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German cars WWII ?
Abydos
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2007 - 11:10 AM UTC
Who makes good model s of German cars WWII vintage?
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2007 - 12:15 PM UTC
Hi William

If the price is not a problem, Wespe Models has released several 1/35 resin kits of WW2-era german civilian cars like the Opel Kadett :



The Opel Kapitan :


or the Horch 830 :




Wespe Models website : http://www.wespemodels.ro/

HTH
Frenchy
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2007 - 12:22 PM UTC
I assume your looking for civilian cars. Don't think I have ever seen a 1/35 scale kit of a civilian WWII car. Plusmodels make a few kits, that come close, but they are still military models.
http://www.plusmodel.cz/produkce_en.php?filter_type=k

I can only encourage model manufactures to make 1/35 civilian cars, from all eras.
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2007 - 12:36 PM UTC
Here is Real Model
linkname http://www.realmodel.cz/shop/detail_zbozi.php?kategorie=158&zbozi=3266
linkname http://www.realmodel.cz/shop/detail_zbozi.php?kategorie=158&zbozi=3271
linkname http://www.realmodel.cz/shop/detail_zbozi.php?kategorie=158&zbozi=3273
Frenchy
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2007 - 02:17 PM UTC

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I assume your looking for civilian cars. Don't think I have ever seen a 1/35 scale kit of a civilian WWII car.


Apart from the manufacturers that have already been mentionned, DesKit has released some french civilian cars of the 30's/40's including

a Simca 5 :

and a Citroen Traction Avant :



There was a thread on this subject on Armorama in september :
1/35 civilian car ?
HTH
Frenchy
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