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Saturday, August 03, 2019 - 02:11 PM UTC
Available once more from Italeri is this German motorcycle + sidecar combo in 1/9 scale.
Zundapp KS 750 with Sidecar (7406). The injection-molded kit comes with metal springs, rubber tires, and a decal sheet for 4 finishing options.
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Here's a big, fun build that I haven't seen marketed for a couple of decades it seems. I believe that Dragon leased (?) the molds when they offered both this motorcycle as well as the BMW R75 with sidecar. Super-detailing is simple when you can actually SEE the improvements.
AUG 05, 2019 - 04:39 AM
According to scalemates Dragon never issued the sidecar combinations in 1/9 only the singles and kettenrad. They did do them again in 1/6?
AUG 05, 2019 - 05:42 AM
It's a rebox of the AMT/Ertl 1/9th release. It was a "Blueprinter Exclusive". I guess it was a "club" that you could join and get special releases. I had read, and someone correct any of this, is that since AMT was mostly Auto modeling, this one went over like a lead balloon. Anyway, I scored one from a buddy. Pretty straightforward build, nothing fancy. The Cables suck, but Italeri, hopefully fixed that. It also had a Sprue of gear for a Fallschirmjaeger. A Helmet, which i have have since converted to a 1939 type, Gasmask canister, Shovel/bayonet, canteen, mess kit. A FG42 with a crazy bayonet on it. No belt. No suspenders, ammo pouches, bread bag, tent quarter. I am currently in the process of scratching a Rider, and missing gear. I have also scratched a KAR98.
AUG 05, 2019 - 12:25 PM
I doubt Italeri would have fixed anything for this rerelease.
AUG 06, 2019 - 02:41 AM
So know, you might be right on Dragon not having offered that one; it has been s-o-o-o long ago that I got it that I could well be mistaken; it probably was an Ertl release. Either way large & impressive. As was the Kettenkrad that I detailed the heck out of as there was a lot of room for improvements and extra detail.
AUG 08, 2019 - 02:48 AM
Jeff Shiu makes a driver, rider and side car passenger for this kit. His figures are some of the best out there. Jesse
AUG 08, 2019 - 06:02 PM
I'm almost 100% certain it's a rebox of the Esci kit. I recently finished the Kettenkrad after a hiatus of 35 years. The decals were unusable after all these years, so I ordered them via Carson, the distributor for Italeri in Germany. Thereby I noticed Italeri fixed at least some details on their kit, at least on the dashboard. So maybe they fixed some things for the Zündapp, too? But I would not count on it. Off the top of my head, Esci released quite a few kits in 1:9 at the time (early/mid 70ies): BMW R75 single and with sidecar, Zündapp KS 750 single and with sidecar, the Kettenkrad, Harley Davidson WLA-45, Triumph 3HW and the VW Kübelwagen. There were also a few figures available: German regular soldier and paratrooper, and a British paratrooper with helmet and Denison smock.
AUG 08, 2019 - 07:45 PM
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