Moritz Fentzahn Ah have this kit in my stash too. Seems that our taste is not very different.
Maybe we can build them parallel, give me a sign when you liberate this one from the shelf of doom

Martin Oostrom Will do Moritz

Martin Oostrom Finally found some time an mojo to continue this one. Primer done and some paint as well.

Lode Schildermans Looks great Martin. My father drove in this one when I was a kid

Richmond Following

Peter Hardy Pretty excited to see this one all finished Marty. I have seen the van in so many 60's spy movies. Kind of exotic really.

Alec K Cool project Martin . I agree with Peter, this thing is unique. But most Citroens from back then were pretty exotic IMO.

Lode Schildermans Nice to see this beautiful build progressing, Martin. Keep up the pace

Martin Oostrom My very first 1/35 tank is done. WIP can be found here WIP M41 Walker Bulldog | Album by Mahoo76 (1:35)

Spanjaard nice job!

Rene Scheiblich I agree with Spanjaard, the little guy turned out nice!
I like the camo, especially with the fitting winter forest in the background
But one hint: I think the commander would object to his viewports being painted white

James C Nicely done mate

Martin Oostrom There would be more hope if I stop needing recoveries, Peter.
Thank you Neuling and mr C

JD Great technique and a nice result. I enjoyed building this kit too.

Martin Oostrom JD, it really is nice to build. The small improvements make a real difference. In hindsight I should have gone for a replacement barrel for the 50 cal as well. The plastic one is already bent.

Paul Hennessy Nice result. I have the same kit at the primer stage and hope to get a basecoat on it this week.

Tim Heimer Nice work Martin! Looks good! Just think, all the skills you've used on your recovery's that you wouldn't have known. I know....it still sucks!

Christian Bruer Very nice work Martin. The whitewash looks very realistic

Spanjaard nice job Martin!

Nathan Dempsey What a great show! Thanks for sharing Martin.

Łukasz Gliński Wow, the last pic reminds me when as a couple of kids we made similar effort, by painting roads for die-cast cars across the whole flat of colleague's parents using corrector white paint. We spent so much time and they didn't appreciate it once they came back from work

Martin Oostrom Łukasz, your story reminds me of the time when I was 10 and we had just moved house. Back then I only used enamels and my twin brothers, then 3, often came looking when I was building.
One Saturday morning I was enjoying my Transformers cartoons on the Fun Factory show, my father politely asked me to come upstairs to my room. My brothers had opened all my little Revell enamel pots and mixed a nice even brown. The problem was they had smeared it EVERYWHERE! On the three months old carpet, the three months olds wall paper, my bed - and on each other. It took my parents hours to get everything cleaned up again. My mum was in tears, because they had spent months/years saving to get us all the new stuff in the new house.

Anyway, it was a Saturday well spent at ESM and I'm very happy you all enjoyed the pictures.

Peter Hardy I take it you don't have brothers anymore?

Martin Oostrom I do. But ever since that enamel sunblock, they have this strange glint in their eyes

Spanjaard

Peter Hardy And your Mum's heart?

Günther Decock Inderdaad. Het was weer een mooie beurs. Ik voelde me net als een kind in een snoepwinkel. ????

Holger Kranich And two 12,8cm FlaK Twins are included, too! Would become a nice dio, once finished...

Martin Oostrom Scratch build an aft deck part
Perhaps that's more for Kerry

Holger Kranich LOL!

Martin Oostrom Welcome gents!

Stephan Ryll Ah a PE battle Martin looking good

Maciej Bellos Oh a small Viper full of metal. Totally in!

Peter Hardy Carpet monster is about to be fed!

Sergej I Oh wow, another 86-295 in 72nd! In! Martin, which paints are you going to use for camo?

Oleg Bogolei Following!

Martin Oostrom Welcome to PE wars; where men launch tiny metal parts into parallel universes.
Sergej, it will be brown/black/green. I have a couple of those but not the correct FS numbers. So I will go for the closest match I have, still tbd.

Daniel grabbing a seat!

