Whats In the Box Citroen DS19 Kit Review

[martinfan5]

Taking a look at the recent release of the Citroen DS19 kit from EBBRO

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Edited September 9, 2015 by martinfan5

[Nudel]

Hello all,

at first: Sorry for my bad English.

I build Ebbros Citroen DS at the Moment. It`s a good kit, a step forward compared to the Renault 4.

But Ebbro made a mistake regarding the rims: It should be 4 "normal" rims (Part #B8) and one for the spare wheel (#B9). B9 has a obliquely "Pin" inside the rim for fixing in the engine room.

But the kit has 3 rims with a straight "Pin" and 2 rims for the spare wheel with an obliquely "Pin".

Without work on one "Pin", you can only build a Citroen DS with 3 wheels.

I have informed Ebbro and will get a reply in the next days.

Regards,

Daniel

Edited September 9, 2015 by Nudel

[Junkman]

Now that would be a major bummer.

Could you please keep us updated regarding Ebbro's response?

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Your English is vastly superior to my Deutsch, Daniel.

But all four of my B8 wheels seem to have a perfectly perpendicular shaft, and there's maybe just the slightest angle on B9's pin.

Is that what you're talking about?

[Luc Janssens]

Pin broke off during the manufacturing/packaging process?

Can't realy see, what you guys are talking about, maybe I need new glases

;^)

 

Edited September 10, 2015 by Luc Janssens

[Foxer]

It sounds like the spare has a pin at an angle rather than perpendicular  .. is this it?

[martinfan5]

The wheels in my kit

[Nudel]

The wheels in my kit

Hello all,

that looks different compared to my kit. My kit was one of the earliest, it was sent to me at the release date by EMS. I have ordered another two kits which should arrive in the next weeks by SAL - now  I`m surprised, what type of pins I will get.

The two obliquely pins weren`t broken in my kit, it was wrong molded.

I expect an answer from Ebbro and I will inform you about the result.

Greetings,

Daniel

 

 

 

 

 

[mike 51]

Here's a finished one....

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=7171091#post7171091

[martinfan5]

That is nice,  I need to find out what shade of yellow was used on the side box art, that is what color I want to use on mine

[howsthat1959]

I did some research and given the details of the kit, the model is based on a 1959 DS19 and earlier (if you do not use the distributor supplied in the kit). Cars of this vintage did not use distributors but had two coils and a points breaker mechanism to fire the spark. These early cars had an external intake manifold (like the kit) which did not allow for the fitting of distributor. Later cars had an internal intake manifold. 1960 cars had vents in each fender to help cool the hydraulic fluid system which the model does not.

As for the spare tire, it should be mounted upside down and should have a "jack stand" stored inside the tire. The jack stand was used to raise one side of the car using the adjustable suspension to enable tire changes. Pix shown.

[howsthat1959]

I did some research and given the details of the kit, the model is based on a 1959 DS19 and earlier (if you do not use the distributor supplied in the kit). Cars of this vintage did not use distributors but had two coils and a points breaker mechanism to fire the spark. These early cars had an external intake manifold (like the kit) which did not allow for the fitting of distributor. Later cars had an internal intake manifold..

 

 

I'm afraid I may have left out some info about the ignition system. The external intake manifold engine has the points breaker under the manifold where the disttibutor would be. Two wires run from it to two coils. Each coil fires twice...one for the timed spark and a wasted one on an exhaust stroke of a different cylinder.