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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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German civilian / non military vehicles
b2nhvi
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Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 01:18 PM UTC
Anybody have any info/ photos of non military Gernman vehicles. Reichbahn, Reichpost, Todt Organization, Lufthansa ... etc. I've got a VW Kastenwagen on the bench. Kit has Reichpost decals. I question the color scheme. I have seen a decal set for Reichpost with RP prefix on the licence plates. I know Todt had their own. How about Reichbahn? Any thoughts on color schemes?
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Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 02:20 PM UTC
You may want to check on this site:

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewforum.php?f=132

There may be something under Soft Skinned Vehicles.

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Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 05:04 PM UTC
the vehicles of the "Reichsbahn" had micenes plates which began with "DR" for "Deutsche Reichsbahn"...I have no idea for the color base, but I suppose it's was "dark"....
May be dark grren as the color use for the travellers wagons...?
Even if the "dark green" is also the color for the fire vehicles...
let's try a "google" search with "1942 Reichsbahn Farzeuge" or something like that...
a picture of a truck :

http://www.alamy.de/

but you can find on the same website a picture of a Reichsbahn bus very hell, may be white with the window's frame and Mudguards green ???
but some Die-Cast vehicles shows hell yellow and Red
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Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 05:21 PM UTC
I believe you have some options for Reichsbahn vehicles :





Here's a period picture showing (I think..) the first option :



H.P.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 02:45 AM UTC
Tat thank you for the link to the vehicle site. Amazing that such a page exists!

Well done!
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 06:29 AM UTC
Cheers Mike!
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 07:48 AM UTC
Yes, that site is awesome. I'm still digesting it. Have not really found anything directly helpful, but the kastenwagen I'm doing is being converted to a holzbrenner. That section is handy. (NOTE: Anybody interested in wood burning cars, there was an episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" that had a story on a 1913 Ford that used wood.)
Lufthansa was active up till the end of the war. Any clue as to what their ground vehicles livery was?
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