 2009 9:41 AM
Nice job too on the guy!!! Thinking that it is in 1/35!
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  • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
Posted by *INDY on Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:32 PM

 Brizio wrote:
Looks very nice! And nice job done!

~Thank you Brizio ~ & ~ Thank you Huxy----ME TOO!!! ~ For now.. Im smack in the middle of painting this Gent :

And..My Alclad should arive tommarrow, so I can get my chrome on thos weekend....Check you guys then...

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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  • From: Kristiansund, Norway
Posted by Huxy on Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:24 AM

Saw "Citröen 11CV" on the front page of the forums. Then I just had to check it out!

 

Great job so far. I do indeed like the colourscheme!  Let's see it done...! Big Smile [:D]

 

-Lasse 

"Every War Starts And Ends With An Invasion".

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Posted by Brizio on Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:21 AM
Looks very nice! And nice job done!
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Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:52 PM

~Thanks again Lewbud, glad I can show something you like on my first venture onto the Auto Forum !
~ I shot my bodywork(in parts) l(with Future) as I want to see as much shine as possible on my car (at least for now)

It shows up on the fenders alot more  than the body(you'll see before too long)Above shot is pre-Future

 I shot a bit of Future freehand on the hubs, just not spreading out to the tire, easy to see the difference :   I noticed the airbrush makes a great desktop reference for chrome. Tuff getting it onto that moulded-on hub nicely?   ? I'm guessing I'll use the 'ole circle template trick .(when I finnaly get my bottle of Chrome delivered! Until then, I supose I can mask the windows, & paint the driver 

Oh...and the "sponsons issue'---sorry, was talking armor-speak there. It's a well known flaw of the mostly great Tamiya M4 Sherman kits, that the area under the fenders(just over the track)at the hull joint, has a huge opened gap. The gap is usually never seen from the outside, but if you display any interior it is easily seen, and quite 'unseemly'. This otherwize great kit has the same flaw, and it's worse, as you can always see right into the car(limo-tint glass is OUT on this car)At least on a tank you can button it up and not worry~~~~~

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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Posted by lewbud on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:57 AM
I am so getting this kit.  I'm thinking mine will be a custom color and interior.  Could be more specific about the "sponson issue".  Looking forward to more pics.  May have found my kit for the Weekend GB.

Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

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  • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:21 AM

 DuHast wrote:
Looks great so far *INDY! I can't wait to see further updates!

Thank you Duhast, very much. & hey ME too!!            NO....just kidding...got the update on the clipboard.....

 

 

I got my silver applied, and dry-fitted again to take a look...

    

Having no real reference  for 1940 silver, I mixed one I liked, returning to basics, namely trusty 'ole Testors Enamels, Silver,with a little Fl.Black added   if you ever wondered about why silver gets undercoated with black, you can see a side by side comparison here on this grey styrene. Part on right undercoated with black. Left not.   All those X-tra parts that come in Dragon kits are really handy for something. TESTS ! Mind you, this is just 1 pass witht the silver in the airbrush for emphasis here.   One more 'shortcoming' with the kit some of us read about, was the classic Tamiya "sponsons" issue. I suppose I'll add some styrene strip under there before the wheels go on, as I don't like that much.   Dry-fit for my 'driver' figure(still looking forward to having paint time for him!)  
More as things develope friends...................................Indy

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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Posted by DuHast on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:05 AM
Looks great so far *INDY! I can't wait to see further updates!
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Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:16 AM

Hey Guys....Elite, Fox Lewbud, Butz.....thanks guys for your interest and check'in in with encouragement. The more I research this old sedan the more I come to love it's lines. Looking through Citroens, they have made some(to my American eye) very peculiar and interesting quirky autos, worthy of further study. The Traction 11  was just a good looking car, then and now. The best of the bunch looks like the much more rare 15CV that featured a 6-cylinder engine instead of the common 4

The Traction 15CV

As far as my model goes, it was quite a day in the shop today(nearly 'one of those days") so I have a minimal update. I got all the tiny bits off the sprue and cleaned up and base-coated black(streering collum,handles,ect.)as well as getting the rear fenders masked off with some Tamiya tape so I can shoot the main body color. I also did the next step on my driver figure

A few washes of darkened Floquil Tuscan, and set that aside again.

            Thanks for tuning in, be back with some more glamorous steps soon!...................Indy

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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  • From: Niagara Falls NY
Posted by Butz on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:40 AM

 

 Outstanding work thus far Indy!! I especially like the interior and the fact that your going to do a civi version!!

 I have the Citroen in both 35th & 48th and wow.. They are both jems!! Looking forward to your updates

 Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

  If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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Posted by lewbud on Monday, September 14, 2009 11:15 PM
Nice.  I saw this kit for the first time at friend of mine yesterday.  May have to get the 1/48th scale kit as it well fit in with my 1/43 stuff.  Need to find that Hasegawa BMW as well.

Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

fox
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Posted by fox on Monday, September 14, 2009 7:45 PM

Doing a GREAT job *INDY.Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup] Keep up the great work and keep the pics coming.

JimCaptain [4:-)]

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

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  • From: hamilton , Ontario
Posted by EliteModelling on Monday, September 14, 2009 6:40 AM
really nice. i hope it turnes out well. can you post pictures of your progress?

 

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  • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
Tamiya Citroen Traction 11 CV 1/35 Scale
Posted by *INDY on Monday, September 14, 2009 12:49 AM

Hi guys, recently  recieved the New Citroen 11CV available now in 1/35 as well as 1/48 scale from Tamiya.

 The car I'm building will in the end be parked on the street of May, 1940 France in a military model diarama I will later build, but the car itself will be civilian, and in fairly good condition.  In the scene, a businessman is stepping from his Citroen, parked at the curb, and watching as german armor rolls in, with it's confident panzer crews even eyeing "thier" new car.(many of these were jacked by the Wermacht and made into staffcars, and so Tamiya has presented decals,paint instructions, and even a German driver figure in the box)

The brilliant little kit can be dry fitted easy as this

But I assembled only as far as this for painting, as I want a two-tone +chrome, seems best to assemble  after painting, especially for an armor/diorama guy like me, trying for something like a (French Rolls Royce)

Of course they came in a lot of colors over the years

I began by filling/sanding  injection pin marks found on the floorboards & door liners, as well as parting lines from the rear fenders, and the front portion on the bonnet,as the crease should be there at the rear of the top edge, but dissapears about a third of the way forward.

 

 Painting started with the interior in XF-55 Deck Tan, per the destructions instructions

When I was sure it had cured, I added a filter of Floquil Roof Brown, to show depth & wear

The next day, I masked off all the interior to prevent over-spray

 

At first I reached for the Tamiya tape, put used 3M green'Frog"tape instead, for it's greater 'tack'. This tape tends to be safe on paint layers,(fingers crossed) and no residue like the blue tape. I just guessed I'd probably blow the window tape free while I was spraying... After trying a few black paints I have, I liked the look Floquil Engine Black I think it gave a nice semi-gloss with a thin-as-possible application.   Although it's dry pretty fast, I'll leave it alone over night.

 

 

I also got started on the owner of this car 

 

Primered, then skin-areas base-coated with Tamiya XF-60 Dark yellow / the airbrush

Thanks for your interest & comments

       Back to it after work tommarrow.......G'night  Gents,

 

 

"Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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