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Balaton: Citroën Méhari
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 - 05:17 AM UTC


Jean-Louis Durand takes a look at the Citroën Méhari in 1/35th scale from Balaton Modell.

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marcb
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 - 06:44 AM UTC
Love it!
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 - 08:05 AM UTC
Me too !!! It is so different from usual Pz.Kpfw.XXXX or Shermans...
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 - 03:18 PM UTC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_M%C3%A9hari
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 - 03:29 PM UTC
http://www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-cars/michelin/mehari/mehari1.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJRRC9FeHg
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 - 11:53 PM UTC
For all who have never seen the "Gendarmes of St Tropez" movie series, by Louis de Funes. This is the famous Mehari that features in all six movies.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058135/



Regards,

Marc
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 12:11 AM UTC
I too already bought this kit, just such a cool topic! The only minus I see is that all my wheels, as well as all yours, and as well as the pics on the balaton site, show some superfluous resin on the inside of the rim in the exact same place. It seems rather early on in the casting a piece of rubber came away and they use this as a master for casting further wheels or something like that. A shame and actually quite hard to remove totally correctly. Otherwise a real gem imho.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 03:54 AM UTC

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For all who have never seen the "Gendarmes of St Tropez" movie series, by Louis de Funes. This is the famous Mehari that features in all six movies.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058135/


Regards,

Marc


Yeah, these movies are iconic in Hungary...
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 07:15 AM UTC
The captain of my company had the same one when I was in the french Army !
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