MiniArt’s 1/35th scale German L701 3t Cargo truck.

We have several shots of the build-up kit to add to the CADs, markings & history of MiniArt’s Models 1/35th scale L701 German 3t Cargo Truck with a wooden cab in our preview update…

Preview update: 1/35th scale L701 German 3t Cargo Truck from MiniArt.

L701 German 3t Cargo Truck

From MiniArt

1/35th scale

Kit No. The box includes six different marking options. The L 701 was different from the original Opel Blitz in that it had a driver’s cabin with a traditional design, and there was no logo on the radiator. Approximately 3,500 exemplars were produced till the end of the conflict.

This truck was essentially an Opel Blitz, the “standard truck” of the German armed forces during WWII, which was created and constructed by GM subsidiary Opel with American management fully aware of its intended purpose. Mercedes began producing it under licence in 1944 in modest quantities and then again after the war from June 1945 until 1949.

Mercedes were vexed that it wasn’t their own design (their own truck of the same class was vastly inferior and significantly more expensive), which is why you could order a L 701 truck from your Mercedes-Benz dealership after the war and end up with a truck that said nothing about being an Opel made by Mercedes-Benz except in the owner’s manual.

A few views of a restored L701 in the U.S. (you can rent this one apparently).

You will notice that this truck had a wooden cab instead of the sleeker, metal-constructed Opel Blitz cabs. These wooden cabs saved on costs and resources during World War II.

The clear plastic for the transparency & lights is, of course, included.

Photo-etch is included for the thinner parts of the kit.

MiniArt print their own decal sheet for the six variants on offer.

The six colour profiles from the 40’s to the late 50’s.

In this preview update, MiniArt shows the kit made up in bare plastic. Here you can see it from any angle…

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