Peter Hardy Marty, quite easily the best thing you have ever done! Actually, keeping Tim speechless would come a close second! The birdshit was a brilliant idea.

Spanjaard none of the comments about is undeserved. this is a wonderful job what you have done. to be proud of! and this is your first in chipping and heavy weathering.... looking forward the next!

Alec K Agree with the mates above - excellent, excellent work

Neuling Very realistic rust and mud. Sehr schön!

Daniel Klink Fantastic MArtin it s so authentic that i really feel sorry for the machine..
Wow congrats mate

Martin Oostrom Tim, silence is golden
Peter, whoever came up with the shitty idea to do birdshit is one big pile of .... But I like it as well. As long as every last build is my best, I'm one happy camper!
Spanjaard, not sure if I want to do such heavy weathering on the M41. I think I'll give the Spanish Method a go (black & white). Okay with you?
Alec & Neuling, vielen dank für ihr compliment.
Daniel, this little tractor received so much love from me, don't feel sorry for her

Spanjaard of course!

Patrick Hagelstein Cool! I like the way the chipping turned out!

Martin Oostrom Peter, I actually saw an ancient Tamiya dino kit at SMC last Saturday….
I did find some time to progress with this little relevation. Quite a lot actually. This is it: roughened up the decals, added some streaking (mildly successful), glued the last bits on, put her on her base and added some extra mud to the base.
I still need to do some stuff. I need to paint her lights, add some water to the seat and …. some stuff I forgot at this hour

Danny Meer A work of art, looks so cool for just a "simple" kit. way better then just build the normal tractor

Chris Greathouse That's amazing!

Martin Oostrom Gentlemen, it was a joy to have you along for the ride. Thank you all for your compliments, it has made working on the little baby a whole lot easier. Gracias!As usual there is a new album for pictures of the completed model: Completed Porsche Junior 108 | Album by Mahoo76 (1:24)

Lode Schildermans Top notch, my Dutch friend. I'll drink a beer on that

Spanjaard fully agree with Lode

Peter Hardy Don't mention beer Lode! Holger will appear magically! With a smile and empty pockets!
Marty, I have expressed my thoughts but, just so you don't forget, this is the best thing you have ever done!

Martin Oostrom The best felt compliments come from The Bunch. Heartwarming

Kerry COX "Road Trains" those extremely long trucks are called.
A sure death sentence if you try to overtake them in a car.
In the link above, there is an image (13) of one truck carrying bails of wool from the shearing sheds out on the "Darling Downs" west of Toowoomba.
At that stage, the biggest loads of produce ever hauled by truck, and mostly, on unsealed roads. !

Spanjaard Road trains indeed

Peter Hardy So Kez, are you going to have a crack at an ancient Aussie lorry?

Kerry COX NO , NIX, nada.

Peter Hardy So, you're thinking about it then?

Kerry COX NO , NIX, nada.

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Can I build this one ? LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter Hardy You can build it Bob. Whether we let you enter it in the group build is another matter. Make a beautiful model if you could find one.

Spanjaard

Spanjaard i may get one too myself....

Martin Oostrom I'm trying to create a base for my tractor. I've been scavenging around the house. First I 'loaned' a cork coaster. Looks nice, but is about 2-3 cm too small in diameter.
Next up, the lower half of a CD can, inverted. Size is ok. Just added some milliput to get some unevenness. Will sand tomorrow (if I have time) and prime in muddy colours. The idea is to add a layer of AK muddy ground to work with.

Martin Oostrom I don't know if the mud is opaque. So I sprayed some brownish shades on my can. Afterwards I added the mud. It's more grainy than I expected. Easy to apply though

Daniel Klink Ah Cookie time Looks good Martin...

Spanjaard maybe some holes for the tires... this kind of Porsche sinks a bit, specially on mud

Martin Oostrom Yes yes Spanjaard. This is only the base layer. Patience!

