Model Car Garage - 1938 Citroen 15 CV Traction Avant Model Kit By Heller - A Model Car Unboxing
Channel: Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage
Date: 03/08/2018

The Citroën Traction Avant was a range of mostly 4-door saloons and executive cars, with four or six-cylinder engines, produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1934 to 1957. Approximately 760,000 units were produced.

Today on the Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we will be looking at the 1938 Citroen 15 CV Traction Avant Model Kit By Heller. This is a model car unboxing video. 

Whilst front-wheel drive and independent suspension had been well established in the mass market by Auto Union and others some years before, the Traction Avant pioneered mass-production of a crash resistant, unitary, monocoque body. Additionally, the car was also an early adopter of rack and pinion steering.

Although the car's name emphasized its front-wheel drive power delivery ("Traction Avant" literally means “front traction”), the car stood out at least as much by its much lower profile and stance – made possible by the absence of a separate chassis under the car's unitary body – sharply distinguishing it visually from its contemporaries.

Today on the Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we will review the 1938 Citroen 15 CV Model Kit By Heller. 

The 1938 Citroen 15 CV Model Kit By Heller was first released in 1978 and was a very nice and clean design that build up very easily. Since that time, the 1938 Citroen 15 CV Traction Avant Model Kit By Heller has been reissued eight times, the last being in 2020. 

The 1938 Citroen 15 CV Model Kit By Heller lists the car as being 1/24th scale. 

The instruction sheet and parts included in this kit are designed to build a stock Heller 1938 Citroen Traction Avant and does not include any parts to build it as a custom.  

The first building step is the engine. This consists of the 12 piece front wheel drive overhead valve six cylinder engine and transmission combination that includes left and right hand engine block/transmission, timing cover and fan, belt with generator, cylinder head, starter motor, radiator hoses, intake manifold, air cleaner and various other components.

The 1938 Citroen 15 CV Model Kit By Heller includes a detailed frame with the special independent front wheel drive axles, steering linkages and brake drums. Out back, a four piece "Dummy" rear axle and brake drums complete the suspension package. 

The body and interior consist of many separate pieces and the interior panels will need to be glued into the body in much the same way as the Italeri Bugatti Royale. The front fenders and radiator shroud must be attached to the body after the engine, suspension and radiator drop in place. The hood comprises of three pieces (2 sides and a chrome center hinge). Once the fenders are glued in place, you can install the three piece headlight buckets. 

Overall, this model kit is easy to build and will look great on your model kit shelf or in your model car garage. 

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