Opel Blitz

Alister McDonald Rear Cabin glossed ready for decals and weathering. Windows for rear to be fitted and roof weathered. Chassis completed. Added scratchbuilt distributor and leads.

Alister McDonald Finally finished this kit. Cabin was challenging to say the least. Very little interior detail. Disappointed in the fact that the hood did not open to show detail on engine. Overall, reasonably happy with it

Es-haq Khosravi Lovely!

Kürşat Kaan Akkoyun Thanks mate

Frank Krause Oh, Paul! You "must" continue on this Blitz. You've already done a great job on the engine with all the details. This kit deserves to be finished. I'm with you!

Jörg Luther What a beauty. Please carry on and let us see more!

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Great job! Go ahead and finish this master piece!

Edgars Bizūns Simply incredible!

Marko Paakkanen Just wow!

Pascal GARAT Impressive build!

Gábor Bélik Hats off

Gary I wish this level of detail was available when I built my 1/48th Bandi Opal. Great job!!!!. Gary

Dave Morris Still never finished?

Björn Svedberg Wow! The detail of that engine bay is great! I'm taking a seat

Dave Morris Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

John Van Kooten Hi Daniel,

Yes, you will be able to build the kit without the Flak as well because it is a two-in-one kit. The version without the Flak, which you can build from this box, is based on Dragon's #6670 kit (link below).

It is a very nice kit and will build into a good looking Opel Blitz. Definitely much better compared to the Tamiya and Italeri kits, I'd say

3t 4x2 Truck (Cyber Hobby 6670, 1:35)

Daniel Smith Sounds great.

Daniel Smith Estimated Arrival is September 2015. $57.99 USD.

John Van Kooten The price may seem a bit steep for such a relatively small kit but given the quality of the kit and the fact that there are basically no alternatives, I think it is worth it. I'd give it a thumbs up and once it is released into the wild I am probably going to pick up one or two for myself as well

Daniel Smith Yeah I'll be picking one up to.

Daniel Smith Looking at the part call out from Modelingmaddness, it looks like there are no unused parts. So might be looking at a part count of around 300 to 400. But I'll be picking this kit up some time in the future.

Daniel Smith From time to time DragonUSA,com has it for around $40.00 USD.

Phenix I'm working on that kit atm, very nice, and IMHO, better than the Tamiya even if it's more complicated to build. But the great advantage of the Cyber Hobby is they offer the wheels to build a " late" version with the 8 holes wheels. Thing that Tamiya don't.

Chris Thompson Heavily damaged in shipment from eBay seller

Rui S Nice work on the old Italeri Blitz. Well done Rick

Christian Meyerhoff Golden Oldie

Rui S Looking good, Peter. I'm in

EnsignExpendabl Looks great!

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY Good job: the characters seems to be alive!

M.Julian Marles Now the only question....use those lovely big red cross decals or go with command type?!

Pavel Pinzhin Well, knowing Roden decals... ughhhh....

M.Julian Marles I received this kit in the mail. Decals look ok. Pretty nice detail on the kit too - I was expecting something a little chunkier actually! My only gripe is the bench seats which look simplistic but once they have gear and soldiers on I suppose it won't be much of a problem!

Pavel Pinzhin Roden decals are infamous for being stiff, not elastic at all, and being prone to easily tear when positioning, especially the large ones. Yes, they do look fine, but they are challenging and require care and patience, more than other decals.

Rui S You Lucky Mate.
You can always, incase the bench seats with tissue or candy wrapping plastic or other...

M.Julian Marles Thanks guys, one of the few kits I wanted to get as soon as it came out... I can source other decals probably..or stencil them..@Rui..thanks mate! Yes, very happy as I have been waiting since the early 80s for a 1/35 offering of the BlitzBus!

Kim Branders I like the rocks .

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

John Dunbar Hey Rui, I see you made your own canvas top for the Opel. How did you do it? What materials? It look pretty convincing!

Rui S Hi John,
This kit isn't finished yet as you can see in the truck bonnet and windscreen , but thx for a revival it.
I used MacDonald's table napkin soaked in water thinned down white glue. As usual in me, nothing fancy or too expensive.

Christian Lehmann Nice idea

Rui S Thx, Christian. Use it all the time for canvas.

Andy Van Coppenolle Old build

Pavel Pinzhin Have this one halfway assembled. Really like the kit!
BTW, have a closer look at the Afrika Korps insignia on the truck on the boxart for some giggles

Szilárd Kun No problem. Mine censored with a permament marker.