Spanjaard
As ons Freddy said, i want it all, and I want it now

Lode Schildermans Waauw. Impressive. Count me in

Martin Oostrom I always intended to build the Tamiya kit, like Peter. But I found this on sale on the net. I checked the reviews here and it should be around the Tamiya one. Let's see whenever I get to this one

Andy Ball Setting this one up nicely, Joachim will be comfortable in that seat!

Alec K Taking a seat for this one

Stefan Schacht nice, looking forward to seeing the end result.

Guy Rump Following with interest, I have this in my stash

Spanjaard i will certainly enjoy this one

Martin Oostrom Welcome guys. Haven't done much lately due to vacation. Now I'm having trouble to get going again. I'll be back!

Spanjaard you do more modelling during office hours than on holidays? ?

Dave Flitton Watching

Laurent "HELLER-forever" the best glue colle21

Martin Oostrom I think it is very nice. Used only a couple of drops for an entire friul track.

Laurent "HELLER-forever" the best glue

Łukasz Gliński But way too stinky for my taste

Laurent "HELLER-forever" mdr

Martin Oostrom Gorby, Thomas, Tom, Bob & Nathan, thank you very much! Of course my shoddy photography hides the many blemishes, but I'm very pleased myself. She is better than the previous one. As there is plenty room for improvement left, onto the next one!

James C You did a great job on the paint work Martin. Well done mate.

Spanjaard great job Martin. nice array of techniques

Slavo Hazucha Looking superb as-finished, the open roof and windows add a lot of 'personality' You've built a true 'exotic'

Neuling Sehr schöne Ente!

Martin Oostrom Thanks you James.
Gracias Antonio.
Danke Slavo und Neuling.

Donald Dickson II Damn, NICE!!! excellent result sir!

Laurent "HELLER-forever" great

Spanjaard what color this time?

Martin Oostrom I don't know yet. That's why I chose a picture wit a tarp over the car

Spanjaard

Martin Oostrom After another day of polishing and glueing bits and pieces, some pieces several times, she is DONE!
Album with completed pictures can be found here Completed Citroën 2CV Charleston | Album by Mahoo76 (1:24)

Tim Heimer Yea! The curse has been beat! LOL

Laurent "HELLER-forever" fabulous

Tom ... You out did yourself, Martin! What a beauty!!!

Bob Hall Stand out craftsmanship! Great looking car Martin, Bravo !

Martin Oostrom Praise from Bob the Car Builder, I could get used to that
Praise from a Laurent on a French car, also nice.
Tim and Tom, the dynamic duo

Thank you all!

James C Nicely done Martin

Spanjaard excellent job Martin

Greg Baker I keep looking at this kit... tell me if it's any good.

Martin Oostrom Whenever I get to building it I will. A quick peek in the box revealed nice crisp panel lines and zero to no flash. Can't say anything about fit yet.

István Szücs I've got a cockpit set for this kit. And I would like to build this aircraft, too. But I also like the two-tone grey camo... What is in the Hasegawa-box.

Łukasz Gliński That looks interesting, following

Martin Oostrom Don't hold your breath. She is somewhere down the queue, but not yet determined how far down the line!

Spanjaard you too bitten by the 1/144 bug from Greg

Slavo Hazucha actually, if you would put this on a dio-plate, plus paint the shadow of the plane on the ground, it could look most interesting

Greg Baker Ooooooooh.... I like that idea Slavo! You know what else might be fun to try.... build a dip base... then take a picture of that base from a certain angle.... then use that picture to make a decal... and then apply the decal to the plane.

Martin Oostrom I appreciate the votes of confidence, but you guys are mistaken me with Bughunter, or Greg, or someone else.

Greg Baker Well, I've been mistaken for you recently... so the resemblance is obviously there...

Martin Oostrom It's too hot to paint or glue, so how about this? No glue or paint needed!

Robber Penguin No paint or glue? Sounds like gunpla, wait what?!

Chris Greathouse Autobots roll out!

Peter Hardy Been waiting MONTHS for this!

Martin Oostrom Peter, the wait is over. Prime is here!

I think we should get Lode one of these. It's basically a PE kit

Slavo Hazucha Well bent Martin!