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30/11/2017 3:57 am
Help needed on Citroen 2CV. (pic)
I have started work on a 1:43 Citroen 2CV, and as I primed it, I noticed the little bump on the top of each front fender. It also shows up as a dot on the assembly sheet.
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The directions also have a line to one of these bumps suggesting that each be painted rouge vermilion, so I don't think they are manufacturing defects. Yet I have looked at several pictures of the 1:1 version without finding anything other than a smooth fender.
I am not familiar with the Citroen 2 CV. Does anyone have a suggestion?
30/11/2017 5:17 am
Maybe you'll get a reply from a 2CV expert, but ...
I found a picture of an early 2CV (with same early grille design as your kit) which does have small projections on top of the front wings (sorry, fenders), though not in quite the same location. If your instructions say they should be painted red, a reasonable suspicion is that they were an early form of indicator?
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Later cars seem to have them incorporated into the headlamp shell
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before they finally take up residence low down on the front of the fender
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Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
30/11/2017 5:34 am
David to help you look at the link http://le-petit-menitreen.eklablog.com/citroen-2cv-a98579003
30/11/2017 5:59 am
Gentlemen, I thank you both. In your different ways, you have given me a solution.
Eventually (I hope), you will find me posting the results here on the forum. This delightfully simple Heller model is quite a change from the Auto Replicas I have been working with!
30/11/2017 5:59 am
Maybe tiny marker lights - on the following PICs...
they have white front and red rear end
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Anyway, "Bonne route"! 😉
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Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
30/11/2017 6:24 am
Red & white? Both on less than 1/32 of an inch? Wonder if I could compromise on pink. (Just kidding.) Thanks for the good pictures, Ralf.
30/11/2017 7:49 am
possible solution....
MIx the proper acrylic clear color (I use Tamiya clear paint) with Micro Kristal Klear. It's a white glue that sets clear and has enough body that it can be built up to that teardrop shape (or even stretched out to simulate a small pane of glass). I would sharpen a toothpick and pick up a bead of the cement to apply.
If you screw up, it's water soluble before it completely sets.
I've even used it to replicate toggle switched on a dash.
It will set to the proper clear color.
30/11/2017 8:23 am
Sounds fascinating, Richard, but maybe just a bit ahead of my skills. I just may try it!
30/11/2017 9:01 am
it's easier than you think...
it naturally forms a nice bead on the end a sharp applicator. It'll go on round and you can draw it into a teardrop shape. If you don't like it, a wet finger will eliminate it. Practice on any flat surface. For what you need to do with it, it'll lay right down and do it for you.