Can anyone tell me what the color of the Opel Blitz seat's were? I'm planning on a grey paint scheme for the truck. Did seat colors vary and if so was this based on the overall paint scheme?

Mike

Maybe these walkarounds would help ?

http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/auto/germany/opel_blitz/index.htm

http://militarymodels.co.nz/tag/opel-blitz-walkaround/

http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/gallery/1398363_8VpaY#66127131_kx5RA

HTH

Frenchy

Frenchy,

Thanks for the links. I found them very useful. I'm going to go with a grey color seat. The reds shown in the images seemed out of place. I mixed up some grey with deck tan to give it a lighter warm look. The seats look good.

One thing I noticed was I reversed the pedal locations on my build. I guess the instructions were not very clear on the PE set. Debating on whether to change them around or just leave them as is. They were a real pain getting them in place.
The two pedals I reversed are just under the silver tube on the dash board.


http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/auto/germany/opel_blitz/opel_blitz_20.jpg

Mike

Funny that you chose the grey - the red is probably more accurate. The grey seats were taken on a vehicle in a garage, the others taken at military shows where accuracy was probably an expectation. Kubelwagens had the same reddish color on the pads used for their seats, and it was a common color for civilian and military vehicle seats from several nations, including the US, during the 20s-60s.