Hi all, just had my order of the Ironside Bus shot down, not in stock for the last 9 months that I waited. Anyway does anyone know where I can find one here in North America.

If it's an Opal bus your wanting take a look at air models vac u form bus body.
air model

hey,
Ive got one of those vacu, from airpress,for the Opel chassis,not very good quailty,,and if my memory serves me right,the Opel bus was built on a different chassis,than the Opel "Blitz" truck,the bus chassis had a lower chassis,giving it a lower profile,good thing i dont have much invested in the airpress,i'am going to wait ,myself to find one of those by ironside.
Joe

One on Ebay. Pretty pricey...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-35-Scale-Azimut-Ironside-Opel-Blitz-Kommanderwagen_W0QQitemZ270105456115QQihZ017QQcategoryZ2588QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

A little off track: but worthy of note if your into WW2-era buses...

I know this is not the same vehicle but Leas Warrior has a pretty cool new bus and I have really liked their products in the past. It is a conversion and requires the tamiya Steyr... but still pretty nifty....
1/35 resin CONVERSION KIT For TAMIYA Steyr Type 1500A/01 ( Kit # 35225 ).

http://www.leadwarrior.com/Lw35026.htm

Mike

Thanks for the site Mike, lots of interesting stuff. a little pricey for some but nice nevertheless. This is a site in South America with a few nice Kits.

www.panzermodels.com

ED

hey,
thanks for the sites.leadwarrior are pretty decent,i picked up thier Flakpanzer I conversion on ebay quite some time ago,but i used a Panzer I A ,from Masterbox.
thier conversion for the Steyr Omnibus looks real crisp and clean(WOW,look at thier V-2 fuel tanker,)i will start my christmas list early this year.
Joe

I can't believe that Azimut kit went for such a high price! I have this kit and just started it a few weeks ago...and to be honest it is terrible quality. I had to use the front hood and fenders from an old Italeri kit, and all the sides had to be scratch built. The interior is even worse, especially the dash! There is no texture on the floor, so you have to add the wood slats yourself. Its just a really sloppy kit.

That leadwarrior stuff looks real good, they definitely have a thing for the Steyr 1500!

I also heard about the Azimut kit and would now not order it. I am waiting for the new Panzer Resin Model kit of the Blitz Bus.

ED

There is an Air Model Conversion on E-bay right now Aug 23 with two days to go. I have one at home and if you are a good scratch/conversioner it isn't a bad model. It is not an Opel, but a MAN. Its listed under 1/35 conversions as an omnibus conversion. So far its at about 8 bucks. Good luck and happy scratch building. As Ensign Parker used to say, "Gutsy is what gutsy does" joleary