M.Julian Marles Pretty funny box art - flyin over a dune by a camel skeleton ! love it!

Pavel Pinzhin @Szilárd - Oh, it's strange that they had to censore it, because Roden is already kind of took care of that:
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M.Julian Marles Ha ha

Szilárd Kun It's funny. Censor was overanxious.

John Van Kooten Hahaha! That IS funny!

Christian Meyerhoff Na dann hau mal rein!

Frank Krause Ich hol mir grad Appetit. Erst muss der Schneider CA fertig werden. Da bin ich gestern etwas vorangekommen. Die Aussichten sind gar nicht mal schlecht, wieder was fertig zu bekommen.

Christian Meyerhoff Geht mir auch so. Zwei Modelle könnten nächste Woche fertig werden. Immer mit der Ruhe...

Mike Kryza @Frankie - ...waaaaaaas??? - Noch nicht fertig????????????????
@Christian - habe auch wieder ein paar "Leichen" beseitigt:

Christian Meyerhoff Welche "Leichen" ? Bin ja nicht neugierig, aber wissen will ich das denn doch !

Christian Bruer Na da schaue ich mal zu - auch wenn es mal fertig werden wird

Mike Kryza @Christian - Haubitze von Takom, Opel Tankwagen in 1:48, 3,7cm Zwilling und der Steyr hat endlich seine Scheiben erhalten...

Michal Z. nice! I have one from my three Blitz on the table - in progress

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Thorsten Thanks

Ingmar Stöhr Will you do this as dio? That would be really fascinating.

Rui S Anxiously waiting for this one... No pressure on that ... Good luck for it Frank...

Joerg R. Nice! How is the kit Frank?

Frank Krause I'd love to do a diorama, Ingmar. But first I should be able to finish a kit first.

I'm also anxious to start this one, Rui. Let's see. It got its place near the workbench.

Nice kit so far, Joerg. A basic engine is provided. The frontwheels are steerable. However, the tie rod is missing, which means that one tire could turn right, whilst the other is turning left. The plastic seems to be a bit brittle. The frame of the windshield is broken in the box. No clear parts for the windows. Roden solved this with clear foil, where you cut out the windows (cutting lines are shown). I'm sure, this will become a nice replica of the Blitz Bus.

George Bacon This will be different! I'm in.

kamal sabokbar VERY VERY GOOD......

Mohammad Adl Tanks Kamal. You are master. Have a good time.

Wayne Hale This is all I can find on it. perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/roden.html

Ingo Ramin Ah thanks, didn't see that yet. Would be interesting where he get his information about that...

Mohammad Adl Thanks guys! Thank you for your compliment Frank!

Clifford Keesler Bloody Awesome. You Sir are a Master.

Mohammad Adl Thanks Clifford

Cortex amazing !
thanks for posting kit contents, and before/after pics

Anthony Flanagan

Mohammad Adl Tanks cortex471 Thannks Anthony!

Kim Branders Impressive .

Mohammad Adl Thanks kim!

Shahriar Khalvati خیلی قشنگه

Mohammad Adl Thanks

Rick Beman This is my first build in around five years and my first vehicle ever! Any constructive criticism would be appreciated. I hope you like it

Martyn Fox Hi Rick.Good job especially for your first vehicle. I like the extreme weathering. Why not put it in a simple diorama with a couple of figures,which would set it off nicely.

Frank Krause Looking good, Jonns. Big mistake? I haven't found even a small one yet. Enlighten us...

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Unfortunately I have glued the rear wall at the wrong angle. Then I built the cab together and noticed the error only when I tried to install the doors. This means that the loading surface is not perfectly fit too. Now I have to try to open the splice without all the crap goes completely broken...

Holger Kranich The engine looks great!

Frank Krause Ups, forgot dry-fitting, Jonns?
Don't give up to early. It#s a draw-back, but you can make it!

Jonns Pfeiffenberger vergessen nicht nur beim Trocknen der Rückwand hat die sich wohl nach außen bewegt und ich habe es nicht bemerkt... naja shit happends, habe ja einen großen Hammer hier, da ist es ruckzug wieder in Einzelteilen

Frank Krause Hmm, auf Foto Nr. 6 sieht aber alles wieder normal aus. Schon repariert?

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Nee die Ladefläche ist nur drauf gelegt Passt aber nicht. Mache nacher mal ein Bild vom dem Desaster...

Christian Meyerhoff Hi Jonns!
ICM hat seine Tücken. Ich sehe aber nichts was man nicht richten könnte. Sieht soweit prima aus!