I'm with you. The Opel bus has now become the "Holy Grail" since the G4 is iminent. I'm all for the unusual and different. Let's go ICM...you guys are Rockin'!!!!! Jeff

I'm with you. The Opel bus has now become the "Holy Grail" since the G4 is iminent. I'm all for the unusual and different. Let's go ICM...you guys are Rockin'!!!!! Jeff [/quote] I doubt if ICM would be interested as it would mean tooling a Blitz (with the competition in the market, a risky business) and then, to recover their costs, they'd have to issue the Blitz AND the Bus version. No, I think it'll be DML/Cyber-Hobby as they've got the best Blitz on the market - by a long, long way... Just thinking of it though, the possibilities are immense - not least the Post-Bus in Where Eagles Dare!

Nope, the 'current' Holy Grail is the DD Sherman...

Isn't Roden going to produce an Opel Omnibus ? Check the adds at the left side of your screen . I thought the term Postbus was used because it was painted the PO yellow color with the PO trumpet logo on the sides and carried the post / mail ( I've got a few 1/87 scale ROCO buses around somewhere ) Other companys / hotels / resorts had their own buses .

The Roden bus is 1/72nd scale...

Sorry , didn't see the scale . I will now put away the plastic and glue and go play with my trains .

talking about exaggeration... I don't want a bus, plenty people have no interest in a bus... [/quote] No disrespect.... but you have your wish list and I have mine... I love softskinned vehicles and would really love to see the Opel bus (non-vacuum formed version) and this really one of the subjects that is overlooked in German soft skins. They were on every front...and the bus from "Where Eagles Dare" with the snow plow would be a VERY cool thing to attempt. The G4 was on the top of my wishlist for a long time....now MY holy grail is the Opel bus....'nuff said. Jeff

Hi, Just wondered if you know what color the G4 is please, looks like a very pale buff. cheers Steve.

I think they came in a number of different paint schemes so you would need to select a specific individual (registration number) if you want absolute accuracy In some museum ? LINK light buff but that may be just the photo in afternoon light LINK Several different, one light and dark and one more uniformly dark (B/W photo ....) LINK three different schemes LINK Video LINK / Robin