GeeBee Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I've been working on this for the last few days, I wanted to do it in Citroen Jaune Primevere (Primula Yellow)I ordered the paint from paints4u.com, hopefully it will look like the one in the photo below when it's finished !! while I was ordering the paint I also had a small amount of Gris Rose mixed up for the wheels and bumpers, the interior is a brown/orange colour, which I will more than likely have to mix up myself. Yesterday I started work on the bodyshell and body parts, there were a few mold lines to remove from the bodyshell, two that run on both sides of the 'shell from the front windshield to the boot, didn't take too long to remove with a medium grit sanding stick, the bodyshell and all body colour parts were cleaned up,and then given a good soak in warm water with dishwasher detergent added, followed by a scrub using a toothbrush and some smokers tooth powder and then a rince in cool water, all parts were then left to dry on paper towels.I have started building up the the engine and gearbox which needs to be painted in aluminium, small parts need to be picked out in semi glass black, apart from a few ejector pin marks there wasn't too much to clean up, care had to be taken to fix on the front inboard brake drums withour glueing the driveshafts, as they need to move to line up with the wheels when finished, Finally block sanded the primer and put on it's gloss coat, I put a few thin coats on to start with, there were a few dust spots to deal with, those were sanded out, then i changed the needle set up in the airbrush and put on a couple of wet coats, I will leave it to dry for a week or so, then it will be time to polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 nice start on a nice looking kit. looks as if the color was a match. looks good bud, keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Got round to painting the wheels, bumper and front grill in Citroen Gris Rose cellulose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Good to see one of these puppies coming to be.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Very nice! Your color matches look to be just about perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Front & rear seats painted, I couldn't find a pre-mixed shade, so I had to have a go at mixing it myself, I was aiming at the colour in the photo below, I took the photo just after I had painted them, hopefully they will dull down after they have dried out, as I used satin gloss paints to mix the shade .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Well, I've been busy this afternoon, got most of the small parts painted, seats dried up o.k, I'm pretty pleased with the colour, I think I've mixed up enough to do the door panels !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Done a bit more this morning, how I was going to do the rear screen surround was driving me nuts, but was pretty simple to do in the end, masked off with Tamiya tape, then the body was covered in clear food wrap to stop any overspray, and was then sprayed in satin black lacquer, the roof was sprayed in the same paint, here's a photo with the roof attached (Only temporary) as tamiya give you the option of open and closed roof, I'm not sure which one I'm going with at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 Well it's been 6 weeks since I've touched this one, as I was away building the little "Frogeye" Sprite, only got a little bit done, but the side trims have been bugging me, as I wasn't sure if they were chrome or aluminium, turned out there aluminium, so I cracked out the aluminium BMF, and got the 2 side doors done, the rear wing will be done next, followed by the next side and the trim under the canvas roof at the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Zombie Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Hej! I have one of those! Here are some pics, may be helfpul while detailing this thing: http://www.majhost.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=247898 If you want, please free to contact me, can take detail pics of whatever you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 YEA! .. good to see this one moving forward.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Did a little bit more to the BMF and fixed the body to the chassis, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hey Geoff, awesome project!...A question, Did you custom mixed the color for the interiors or which one you used? Simón P. Rivera Torres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I had to mix that shade myself, I usually use acrylics, but had nothing near the colour I needed, I have a load of Humbrol & Revell enamels, which I hardly use, but again, nothing close to the shade I needed, so it was a bit of this one, a bit of another, etc, I got it as close as I could to the photo I had of the interior I want to replicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Very clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nybuilder Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Very interesting kit. Nicely done on the paint work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) this was a few doors up from our apartment in Portugal. daily driven still, i thought it was pretty awesome. very nice work, keep us posted A very nice "Plums & Custard" 2CV Dolly ..... that was the same colour as the first 2CV I ever drove !! Edited September 13, 2011 by GeeBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) I'm really enjoying this build. My baker-boy-cap-wearing art teacher had one in exactly this colour, how's that for matching stereotypes? Can't for my life remember what it looked like inside, probably never checked. How does the ordering from Paints4U work? Especially for small amounts of paint? I visited their website and the smallest I see is 1/2 litre for 20 quid. Or a scratch repair kit which comes in as little as 30ml bottles, but they toss in a plethora of unnecessary stuff so they can charge 14 quid. Edited September 13, 2011 by Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Very nice work on this one, you've got a very good eye for color matching, David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelkam Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Cool, the french model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 How does the ordering from Paints4U work? Especially for small amounts of paint? I visited their website and the smallest I see is 1/2 litre for 20 quid. Or a scratch repair kit which comes in as little as 30ml bottles, but they toss in a plethora of unnecessary stuff so they can charge 14 quid. I just order either 100mls of pure paint, I mix it 70/30 with thinners you get a lot of paint, if I only need a small amount, I order the 30ml pot, again this can be mixed 70/30 with thinnners, best to phone them, speak to Louise, she's very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 OK, I see, but, could you tell exactly what colors you used to start? Thanks! Simón P. Rivera Torres I had to mix that shade myself, I usually use acrylics, but had nothing near the colour I needed, I have a load of Humbrol & Revell enamels, which I hardly use, but again, nothing close to the shade I needed, so it was a bit of this one, a bit of another, etc, I got it as close as I could to the photo I had of the interior I want to replicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfjunke Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 The build is turning out great. Very clean. Good match on the colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 It's so homely that it's cool. Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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