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……







That looks great- I’ve always found ACE kits to be on the fiddly side.
To glue clear parts this is my new go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microscale-Micro-Krystal-Klear-MSKK/dp/B0006O029E
Cheers,
Pete.
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oh great tip thanks Pete – will get some. its frustrating when i spend all that time cutting a tiny window to the right size then gluing it in place only for it to fall into the closed cab a day later. or for my sticky fingers getting glue all over it and stuffing it up……
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Nice work, Will, and a good start to the year! 🙂 I’ve had a couple of ACE car kits and do find the fit between body and chassis less than ideal!
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Nice work mate! to fiddly for this old guy. That stuff Pete put up looks like the answer to those windscreen problems.
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