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You probably don't think so, but this sure seemed to come together fast! I spent my life in various industrial atmospheres and this is looking right on target. Gonna be a great backdrop wearing your weathering ... oh my!

That's a nice pile there!

So, you haven't been paying attention to my work I see! but I've been having a blast building, just haven't finished anything THIS year either!

Well, I noticed how steady a hand you must have. The brush painted details looks fantastic.

That's a pretty unique rear fender! I never realized DTM allowed such radical cooling measures. That engine cover is also rather different .. more cooling measures? Is the engine viewable once built? Anyway, great looking build, Curt!

The seats are taking shape and being cooperative. They are all shaped and ready for primer. The different seat bottoms just need some final sanding. I used more of my bottle of melted styrene to square off the passenger side base. This is the first I've used sprue melted in liquid glue to do body work and I'm really liking it for certain jobs. It has stayed in a liquid state for over a month now and even so, just needs a few drops of solvent to get back to liquid state. The passenger seat will receive some half-rounds for the seat pattern and the driver seat gets a printed "seat cover".

WOW! The detail on that is amazing! I wonder who will detail INSIDE the bell housing first?

My wife is a Registered Nurse and the medical field has all kinds of small things it uses that are great for modeling. She has been tired of all my complaining about the hinges, , and brought home some small plastic tubes! These are used in a Hematocrat test .. they pick up a drop of blood. They are .06" OD and .4" ID ... smaller than any styrene tube and just a hair smaller than brass and aluminum tubes, but with thinner walls! They are not styrene and resist any styrene glue, so they don't solve my problem. They will have many uses down the road so they are in the tube box. Other things are coming along nicely, but aren't very photogenic yet.

Looking good. That camera is really searching for something to focus on, it did hit it on the inside ones. The focus may have had trouble with finding good contrast on the outside ones.. all that blue in the middle of the image. They can be tricky on auto focus.

I really like this ... subtle custom touches. The roof slits really make it!

One of my favorite cars. Heller made a 1/24 15 CV, just a slightly newer version. These are commonly available on ebay. You'd have to be a Citroen fanatic to tell the difference between a 11 and 15 Traction Advant. I did start mine, but have no images up here. Christian D. Pamp has a workbench thread going on his build of the Heller kit.

You MIGHT find one at a hardware store, but a Hobby Shop or craft store would be your best bets. An online hobby shop would have them for sure. I'd also highly recommend getting the Mitre Box commonly sold to go with razor saws. A razor saw does seem right for your job at hand, but I also use a jeweler's saw (fine bladed coping saw), Dremel cut off wheel and the back edge of a #11 blade for most of my cuts, depending on the job at hand.

GREEN plates! I haven't seen those in a long time, but I was living in Connecticut at that time. Were those after the maroon ones? I loved those. It's all looking good ... I am giddy over that exterior/interior color combo!

I've been struggling making similar hinges for a van project, so it's a pleasure to suggest something that might work. I'd think cutting off the molded ones and adding some small rod, two pieces or one long one scored in the middle, might up the detail level and look better. There is plastic rod close the the proper size and even smaller brass rod.

I can always Count on you to make me Chuck-a-lot! Not to mention how much I love these concoctions!! I DID get nervous as the title hinted Jerry might be taking to the air! oh no!

I had to go through your photos a few times before the paint job registered ... pretty cool! A great looking build. Builds like this are very satisfying when it's someone close that owned the car.

Thanks for all the suggestions, but unless I want a grossly over sized hinge, plastic seems out of the question. Drilling a STRAIGHT hole through that length of rod doesn't seem to be a solved problem in this hobby yet. I have asked the question before, this link is just about centering the drill on the rod. I will need to drill a .032 hole into a .0625 round rod. The longest separate rod in the hinge is close to 1/16" (.0625'). The 2 outer ones are about 2/3 of that. There are pretty hard to hold while drilling a hole perfectly straight down the tube and centered. Drilling a longer tube, say 3/16" (.1875"), which could be cut to supply all 3 pieces per hinge, presents an even greater problem keeping the drill straight without a machine shop to align everything. Any suggestions on how this rod drilling could be done would be appreciated, no mater how funky it may seem. Fabricating it all from plastic is so good sounding ... maybe I need to bite the bullet and just do it way out of scale.

Welcome in. The interior looks fantastic with that shading!

That does sound as the plastic to plastic joints would do away with all the problems I'm having. The only thing holding me back from just doing this at the moment is the smallest plastic tube is 3/32 (.0938") or 2.35" diameter in 1/25 scale. This is compared to the 1/16" tubes which scale to 1.56". The aluminum is still oversize, but the plastic may be just a bit too much. It might take only a couple more failures before I do take your advice, though!

Happy Day, young man. Life begins at 60!

more on the glacial build, but not a glacial change I came on some better seat references as the seats were taking shape, so they are getting squared off at the top. Otherwise I'm happy with them. I got the upholstery for the driver seat done in Photoshop and some half rounds for the passenger seat pattern which didn't have a seat cover. A rust coat was applied to the chassis plate for some salt rusting. Everything but the hinges is moving along ... hinges came apart trying to glue the tubes to the doors.

Well ... I'm liking this. I did consider casting it but got stuck on how to add it. I never thought of cutting out the whole area. Neat. There is only one handle on the side doors so matching isn't a problem, but casting the whole thing seems like less work and, as I said, I have to cast the hinges anyway. This van keeps escalating ... nothing new!

that was MY first thought! ... and I came to the same conclusion as you.

I like your suggestion, Charlie ... cutting the shape thru the door and building it back up. It's easy enough to trace and transfer the shape from the front door. The method you suggest to cut it out is actually how I cut the windows out. The recess is pretty small, maybe a quarter inch at best, so I'll just drill a hole close to the size and shape with files. A backing plate of styrene and I think a little putty shaped into the edges with my finger will give the tapered shape into the recess. If I can locate the Q-tip shaped sanding sticks I have it will be easy to smooth it all out. This is just what I needed to get my thoughts together. Thanks for the responses.

Very believable!