Looking for a Blitz 4x4 or a conversion kit for a 4x2. Any ideas welcome.

Plus model has a conversion you can use. Its made for the Italeri Mercedes L3000.
Plus Model 1:35 Mercedes L3000 4x4 Chassis Conversion Set #244

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/german/dml6670reviewcs_1.html

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=DRA6828


http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/m2ldubizu3vwwugxvqhg.html

henk

here is some detail det from royal model

http://www.royalmodel.com/it/catalogo_dettaglio.php?id_art=372

http://www.voyagermodel.com/productdetails.asp?itemid=PE35246

http://www.voyagermodel.com/productdetails.asp?itemid=PE35524

http://www.voyagermodel.com/productdetails.asp?itemid=PE35525

http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/n6crrbxkbfksltl0wdlh.html
if you scroll down you can find soe ore details for the opel blitz

henk

H.P.

Henk. Thanks, but was looking for 4x4. Looks like Plus Models has a few.

Thanks for your help. Sometimes Google searches cause information overload.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Blitz

some info about the opel

henk

Ivan - Plus Models makes both a Blitz 4x4 ambulance as a full kit and a 4x4 conversion kit that will work on just about any Blitz or Mercedes model out there. The kits may be a bit hard to find but they are out there!

I too was bitten several years ago by the need for a 4x4 Opel Blitz truck. Do not know why the hobby industry has been so remiss in providing a cure for this problem.

Myself, I took a different and cheaper route:







I suggest you start by locating (on eBay perhaps) an inexpensive Italeri Chevrolet CMP 15-CWT Truck model, Kit #233.

This wartime vehicle was built by Chevrolet of Canada which was owned by General Motors USA, a company that before Hitler stepped in, also happened to own Opel of Germany.

It is reasonable to think that the parts produced by Opel during the war were based on designs and concepts developed jointly by Opel and their parent company prior to the war..

The #233 kit will provide you with a very reasonable GM/Opel 4x4 transfer case, nice banjo style front + rear differentials and axles plus a set of well detailed drive shafts necessary for building the Blitz 4x4 in 1/35th scale.

Michael,

Great info, as always. I currently have two 3T 4x2 Opel Blitz kits. A Tamiya 35291, and a Italeri 216 I found at a garage sale (a few parts plus wheels/tires missing).

I ordered the Plus Models 4x4 conversion #156 and can hopefully modify it well enough to fit either kit.

Again, thank y'all for the info!! (Ken, Henk, Henri and Michael)

One more shot of the converted Opel 4x4 frame using the Italeri CMP parts:





Here is the Italeri model I spoke of:

Now the body modifications are another matter: The front fenders must be cut off and moved both downward below the line of the bottom edge of the bonnet side skirts and also moved a bit to the rear.

Those same bonnet side skirts must be rebuilt and the old louvers removed, sanded down very thin and reapplied to the new side skirts.

Also that front bumper must be modified to work with the now lower fenders now mounted further to the rear.

Here is a Blitz 4x4 ambulance I have been working on that shows some of the necessary cab reconstruction.

By the way here are the best photos I have of what the Opel transfer case actually looks like:

From Rear:


From Front:

Both Photos Copyright Michael Koenig

Some 4x4 reference photos by yours truly:













All Photos Copyright Michael Koenig 2012

Ivan you are very welcome.

Your topic question reopened a subject I happen to have studied at length. I hope this information is of some help to you.

Best Regards
Michael

p.s. The small book "Opel at War" was very helpful in answering many of my modeling questions.

Yes sir. This info will come in very handy. Is the book you mentioned authored by Eckhart Bartels?

That's the one! Even the cover photo has much to say about how the driveline is put together.

You will note there that the Opel uses an oval shaped differential not round. The CMP has round, however that only requires that you make a thick saw cut down thru the differential pumpkin to produce the necessary appearance. Interestingly the Blitz had a narrower wheel track than the CMP so this one cut accomplishes two goals in one shot.

A few more detail pics of the 4x4 version :

http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Artikel/Opel_Blitz_6700A.html





H.P.

Here is a detail of the Blitz that is always left off: The ceiling mounted handle used to raise the "Trailer In Tow" warning sign.

More reference:






All Photos Copyright Michael Koenig 2012

More photo reference on the Blitz (both two and four wheel drive) here on the Armorama site at:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/218643&ord=&page=1

I am currently also working on a Blitz ambulance and a radio truck, both as 4x4's using the CMP parts conversion I have outlined above. However the cargo truck and trailer combo is the only 4x4 that is totally completed.

Never thought I would be crazy enough to try this a third time but I am also working on a Blitz 4x4 Radio Truck with a semi-scratch built interior.