kpnuts Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Hi all well some of you may know I sold my Royal Sovriegn and my La Reale De France, so now I had 400 quid burning a hole in my pocket I thought what better way to spend it than to order this and roys great cd to build it by, I would have bought the italari mefistofeles but my missus has bagged that for my birthday. I would have also bought Tamiyas 1/6 yamaha 1100 midnight special but it is in Australia and we will be on holiday next week so no one here to collect it, I am so excited, I will just have to curb my excitement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Awesome!!! It will be great to see another one of these on the go. If there's ANYTHING I can help with, please holler. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Oh I'm pretty sure I will be hollering a lot, my plan is to do it languishing in a barn or in a garden or yard with a tree growing out of it, I will obviously need to do a lot of weathering. Hi all order marked as dispatched, shame I'm on holiday next week, so doubt I will have time to start it. I have also ordered revells 1/12 mustang gt 500. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Hi all just ordered the 1/12 revell mustang gt 500 and the foose camaro. I love being able to buy basically free kits, for my birthday my missus is going to get me the 1/12 italari mefistofeles, I am going to be a busy boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontrips Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Good luck with the Citroen and Mefistofele. I had to stop my TA build to do more work on the house, then diverted back to an old 1/8th driver sculpt that's been really tricky and taken up most of my spare time recently! On holiday now and hope to be back on board with the TA soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Hi all well it arrived today and it is mahoosive that is a 1/12 kit box on top of it just to give you an idea of its size these are the sprues there are 3 or 4 sprues to each bag just for comparison (the rule devides the too model kits) the camaro has 1 sprue to each bag apart from the black sprues and that has 2 sprues one tip I've already learned do not take the sprues out of the box as you wont get the all back in and shut the lid (unless you have a degree in astrophysics) that is, this is one case where the box is not big enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontrips Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 A tip; take the thin headliner vacform out the box and store it seperately. Will save it from more dents than it (probably) already has! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Hi I've been given a superb idea for this, I am going to have it in a barn being readied for a mission by the French resistance with the cross of lorraine and a tricolour on it, the possibilities are endless, need to find some 1/8 figures and things like bren guns or make them from scratch I've been doing some research and this was available in blue irise (which is apparently a course metallic where the flakes aluminum were bigger than modern colours) if I can find I will do it that colour or ac615 blue marine which it was also available in, since I'm on hols from Monday I won't be starting it for a while (lots of other stuff to finish first) but (assuming I can get internet) being on hols will give me lots of time for research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Here's a couple of FFI examples and a commandeered car for inspiration: I like the liberated camoed version with the Chatellerault on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Hi all well I've made a start on this mammoth build (and thats without putting it in a dio) tbh once I looked at the instructions, without roys dvd I would have closed the box and put it away again. I've read loads of reviews on this and they've all said the engine is badly warped and had to use some reinforcing or some such to make it square, I recon I've been lucky as mine has been a perfect fit (so far) I've even taken pics inside so you can see I've used no tabs or reinforcments ats all (I just hope this continues for the rest of the kit. Edited October 17, 2015 by kpnuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Have fun building it. It really is a GREAT kit when you get into it. I've just bought another one that I'm going to build as a 2-door cabriolet some time next year. I'll be watching with interest. Any colour ideas yet? Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 IF I can get it I want to do it in bleu irise (apparently it's a course metallic paint )this car was available in this colour from 1938 you can find all the colours this car was available in here http://www.cats-citroen.net/citroen_tractionavant/ta_colors.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Hi all been working on the engine, this kit is awesome, the engine alone has more parts than the whole Shelby kit, just as an example that little nut is a separate part I've put the tin of humbrol paint there as a refrence I had to use my PE pencil to place it, thank god I got Roy's dvd the instruction are so vague (there's a little do hicky lever sticks out the side its only about 3mmx2x2 and from the instructions I had no idea which way up to put it) I've primed it and now I can see a few bits if filling I've missed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontrips Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Looking good already Mr. Nuts! I've found some time to do some bits and bobs on mine, mainly assembling some of the larger parts (not in sequence with the instructions, of course!). Still got computer problems here and Photobucket is not playing ball with Android, so pics will have to wait still. No problems so far; have made a new steering rack housing from alloy tube and turned some brass steering arm pins etc. Couldn't get the rack to glide inside the plastic housing, so felt it was worth the effort. Assembled the rear torsion bar last night only to grind out the web behind the arm housings tonight! Should have done it before glueing the tube halves...Grrrr! Was going to live with the moulded fillet piece, but it annoyed me every time I looked at it. BTW, one for Roy! Came across a company last night that's doing a 1/8th TA 11 roadster! Think it's another diecast monthly part build jobbie. Have you seen it? Edited October 19, 2015 by vontrips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 ...........................BTW, one for Roy! Came across a company last night that's doing a 1/8th TA 11 roadster! Think it's another diecast monthly part build jobbie. Have you seen it? WHERE????? Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontrips Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) www.hachette-collections.com under Objets De Collection Sorry, have trouble trying to hyperlink link on these bl**dy smart phones! I'd be weary though as it's all in French and there's too many 'buy it now's!!! Even the name put me off, though the model does look good! Strangely enough, I just read a scammer complaints page where the buyer named a company called Hachette Partworks...I assume they are one and the same! Edited October 19, 2015 by vontrips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hi I won't be going that far, for one thing I don't have a metal lathe, I have been watching your build too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hi all more work on this I've not been able to find a definitive colour for the engine (every pic I've seen has been a different shade of green but since I'm using CAT's info for the bodywork I will use that for the engine as well. Thats a 1/24 scale car just to show how big this engine is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi all a bit of an update, weathered the engine and tried to emulate the oxidization on the ally manifold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Hi all here is tonight's episode, there seem to be a lot of these on the go at the moment (no surprise really it is a superb kit) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Great stuff so far. Yes - a brilliant kit. Another is winging its way to me as I write... Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Here is todays update these parts were bent so using Roy Fitzimmods dvd I corrected this problem with stretched copper wire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontrips Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Coming together nicely, but you've got the carb intake facing the wrong way! I'm just mulling over the airfilter box at the moment (106 & 107) that joins this part. The upper joint line between the louvres is a little ugly, so getting my head around the idea of rotating the parts (135 degrees) to hide both joints...it may be easier than filling and sanding between the louvres? Difficult way will need chopping the vertical intake tube and relocating it further round, or easier, chop half way along and just rotate the part with the louvres!? I need the parts to be reasonably round in section for it to work though. Will document it when I'm brave enough to get the razor saw out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 thanks for pointing that out, oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi all well the engine is done (well as much as I can do without putting it in the car) The next bit is the front chassis and suspension (to be honest I keep looking at the instructions and I'm tempted to box it back up and put it away) looks to be way beyond my meagre abilities, I would start somewhere else on the model and come back to this part but that may cause problems later on I've no idea whether I can start the body without causing problems with the chassis, I will see how brave I'm feeling, this may be as far as this kit goes for me, really not feeling confident at all on the next bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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