Global Scale Modeller

This is my take on the venerable Opel Blitz kit from Italeri.

Not very complex, but still holds it's own after all these years. Biggest issue I had was this one was molded in red, black and tan plastic.

Given my prediliction for armor modelling you could guess where this was going.

Krylon Gray Primer makes a good base.







Wired the engine a little bit then realized the hood was molded shut. Not any more.





Four different colors later I had my mix for RAL 8000, a desert yellow brown used early on in North Africa

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Stay tuned.

G

Great start! Like the details added to the engine.

Thank you sir!

A nice relaxing paint session yielded these results.

The base coat.









I used another mix of Tamiya colors to come up with RAL 7008, Graugrun .





A stencil set and Tamiya Flat White was used for the Africa Korps palm symbol.

More to come.

G

Looking good
What was moulded red???
It looks like that grey primer covered completely without any red bleed through

Thank you sir!
The cab body, fenders and wheels were red plastic. The frame, interior and tires were molded in black. The bed was tan plastic.
It is boxed as a civilian truck, but all I did was add the headlight covers.
If you know your Opels, I did not so Google became my friend, you find this is a truck with the tall side walls for the bed. I do not know how interchangable tall and short bed walls were in service, but photos indicate both were out there.

G

Looking great so far!

Looking more than good mate! I'm expecting to see there the Ark of the Covenant

Oh you have read my mind!

I have some really interesting stowage planned for this one..............

G

I finally got a minute or two to photograph this as it sits right now.









This is the first round of weathering using oil paints.

I'm going for an "Indiana Jones" look as a display.

G

Moving along, I painted the cast resin stowage crates to resemble wood. I used several colors of acrylic over an enamel primer. I finished off with an enamel wask, then gloss coated with some MM Clear Gloss enamel.





Then I Googled some images and printed my own decals.





Now I have crates containing secrets.







And the biggest secret......





G

beautiful work

Thats superb
And it really is a good kit for the money.....try the coal powered one next...!!
Cheers and thanks for sharing !!
Mark

I would be really interested where you got the decal images from and what resolution printer you used....they look sharp

cheers

Thanks all!
This has been a really fun build so far.

digger, I googled "Nazi Symbols" and down loaded what I liked. I copied and pasted those onto a "Word" document sizing them in place. I printed a test sheet on plain paper adjusting afterwards where needed.

The printer was set at medium resolution, which on my old girl is 600 dpi. I never really print at higher, 850 dpi, unless I'm doing something really small amd multicolored.

G

DAK being an acronym for Deutches Afrikakorps.

Tell me you don't hear the theme from "Indiana Jones" when looking at this.



















I used the old Italeri 1/24th scale civilian Opel Blitz. I had to add the military headlight covers. I custom mixed Tamiya acrylics to replicate period correct "tropical" colors. The crates are resin items from ValueGear in 1/20 and 1/16 scale but look right at home here. I made the pallet with coffee stir sticks pilfered from a local chain beverage company. I scanned a lot of clipart and printed my own decals. The first set looked good applied over a gloss coat but silvered greatly once the dull coat was applied. Not happy with the colors anyway I stripped and repainted all but two.

I'm looking for some figures and then will model a desert base. I'm thinking that Master Box set of Henry Ford and friends will convert quite well.

G

Awesome, simply awesome
The attention to detail with the fine model work and boxes is impressive enough.
Then you up the ante with superb home-made decals that take those items over the top
Really impressed, great job


Yes I hear Indiana Jones theme when looking at the dio...one of my favourite movie series

Nice work.. I have couple Opel Blitzs in my stash, after seeing this think i might start one.

Those boxes in a way remind me of Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark.
The decals and woodgrain came out wonderfull

Fine detailing and weathering, looking good!

Beautiful work mate!

Thank you all!

I have some 1/24th scale figures coming. I believe they will be a perfect fit with a smidge of conversion.

G

Spot on mate! I really enjoy the work you've done on those crates, the wooden finish is great!

Outstanding build AgentG, can you leave the engine side covers off To show off that awesome engine? Hey can you put a hobby knife next to your boxes? Try to get a scale on them, there looking beautiful, and Love your decals those look awesome. You really nailing that African blitz.

Thank you all!

I have my three days off now so I'll comply with your request, provided fotoyuket cooperates.

G

I like it a lot, trucks special old military ones appeal to me

Here's a bit more.







G

Looks great, love the painting on those figures. Is that on in the black gestapo, a civilian, Major Arnold Toht?

Dude, that looks awesome. Nice work on those crates and all. Plus I like the Raiders of the Lost Ark idea.

Just one thing, if I may... and I really hope nobody's gonna hate me for being a smart ass:
In English the word "open" can be used as a verb ("to open") and an adjective (as in "the door is open"). In German the adjective is "offen" and the verb is "öffnen". Thus, "Nicht offen" means "not open". I assume you wanted to say "do not open", which translates into "Nicht öffnen".

Ah well, I'm sure nobody's gonna care anyway because the crates look awesome no matter what. I just wanted to point it out for future reference. And I'm a teacher... can you tell?

You continue to amaze, such great figure work
Is there an Indy with a whip in the works ???
This is the kind of diorama that you could sell to an enthusiast

Awesome work... Love the detail.

Thank you all!

More photo's are coming.

No Indy for this one, but I have ideas for another.

The grammatically incorrect labeling is a typo on my part. Naturally, I didn't notice the error until after a repaint, layers of Future and Dullcote. That said, I think the crate will remain marked "Not Open". LOL!

G

Your work with the crates is great. They look fantastic. The figures are great as well.