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

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L701 German 3t Cargo Truck

From MiniArt

1/35th scale

Kit No#35450

Five marking choices included in the box.

The Subject

The Mercedes-Benz type L 701 was manufactured under licence from the Opel Blitz 3,6-36 S. Daimler-Benz had to start producing this type in July 1944 when production of its own 3-ton lorry, the Mercedes-Benz type L3000S was halted in April 1944. The L 701 was a modified Opel Blitz with a driver’s cabin from the last year of World War II and without GM logo on radiator grille. 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 a 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 restroed 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. This kit includes a canvas covered side option, which will please many modellers who don’t want to have to scratch build these themselves. A walk around of the whole L701 German 3t Cargo Truck kit.

The option for canvas covered sides is included here, this will please many modellers who don’t want to have to cratch build these themselves…

You can make this without eh canvas, but with the stringers on the tray also as an option.

The large variation of a wooden cabin for the driver & passenger, as well as that full engine with hood open or closed are shown in these CADs.

The bare bed shows off the suspension below the truck’s body.

Of course, you can make this truck with just a rear tray without stringers and a canvas if you like.

These options and other small configuration changes are picked out below in blue in these illustrations

A view of the complete underside suspension and running geear of the truck. The engine is also included.

The kit parts:

The gray plastic which makes up the layout. This kit includes the complete underside chassis and engine, as well as interiors (front and back). This kit includes vehicles from the Afrika, Netherlands, German & Italian theatres. Vehicles from Afrika, Netherlands, German & Italian theatres are all choices here…