Citroen HY Van - scruffy style

[geetee66]

This is the Heller kit. Picked it up cheap, as an antidote to the ultra-shiny lowriders I've been building recently.

 I began by giving everything grey primer. Then pre-shaded edges and recesses with Matt black.

 

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Then hit it with a dark brown, with spots of red and black, from rattle cans. This gave some irregular spotty patches.

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Then, using a toothbrush and a cocktail stick, I flicked a variety of reds, black and buff onto the brown.

Before paint, I made some rust holes in the wheel arch and formed dents with files.

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Next, apply the table salt and let it dry.

then hit it with the colour coat. Only lightly. This is an old weathered van, after all..

 

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Also got the engine built and installed..

[Tom Geiger]

Very nice work!  Can't wait to see more progress and the finished product!

[geetee66]

16 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

Very nice work!  Can't wait to see more progress and the finished product!

Thanks Tom

I just finished rubbing the salt off under some running water.

 The effect will be softened in places with pastels and weathering powders.

[Tom Geiger]

Wow!  That is coming out great.  I've never done the salt technique,  my practices are more around pastel earth tone chalk dust.  I use it both dry and in a slurry with dull laquer paint  (Testors Dullcote)

[PappyD340]

Looking good so far

[geetee66]

Getting the body panels into place..

[geetee66]

Sacre bleu!

some local garçons have tagged the van! Zut alors!

[TarheelRick]

Oh man that is going to be so cool.  I could just see it chopped about three inches, with a SBF, and some really nice 17 or 18 inch wheels and tires.  Would also need a killer paint job.  But your version is just as sweet, love the weathering you are doing.

[geetee66]

1 minute ago, TarheelRick said:

Oh man that is going to be so cool.  I could just see it chopped about three inches, with a SBF, and some really nice 17 or 18 inch wheels and tires.  Would also need a killer paint job.  But your version is just as sweet, love the weathering you are doing.

You're right!

just after I started weathering it, I began to wonder how it would look, done up as a 70's passion wagon. Velour interior, porthole windows, sun roof, mirrored walls, a mini-bar and a sound system. Exterior would be all flake and kandy with panels and endless lines. 

The corrugated body would be a complete nightmare to mask, though..

maybe fit a midship V8 and turn it into a drag-van...?

[geetee66]

Added some interior junk today and began the tricky process of getting the roof on. Not as easy as you'd imagine.

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Gradual gluing around the roof join, got it on. There's a tiny gap but you can't really see it.

 I decided to make a bare bulb from a blob of epoxy and a bit of thin wire. (During this vans long life, the tail light broke and was met with a Gallic shrug of indifference.)

 

Edited December 26, 2019 by geetee66

[geetee66]

Got the wheels on. Needed to drill out the centres as the push-fit was really tight and I like to epoxy wheels on, anyway. Don't need 'em to roll.

added valve stems to each wheel while I was at it.

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Finished and under glass!