Citroen H van, Schreiber-Bogen, 1:24 scale

[Tim Crowe]

The instructions start with building up the loading area of the van. With a main sheet, rolled over a front and rear panel. This I ignored and thought it would be far better to fit all the parts I could to this panel before it was fitted.



Unfortunately, gluing this main panel to the two formers has not gone too well. There is creasing evident on the top edges of either side of the van. Wonder if age and / of quality of card has played a part.



The floor plan, is again a little on the flimsy side. With two box-sections on the underside to provide lateral stiffness.

Hopefully it wall all stiffen up once glued together. Will give it a helping hand with extra card though.

Tim

[Don Boose]

It looks terrific, Tim!

Don

[Tim Crowe]

The main body is now complete:



The interior is fairly basic, but I don't suppose the original has much more.

I've use acetate sheet for the windows. And scored two parallel lines down the side windows to simulate the slide-opening door windows.

Not happy with how the cab roof fitted. I made the mistake of fitting this last. This has resulted in lots of swearing and a bit of chopping.

Tim

[Rubenandres77]

This Citroen is looking very nice

[Don Boose]

Looks great, Tim. Cab and hood (bonnet) roof edges are the very devil to execute in paper, but I would not have noticed the (very minor) "flaw" had you not mentioned it.

Don

[B-Manic]

Looks great - it seems like you solved whatever problem you had with the roof.

[Tim Crowe]

The model is now complete:





Overall a nice little model. struggled with the tyres though.

Tim

[Don Boose]

It's a beauty, Tim, and the wheels look just fine.

Don

[B-Manic]

I agree - a real little beauty. It really captures the character of these little vehicles.

[Art Deco]

The wheels look rather complex, but they seem to have come out just fine. Overall, very nice work!