Citroën HY-van Chicken Coop Heller 1:24

The Creative Explorer · June 16

This was a project that was put together and then slumbered. Until there was a groupbuild from the Dutch IPMS chapter and I went a different direction with it. Normally I build shiny vehicles, not muddy, rusty or with a diorama. But at some point it hit me, the HY-van had to be a chicken coop, so a diorama had to be made as well.

I wasn't expected it, but I actually had fun. Normally I can't be focussed enough for the final detailling and leave it at that, but now I kept going and even painting the 80 chickens wasn't that bad. Overall it was a fun project and even though I took it serious with all the different techniques, I also had to hide a few jokes in :-). I just had to haha.

The kit is from Heller and is not bad at all, the molded in glass is an annoyance, but so be it, it worked for this project.