Citroen Autochenille Half-track

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Citroen Autochenille!

[Plynkes]

That's nice. What the heck is it? I mean, obviously it's a half-track of some kind, but when does it date from? What was it used for?

[Prof.Witchheimer]

look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftrack

Quote: "There were many experimentations of civilian half-tracks in the 1920s and 1930s. During that period the Citroën company sponsored several scientific expeditions crossing great deserts in North Africa and Central Asia, using their autochenilles."

[PeteMurray]

French, Inter-war, and for lugging around Asia, right? Or at least that's how I've seen them.

It's a beaut.

[Malamute]

Nice model, who is it made by?

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Nice model, who is it made by?

no idea, here the quote from the french auction I won:

AUTOCHENILLE K1-1 ere TRAVERSEE DU SAHARA-1922

ETAT NEUF SANS BOITE

ECHELLE 1/43

UNIVERSAL HOBBIES


Maybe "Universal Hobbies"?

[abbot_amaury]

look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftrack

Quote: "There were many experimentations of civilian half-tracks in the 1920s and 1930s. During that period the Citroën company sponsored several scientific expeditions crossing great deserts in North Africa and Central Asia, using their autochenilles."

Cool! Do you you know the books about these expeditions: Expedition Afrika and Expedition Seidenstrasse? I  only know the one about Africa. Great photos in there...

Gruß, Hagen

[Plynkes]

Sahara, eh? Ralph Fiennes could have done with one of those on his little jaunt. It's really cute. Cuter than Kristin Scott Thomas, anyway.

[zbyshko]

Cuter than Kristin Scott Thomas, anyway.

i beg to differ, but it is a personal taste issue i suppose!  :love:

[Nowfel]

Nice model, who is it made by?

These 1/43 models are made in China by Universal Hobbies for Editions Atlas in France and sold along with a magazine called Passion Citroën which comes out every 2 weeks or so.

It is a 1922 Citroen-Kégresse P4, used in the first automobile crossing of the Sahara. Other expeditions include the Croisière Noire (1928, lit. The Black Cruise) which set off in Algeria and arrived in  Madagascar and the Croisière Jaune (1931-32, lit. The Yellow Cruise) from Beyrouth to Beijing. There was also a Croisière Blanche (1934) in Northwest Canada.

Passion Citroën also released a 1931 P17 Citroën-Kégresse used for the Croisière Jaune:



They are completely out of scale as you can see on the following photos but I reckon it's allright for pulp. B company and Sloppy Jallopy have been talking about making some in proper 28mm scale.

 

[Prof.Witchheimer]

moved it to Pulp board

[Prof.Witchheimer]

got another "opened" version of the car, a bit too large, though nice one to convert etc.

[Westfalia Chris]

On the "too big" issue, I´ve found that adding driver and/or passenger figures helps very much in disguising scale differences. Of course, finding a LE driver might prove difficult - maybe convert a machine gunner?

[Prof.Witchheimer]

have to look for my drivers, unfortunately doesnt have  too many and have no idea where they are   :roll:

[Nowfel]

got another "opened" version of the car, a bit too large, though nice one to convert etc.

As I've said in another thread, it is way too big for a P17 Kégresse but it could pass for a fictional large hafltrack in the SdKfz.7 class.