Month: January 2024

Revell Morris C8 tractor and 17 pdr and Jeep in 1/76 Scale

~ Colonel Mustard ~ 13 Comments

Another super nostalgic kit I weakened and paid quite a few dollars for on eBay. This one from Revell, but I think was originally a Matchbox kit, include the Morris Tractor, a 17 pdr gun and a Jeep. Plus the usual diorama base type thingy that you would always get with these kits. Loved this kit as a 13 year old, but when I made it the first time I twisted things off sprues, got glue everywhere and never painted a thing. What a treat to remake this excellent little kit. Great to put together, super instructions and heaps of decals. I had a blast making this properly the second time around with only a gap of 40 years….. I think this is the best rendition of a Willy’s Jeep I have found in plastic, and I reckon the only one of a Morris Tractor available. The Jeep is a bit small compared to my other 1/72 scale stuff but it looks good anyway. This will be my only Morris Tractor so it fits in nicely with everything larger scale as there is no direct comparison. I added some extra rubble to the street and ruins to make the join between the road and the house less noticeable. Painting was all olive drab with some black mickey mouse camo on the tractor and gun. Dusty powders on everyone. Revell even give you a cool Boulangerie decal for the ruin. Bonus. I am now tempted to grab a few more of these 1/76 Matchbox/Revell kits as they are such fun.

ACE Citroen Traction Avant 11 CV in 1/72 Scale

~ Colonel Mustard ~ 4 Comments

Happy New Year!! It has been a little slow getting things finished as overseas guests and Christmas holidays got in the way. But this little Citroen from ACE Models found its way onto my dining room table and was first off the queue for 2024! I thought I could use this as an emergency transport on the tabletop or just some extra cover on the streets of Normandy. It is a tiny little kit with tiny little parts. Luckily it was quite easy to put together and i did not lose any bits for the vacuum cleaner to pick up. I struggled with the body not fitting flush onto the chassis which leaves a bit of a gap around the boot area but nothing too serious. I painted the seats a nice red brown before putting the body on top. It was a struggle getting windows and the windshield in without making a big old mess. When the windshield needs to be slightly curved I need some kind of more flexible clear plastic. Then there is the problem of not getting glue on the plastic, but having enough glue to make sure the windows stay in place. Tricky business. I painted this a nice light grey and used some metallic silver to highlight the chromey bits on the car like the hub caps. The decals were nice and worked well, of course being extremely tiny they tested out my eyes and manual dexterity……