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Title: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on October 17, 2018, 02:26:56 AM: Hi all got this for my birthday

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2nbyn4k.jpg)

(http://i66.tinypic.com/14j1el0.jpg)

(http://i63.tinypic.com/14uxjs8.jpg)

(http://i63.tinypic.com/6tcwf4.jpg)

Inspired by Bengalensis build I've decided to try and do this version

(http://i65.tinypic.com/xctyzs.jpg)

(http://i66.tinypic.com/x2j8r6.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/2r7bj9s.jpg)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2j4vn82.jpg)

Can find no detail of the chassis so will have to make that up, will have to learn resin casting as I will have 3 pairs of suspension to make and 6 wheels.
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: elmayerle on October 17, 2018, 02:32:54 AM: A couple different variations on the theme to inspire you, there. I really like that grey one, it looks rather more polished than the other one.
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on October 27, 2018, 03:54:15 AM: Hi all well I've started, going to build the Meilen version.

Started on the engines.

(http://i67.tinypic.com/of840y.jpg)

(http://i64.tinypic.com/wikqw9.jpg)

(http://i66.tinypic.com/28rm6ah.jpg)

And got the colour I'm going to use, i may be adding gold go faster stripes to it, not sure yet

(http://i63.tinypic.com/34qms9i.jpg)

The eagle eyed among you may notice I've had a weird reaction to the paint on one of the doors (all the rest of the paint work seems to be ok)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on October 28, 2018, 02:38:52 AM: Hi all started the saloon version

(http://i65.tinypic.com/vomut4.jpg)

(http://i64.tinypic.com/22i92x.jpg)

(http://i63.tinypic.com/14ncowg.jpg)

(http://i68.tinypic.com/64jp7o.jpg)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/sbrij5.jpg)

Did some more to the engines as well.

(http://i64.tinypic.com/wh0gt2.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/2rhsi07.jpg)

(http://i63.tinypic.com/2lsa4na.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on October 29, 2018, 04:14:41 AM: Did a bit more to the engines

(http://i67.tinypic.com/316rn1s.jpg)

(http://i68.tinypic.com/jphdg8.jpg)

Started adding the shackles plates to the bed

(http://i68.tinypic.com/iooob4.jpg)

Wondered how much filling would be needed so added some primer

(http://i63.tinypic.com/160r6me.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/2448sqh.jpg)

Must say I'm quite pleased so far.
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Camthalion on October 29, 2018, 07:02:01 AM: Looks good
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on October 30, 2018, 04:12:52 AM: Hi all placed the wings and bonnet on to see how it looks

(http://i63.tinypic.com/eioxhu.jpg)

(http://i66.tinypic.com/o70faf.jpg)

Made the shackle rings

(http://i66.tinypic.com/xnw36a.jpg)

Had a go at making a winch for the flatbed.

(http://i66.tinypic.com/11w79m0.jpg)

(http://i66.tinypic.com/dneioz.jpg)

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2wom6g5.jpg)

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2wom6g5.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: elmayerle on October 30, 2018, 09:23:50 AM: Beautifully done details there, all the way through.
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on November 01, 2018, 03:19:02 AM: Hi all here's the next update put the suspension together temporarily to see what size wheels I will need for the flatbed.
(http://i67.tinypic.com/fml24w.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2upbd6h.jpg)
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2w4enpy.jpg)
1/24 scale with tyre at 28 mm so unless some kind person has 8 wheels with tyres that size I will have to have a go at resin moulding.
Did some more to the engines and done the leather seats as well.
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2qdzwa9.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/25g88ib.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/jj5t8o.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/4hvzad.jpg)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2vwikxd.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: apophenia on November 02, 2018, 06:15:01 AM: Wow! That's impressive :smiley:
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on November 06, 2018, 02:48:50 AM: I've noticed that as they've used common parts in both kits the chrome strips on the cabriolet version have not been continued on the front wings so I've added them.

(http://i64.tinypic.com/2ylmpnl.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/2znspyv.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/vy5q0y.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/rbeao3.jpg)

(http://i65.tinypic.com/2q1e14n.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on November 06, 2018, 05:02:33 PM: Shiny! :smiley:
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on November 09, 2018, 04:11:05 AM: Did some work work on the bed of the transporter.

(http://i65.tinypic.com/b8u747.jpg)

(http://i68.tinypic.com/30clxcn.jpg)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2a91sab.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on November 09, 2018, 05:55:23 PM: :smiley:
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on November 14, 2018, 05:17:48 AM: Hi all another update

(http://i65.tinypic.com/210j2f5.jpg)

(http://i63.tinypic.com/30ljq87.jpg)

(http://i64.tinypic.com/s1nmf4.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on November 14, 2018, 07:47:06 AM: Keeping the paint work simple ... No wonder I was getting confused as to which vehicle I was looking at! ;)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 15, 2018, 01:49:48 AM: Looking good
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on November 16, 2018, 02:50:35 AM: Hi all had a bit of a catastrophe.

