My father turns 80 in January, and he’s always banging on about his first car, and how much he loved it. He used to take his mates skiing and because it was front wheel drive he could go where no other man could etc etc etc.
Anyway, my mother managed to find a picture of this famous car: A Citroen 2CV. Apparently he had had an accident, and as he could not afford to have it painted, attached a black fender to the front left that he found in a junk yard.
Here he is with his mates standing around the famous car, a couple of beer barrels blocking the number plate:
My dad is the one standing in the car and sticking out of the sun roof, with the black hair and dark coat.
Anyway, so the point is that I decided to build him a replica of his first car. I had to ask him a million questions (what colour was the interior? the seats? the engine? etc etc). We ended up teaming up on the project and completed it together over Christmas.
Here it is in all its glory - mounted with the photo in the background, it actually looks like his mates are standing around the model!
And some more pics of the completed build. Must say it came out pretty nicely!
Turned out great! And what a fun subject to model being your dads first car and all. So all those dudes with ski gear got into that car? Lol. Bet your dad was happy. Very cool.
Absolutely wonderful model! I have the same kit and am starting it soon. Could you please tell me how you handled the treatment of the car tires so that they look more “natural” as opposed to the glossy finish model tires come with
The process is very simple actually, I use Vallejo weathering products, they come in a bottle / powder form and i just dry brush it onto the tires. They have a load of weathing products - rust, engine oil and grease, mud etc. The product is usually used by the guys building military vehicles (tanks etc), but you can use it more subtly also on cars.
You can also mix with water and flick onto the model to create mud spray. Have a look at the Mercedes Benz SL racer that I have posted here on Finescale for some examples of that.
