I can't quick stick the 2CV kit together as it emerges from the box. It behoves me to correct one pretty major fault - the steering wheel is on the wrong side.
Some may point out that this is a French car and they drive on the right but as any good Englishman knows, this is wrong. Driving on the left is how nature intended and adopted by all right-thinking people.
Conversion of the kit started with a quick look how the kit goes together. Realising the dashboard could hardly be seen, I reasoned that a simple cut'n'shut would be OK. The results didn't need to be perfect as you'd hardly see them.
A few saw cuts saw the instrument binnacle removed and a matching(ish) section of the dash. Swapping them over with lashings of plastic glue and a couple of lengths of microstrip to fill the gaps and it's sort of OK. Good enough for the model anyway as the wobbly stuff is hidden in the windscreen.
Once dry and sanded flat, all the main parts were Blu-taked to a bit of wood for spraying with Humbrol 248 - Himmelblau Matt. The colour was chosen because my Dad has several pots for his Bismark project, and as far as I can tell, all the early 2CVs were painted grey. Someone will doubtless correct me, but I think you have to wait for the slightly more rounded nose before they went rainbow coloured. Pity really but there you go.
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Looks perfect for a bit of panel line wash and Tamiya metallic weathering powders on the silverware. You can get some very delicate effects that way.
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