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MiniArt offers a 1/35th-scale Opel Blitz 3-ton truck in “military services” scale.

1/35th scale Opel Blitz 3t truck "military service" from MiniArt.

We have seen MiniArt’s new Opel Blitz 3t truck in CAD & art, but today we get to see not only the plastic being assembled, but the colour profiles of the six contenders in our updated preview…

Preview update: 1/35th scale Opel Blitz 3t truck “military service” from MiniArt.

German 3T cargo truck 3.6-36S pritsche normal type military service

From MiniArt

1/35th scale

Kit No#35442

Six marking choices included in the box.


The Subject: Opel Blitz 3.6-36s
From 1939, the Blitz 3.6 three-tonne version was used in large numbers by the German armed forces (Wehrmacht) throughout World War II. The elongated Blitz and four-wheel drive Blitz were two of the variations. A half-tracked Sd.Kfz Maultier (mule) was developed to cope with bad road conditions on the Eastern Front and rasputitsa seasons. The British Universal Carrier was used to build the tracks and suspension for a version 3. Among others, these were used as service vehicles for the Messerschmitt Me 323 military transport aircraft.

Military personnel 5th SS Viking divisions (5 SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”) repair the wheels of the Opel Blitz 3.6-36S truck

The light basic model was manufactured as Blitz 2.5 in Russelsheim until 1942 and again from 1946, equipped with the 55 hp (41 kW) Opel Super 6 engine. The Opelwerk in Brandenburg, destroyed by an RAF raid on 6 August 1944. Albert Speer, Minister for Armaments, ordered the Daimler-Benz plant in Mannheim to build 2,500 Blitz-3.6 trucks. The Mercedes-Benz L3000 was discontinued.

Opel Blitz 3t. 4×2 truck. The facilities were dismantled in Brandenburg at the Soviet Military Administration’s request after the war. Daimler-Benz Mannheim then resumed production of the Blitz 3.0 under the designation L701 up until 1949. The last 467 medium trucks were again assembled by Opel in Russelsheim until production finally discontinued in 1954 without a successor.

The Kit: CADs…


We have some nice CADs of this kit providing some details of the makeup of the model. The whole thing viewed from all angles
This is the engine, chassis and cab without the tray and cab. The fuel tank, thick tires, and radiator look fantastic. This is the first of many trays that will be attached to this truck, we are sure. This will be for the fist of MANY trays attached to this truck we are sure of it.

MiniArt has given us the whole engine and bay with bonnet (hood) able to be removed if that is your wish.

The wooden tray with metal carriage work looks like you can use the plastic or photo-etch tie-ons…

Some tie on latches are replaced by etch (as an option shown here), along with some other last minute addition details. I was surprised at the lack of photo-etch in this kit. Only the thinnest parts of he model would need to be supplanted with etch.

The full open tray will be no-doubt packed full of stowage and gear on most people’s kits

Plastic on plastic:

To add to these CAD shots showing us how he kit fits together and what it generally looks like, these shots of some of the sub-assemblies show a lot more detail of the actual plastic under construction.

The chassis and suspension for truck models are kind of like the cockpit or tracks for tanks – it always seems where you start off! The build of this one seems to be simple but detailed. We would say that the only things needed for this kit are the ignition wiring and engine harness. We think this is a pretty simple build. There are options to replace some of these parts, like the tie down notches with photo-etch. But without seems very nice too! There are options to replace some of these parts of the kit, like the tie down notches with photo-etch, but without seems very nice also!

You can see from the cabin frame from the rear that front windscreen frame and roof slips on to this part along the natural sea of the gutter that runs horizontally over the doors so limited seams to worry about repairing.

The front part of the cab and bonnet (hood) is shown here, with the front grille and horse shoe for good luck included. Here is the single left-fender lamp. You can see the steerage link there and some of the parts for the engine bay attached to the firewall…

The parts together in smaller construction sequences before final painting and placement. We will have more on this soon enough…

Marking choices (X6)

There are six marking choices for this truck included in the box. These are all military or quasi-military service trucks as an example the workgroup “Operation Todt” service vehicles.

This kit from MiniArt will soon be available – Until then, keep an eye on the

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