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Grey Opel Blitz truck help please.
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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 - 06:15 PM UTC
Hi....forgive me...I know its a pain...but as the Matador Models Opel Blitz truck does not come with any colour guide I need a little help.

If the truck was in the "Grey" camo scheme I ask what colours would the following be...
Chassis...same as top colour or different?
Seats....tan?
Cab interior?
Steering Wheel?
Canvas roof?
etc.

Or if anyone could point me in the direction of a good ref. site I would be very grateful.

Many thanks and cheers
Peter
:-)
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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 - 06:54 PM UTC
The German Panzergrey would have been painted all over. As for the roof, I didn't know Opel Blitz came with a canvas roof . Interior would probably have been grey also and the steering wheel black.

Henk
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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 - 08:11 PM UTC
Instruments white.

All over interior and underneath panzer grey.

Canvas light tan or a browner khaki drab.

Steering wheel black.

Little triangular sign on roof of cab white outter with a red triangle in the middle. Up means it is towing a trailer. Down it's not.

hope this helps. If not PM me as I can scan the color charts off the Italeri Mercedes L3000 which is the same and email it to you.
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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 - 08:21 PM UTC

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As for the roof, I didn't know Opel Blitz came with a canvas roof


That's my 'blond moment' of the day :-)8 I thought you meant the cabroof Doh...

Henk
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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 - 08:29 PM UTC
Thanks again Roo...

...and Henk...I did mean cab roof...lol.
Its a fuel truck and due to essential materials savings the roof of the cab was a canvas affair and pressed cardboard doors...according to the blurb with the kit...
it sounds like a Goons script....

Cheers and thanks again...I'm happy now...lol.
Peter

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Posted: Friday, September 17, 2004 - 08:37 PM UTC
Peter, I see, would this then be a late model with the square sided cab rather than the earlier model with the rounded,steel cab? if you are interessted in some background info on the Opel Blitz try
http://scale-community.com/bilder/opel/s_tankwagen01.jpg

It's in German, but some nice pic's, and I'm working on translating some of the content to English for the Enlish pages of the site.

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 01:41 AM UTC
I hate to tell you this but I'm pretty sure that the model you are building was a late war model and should be painted in a three colored camo or at least dark yellow base instead of the grey.

Rick
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 03:48 AM UTC

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I hate to tell you this but I'm pretty sure that the model you are building was a late war model and should be painted in a three colored camo or at least dark yellow base instead of the grey.

Rick


I have to agree with Rick here. Those metal saving cabbed models were painted dark yellow

PS> hmmmm 2000th post. Does this make me old or what?
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:40 PM UTC
Thanks guys...

Well cover me in flour and bake me for ten minutes.... :-)

Dark yellow it is....with green and brown bits of course.

Inside the cab...would be?
Steering wheel -black.
Instuments -white.
Seats - brown?
Interior door panels - ?

Thanks to all of you.
Cheers
Peter
:-)
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 02:53 PM UTC

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Thanks guys...

Well cover me in flour and bake me for ten minutes.... :-)

Dark yellow it is....with green and brown bits of course.

Inside the cab...would be?
Steering wheel -black.
Instuments -white.
Seats - brown?
Interior door panels - ?

Thanks to all of you.
Cheers
Peter
:-)


Interior door panels would be the yellow Peter
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:21 PM UTC
Thanks Roo.
Just got to do it now...lol.

I'll do an IBR for it and the Hanomagb tractor soon.
Cheers
Peter
:-) Fancy a cold one Roo?
C[ ]
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:39 PM UTC
sorry Peter not allowed to drink al-key-hole but an ice coffee would be nice :-) :-)
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:57 PM UTC
Then a pot of the finest java for you Roo.

Cheers
Peter
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Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:38 PM UTC
Well Mr (2000 congrats)) Roo is right about the interior , you could have gone with a red primer color to just spruce things up a bit ...What ? it could happen ..especially end of the war ...

Rick
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Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 06:31 PM UTC
Thanks bear...
it would certainly liven up the interior.

Aside...It says pressed cardboard....??? hmmmm
I wonder if this was the father of the Trabant technology?

Cheers
Peter
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