The Castafiore Emerald (Citroën Ami 6)
Fresh off the 3D printer. It looks like I'll have to reprint the shell.
The new pieces all seem to fit together well.
Always pays to have a spare for backup.
Getting the colour right was tricky. I finally settled on a 10:5:1 ratio of Tamiya XF-2 White, X-14 Sky Blue and XF-18 Medium Blue. Not perfect, but close enough I think.
A bit of painstaking work to get the clear "glass" in place, but I think it works.
I painted the top with a 2:1 ratio of Tamiya XF-2 White and XF-18 Medium Blue. Only Afterwards did I realize that I was using the nighttime image from the album as reference. In the daylight it should be MUCH lighter.
Tamiya XF-16 Alluminum for the trim. No going back now.
Taillights painted and wheels on. Coming together now!
Some clear Tamiya X-24 for the headlights. Now all we need is a couple of printed license plates and we're done!
The "flying doctor" is mounted using some clear plastic rod. Some CA glue and a bit of monofilament fishing line works wonders to place his hat, a cloud of papers.
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55 19 June, 14:33
Greg BakerFirst print mostly successful. I will need to rework the thickness of the walls and the support struts for the roof. Much too thin.
19 June, 14:35
LucLuke B3d printing, I wouldn't know where to start. Is the ami 6 a file you found online?
19 June, 19:39
Greg BakerI did find it online, but was a little disappointed with the quality. It required a lot (and will need more) work to be able to print it. I mainly have to increase the thickness of the rear trunk area. The strange overhang roof in the rear needs to be sturdier as well.
19 June, 19:59
Greg BakerThe second printing went much better. I made a mistake though, I forgot to add the support to both sides of the rear roof struts. Luckily one side seems to be strong enough to hold everything, and with a little paint I don't think the thin part will be visible.
20 June, 14:08
Greg BakerGood timing. After a bit of a summer break spent watching football, olympics, and playing video games with my son... I just started back at the modelling desk. After clearing up a couple of other, smaller, Tintin-related projects, I'm almost ready to tackle this one again.
21 August, 14:09
Greg BakerWith the Hawker Hart off the bench and on the shelf… I guess it's time to tackle this one again. Getting the colour right was tricky. I finally settled on a 10:5:1 ratio of Tamiya XF-2 White, X-14 Sky Blue and XF-18 Medium Blue. Not perfect, but close enough I think.
18 September, 05:30
Greg BakerThanks Cuajete. It might be a LITTLE bit darker than I was going for, but close enough for me. It looked lighter in the airbrush cup, but I suspect the darker undercoat is at play here.
18 September, 17:54
Greg BakerGot the windows in place. I used an old iPhone screen protector plastic cut to fit. For the interior windows I glued it them in place with some very small dabs of CA glue and then a brush of Future. However, for the open doors, I used the thinner "peel off plastic" that's supposed to keep the iPhone protector nice and clear until it's applied. Then I dipped them in Future and applied them directly to the doors. Let's hope there's enough adhesion once the Future dries. It SHOULD work, since I did the same thing on my Tintin Model T project for the windscreen. But that was flat… these have a bit of a curve to them.
20 September, 06:06
Greg BakerLooks like the windows are holding. Next up… painting some of the details.
20 September, 13:48
Greg BakerI just realized that I've been looking at the colour scheme from the album - specifically the scene that takes place at night where Professor Calculus is taken down the stairs and dump unceremoniously into the front seat of the Citron Ami 6 by a rogue wheelchair, blasting the doctor out the passenger door in the process. However... since it takes place at night, the colouring is different (i.e. darker) than it should be in the light of day. Now I feel like I screwed up the paint job!
26 September, 15:46
Greg BakerBasically done. Just a couple of tiny bits to add.. like the license plate!
29 September, 05:14
Greg BakerI took a page out of my Spitfire build. Not quite the huge cloud of leaflets needed this time, but basically the same technique to show the poor airborne doctor losing all his documents!
29 September, 16:23
Bruce HuxtableThis scene is making me smile lots! Really nicely depicted, and the scattered papers are working brilliantly too! Liking the juxtaposition of the bottle's label.... 😉
29 September, 18:46
Greg BakerThanks guys! The feedback is much appreciated, and Bruce's comment about the bottle label made me laugh! This completes Project Number 49 of my Tintin series... I'm debating about what to do for the big 5-0. I have two main ideas in mind... one is probably a bit more iconic to the Tintin series, but the other one is going to be levelling up on the electronics side of things.. that is if I can get it working. So far my efforts have resulted in effectively nothing at all.
29 September, 23:47
Greg BakerAnd there we go. Some final pics to hopefully brighten your day. Just think, at least YOU weren't forcibly ejected from your own car by a rogue wheelchair. And, if you were... I hope you got pics!
1 October, 16:02
