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Captain Blood:
I am the proud possessor of a Rubicon Models Citroen Traction Avant 11CV picked up at Salute - another beautifully crisp lightweight resin kit.
Does anyone know, for the military option, would it be painted and marked like a military vehicle - or just black like a civilian car, but with official numberplates?
(I'm going to do the former, either way. But am interested to know if that's purely fantastical / wishful thinking, as opposed to strictly historically accurate...  ;D)

Ballardian:
I bought one too, a gorgeous little model :)
 From the pictures I've seen, most seem to be in whatever colour they came in (given that most of the pics were b&w - they look to be dark colours). This is somewhat different to the models you see, with many co-opted by the Germans given a camo scheme. I've not found many painted this way, but here's one used as a staff car by General Kassin at Arnhem (where it was shot up - I don't recall if he was killed, but his driver certainly was & I've cropped the body from the pic as it is a touch grisly).




Here's one post Normandy landings, it still appears to be in it's original colour, but the driver's really gone to town with mud & foliage.






 The rest again look to be in whatever dark colour they were originally.

ultravanillasmurf:
It is a lovely looking kit (mine is here, awaiting assembly: http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/salute-2018-rubicon-models-part-one.html.

The only ones I have seen have been in films and television programmes, so I suspect they would not have been insured for a repaint. The last one was in an episode of the Belgian series"Salamander" (series one on iPlayer).

I am going for black with official plates.

ripley:
This is a civilian Mercedes car kit in military service . I would think if your hauling Brass around a war / partizan area you'ld have a camoed car , probably be shiny black in Paris or Berlin where the Brass want to be wined and dined  and  be noticed . You don't pick up too many girls in a car covered in mud and tree branches no matter how snazzy your Panzer black uniform

Pinky:

--- Quote from: Ballardian on April 16, 2018, 10:15:38 pm ---From the pictures I've seen, most seem to be in whatever colour they came in (given that most of the pics were b&w - they look to be dark colours). This is somewhat different to the models you see, with many co-opted by the Germans given a camo scheme. I've not found many painted this way, but here's one used as a staff car by General Kassin at Arnhem (where it was shot up - I don't recall if he was killed, but his driver certainly was & I've cropped the body from the pic as it is a touch grisly).

--- End quote ---

Kussin was killed as well, and was photographed lying on the other side of the car.  It's an equally grisly photo.

To me, these photos emphasise the fact that the model is a solid lump of resin.  The lack of windows and an interior is very obvious in this scale.

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