(http://i66.tinypic.com/2na4j8l.jpg)

But I've managed to fix it

(http://i64.tinypic.com/35n80pd.jpg)

(http://i68.tinypic.com/zkhiqb.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on November 16, 2018, 06:08:31 AM: Well, that was almost a bummer! :o

Good save! :smiley:
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on November 26, 2018, 01:58:11 AM: Hi all attemped the roof rack (soldering is another of my achillies heels)

(https://i.ibb.co/DKRQPtY/IMG-20181125-26221.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/VBcDH7F/IMG-20181125-30770.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/kcr6THv/IMG-20181125-36572.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/DYCqypr/IMG-20181125-41958.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/W36kJVL/IMG-20181125-2098.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on November 26, 2018, 06:08:33 AM: You haven't seen my soldering efforts! ??? ;D :o :icon_crap:
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on December 01, 2018, 04:51:19 AM: Hi all here is the next update (those opening doors were a nightmare) there are 2 tiny pins with corresponding holes in the inner door skins which have the hooks for the hinges in the door posts thing is if you put the doorskin in those pins the chrome trim won't align and the door droops so what I ended up doing was using liquid cement on the joins hanging the inner door then putting the outer skin up to it and using clamps to hold them in place till the glue sets.

(https://i.ibb.co/0qGwnf5/IMG-20181130-55108.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/gybLVNH/IMG-20181130-18832.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Cnhh5pW/IMG-20181130-25114.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/41zXMYg/IMG-20181130-47243.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Antonio Sobral on December 02, 2018, 04:20:03 AM: Great "tour the force" with this project!

The DS is one of those mythical cars that left an hard to forget mark on car history.

In Portuguese it was popularly known by "Frog Mouth", for obvious reasons :)

Following the evolution with interest!
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on December 02, 2018, 04:32:53 PM: I didn't know that, green was a good choice then.
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: andonio64 on December 14, 2018, 10:37:34 PM: I missed this, well both the model and the real vehicle are really interesting, looking forward to next update!
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on January 05, 2019, 03:42:04 AM: Hi all well I finally got some bench time, got the rear wheels on, just got to invent some suspension.

(https://i.ibb.co/BfH0Xtm/IMG-20190104-47799.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/QpZ7RG6/IMG-20190104-52823.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/CBcjgnd/IMG-20190104-5567.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 05, 2019, 08:03:45 AM: I especially like all those wheels in back.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: arctic warrior on January 05, 2019, 06:18:17 PM: WOW! Impressive work 8)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on March 27, 2019, 03:48:24 AM: Hi all done a bit more work on this.

(https://i.ibb.co/7Cq4mms/IMG-20190326-52418.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/8s0Gn6s/IMG-20190326-39892.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/SKZ3q6L/IMG-20190326-26534.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/VjqXSz5/IMG-20190326-6484.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/BrMYW9p/IMG-20190326-16432.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on March 27, 2019, 05:47:28 PM: Woh! :icon_surprised:

The build looks great but the paint job looks awesome! :D
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on April 05, 2019, 02:42:19 AM: Hi all well the cabriolet is finished, I suppose I will have to start the dio now.

(https://i.ibb.co/8z4SjGB/IMG-20190404-13372.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/hgY42f0/IMG-20190404-25518.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/M1d9Jcy/IMG-20190404-34741.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/qCRrrHY/IMG-20190404-46755.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/HhmBMNC/IMG-20190404-46651.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/zrtG2rF/IMG-20190404-0693.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/KNFjCW1/IMG-20190404-10616.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/5TcXTwD/IMG-20190404-22721.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on April 05, 2019, 02:29:14 PM: :smiley:
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: elmayerle on April 05, 2019, 11:43:22 PM: Beautiful!!
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: kpnuts on April 17, 2019, 03:08:23 PM: Well it's finished hope you like it.

(https://i.ibb.co/HFZRpvz/IMG-20190417-15687.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/hgwQ3vB/IMG-20190417-40397.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/9NsNsYS/IMG-20190417-16560.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/q51RWzw/IMG-20190417-40556.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/mvTmN1C/IMG-20190417-51397.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/30Dyr0z/IMG-20190417-4962.jpg)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Old Wombat on April 17, 2019, 04:59:33 PM: Great job, mate! :smiley: 8)
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: elmayerle on April 18, 2019, 06:25:03 AM: Beautiful!!
Title: Re: Heller 1/16 Citroen DS 19 car transporter
Post by: Camthalion on April 18, 2019, 03:05:51 PM: looking good