Junkman

These are the available colours, aside from Rouge Hopi and Beige Kalahari: Only Vert Montana was available through the entire 18 year production run. The Series 1 was only available in Rouge Hopi, Vert Montana, Orange Kirghiz and Beige Kalahari. There goes my plan to leave it white... BTW, no European built Meharis were made in France. The majority was built in Citroen's factory at Forest, Belgium, others in Spain and Portugal.

Doors always were available, although at extra cost. Especially in countries, where driving without them was/is illegal. The Series 1 apparently only lasted two years, but it also had the front valance slanted, not straight:

In '53, when you were five, and you ate snow, your father photographed you. In '73, when you were five, and you ate snow, your father told you off, but let you eat it (if it wasn't yellow). In '93, when you were five, and you ate snow, your father made you spit it out and explained to you the dangers of eating snow. Since 2013, there wasn't any snow to be eaten by five year olds.

You could still eat snow in '53 without being told off? That is a nice colour on your dad's sedan. It's what's going on my model now.

Let's think inside the box... There is air. A lot of air: A small body: Glass: This is directly lifted from the 2CV kit, albeit not plated here: Basically, only the wipers, the gearshift and the door handles are needed from above sprue. Then there are two more complete sprues directly lifted from the 2CV kit. A complete interior, bumpers and front disc brakes (which you could pimp your Mehari with): And the oily bits: Then there are the following two newly tooled sprues: Note the open cast grille. However, this is slightly offset by having to use the 2CV's front seats, which are in fact "Charleston" seats. To make them halfways correct, one will have to remove the pleating, either by sanding it flat, or filling it in with putty. Also note the Mehari two spoke steering wheel. I will definitely use the incorrect single spoke 2CV item instead, because I can. There is a decal sheet: Sadly only with those newfangled French numberplates. I should have more period correct ones somewhere. Real men don't read this: Note how they expect you to cut and paste the 2CV exhaust: A similar thing with the gear shift lever: It's probably better to replace it with some bent wire right away and just use the knob. Entirely btw, the taillights and front indicators of the Mehari were nicked from the H-Van. The back of the box shows three of the available paint schemes:

That's good, now you can even paint the clear doors... On a more serious note, after looking at the Mehari, I might do the "Azure": I could leave the body unpainted, which is actually quite realistic. Also note, how the front valance is canted inwards, whereas on the kit it's straight.

Got them!

Got it!

This is announced for March:

One of the best analogies I've read in a while. I hope Moebius doesn't go Lindberg's way. Don't forget the '61 Chevy and the '64 Plymouth.