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The Opel Blitz series of 3-ton trucks proved the true backbone of German military strength in World War 2. Production began in 1937 and proceeded into 1944 to which some 70,000 2x4 Opel Blitz trucks were delivered out of German factories.

Our Opel Blitz project is a well-kept secret especially for Salute 2015. Features include:
- A 2 sprue plastic kit
- Single piece truck cabinet for ease of assembly
- Truck side boards can be assembled in open or closed position
- Detachable canvas top with rear tarpaulin in open or closed position
- 2 headlights options - standard or small blackout lights
- Optional accessories such as reflector, searchlights, spare tire, and fuel cans

















Enjoy!

That looks really useful,

you can never have enough trucks

I would think the Opel Blitz would be a decent seller, I have a resin one from Warlord but wouldn't mind having a few more.

Curious to see if it will remain an Opel Blitz though, most companies sell it under a far more generic "German cargo truck" name these days.

3D Prototype of our M8 Greyhound and M20 Armoured Utility Car. Need some minor adjustments, but overall design is satisfactory. We have added an open driver hatch which is not shown in the prototype. Expected release date is Q3/15.

Objectives of this 1/56 M8/M20 plastic kit is as follow:
- a 2 sprue plastic kit to built either a M8 or M20 armoured car
- two MG arrangements for the M8 – rear mount or ring mount
- open front driver hatch
- external utility toolbox or land mine rack option
- simplified interior















Enjoy!

Rubicon Models

Have to say that looks fantastic!

Assume there should be some good crew options in existing Bolt Action plastics..

With SOTR II about to launch, I need more WWII vehicles!

Anyone know where I can buy Rubicon's models here in the USA?

 Alpharius wrote:
With SOTR II about to launch, I need more WWII vehicles!

Anyone know where I can buy Rubicon's models here in the USA?

NWS online gaming store stocks all of Rubicon's stuff. I always have very good transactions with them.

What is SOTR II?

'Secrets of the Third Reich' - it's a Weird War 2 game about to have a new edition launched on Kickstarter http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/646166.page

Although I don't know if you would be able to herd nazi zombies into an Sdkfz?

Strombones wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
With SOTR II about to launch, I need more WWII vehicles!

Anyone know where I can buy Rubicon's models here in the USA?

NWS online gaming store stocks all of Rubicon's stuff. I always have very good transactions with them.

What is SOTR II?

Thanks!

NWS though?

A link - please?

Pacific wrote:'Secrets of the Third Reich' - it's a Weird War 2 game about to have a new edition launched on Kickstarter http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/646166.page

Although I don't know if you would be able to herd nazi zombies into an Sdkfz?

I don't know if you can/would want to get zombies into a transport - though I definitely know you wouldn't want to but the bomb zombies in one!

Rubicons US distributor is

Golden Distribution

Tel: (866) 737-9540

Email: sales@golddist.com

Web:www.goldendist.com

you could see if they'll tell you who they supply (or if they'll supply at the consumer level too)

http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/ for their webstore

http://stores.ebay.com/NWS-ONLINE-GAMING-STORE for ebay store.

Good prices

 Strombones wrote:
http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/ for their webstore

http://stores.ebay.com/NWS-ONLINE-GAMING-STORE for ebay store.

Good prices

Thank you for those links!

NWS is awesome, just ask @Manchu as he has ordered from them in the past and speaks their praise

Golden Distribution is their distributor (formerly known as Warpath) so www.frpgames.com (which is their storefront), often they have random 30-40% off sales.

Just ordered the PSC Marder kit from them this past week. They are great.

You using it in Bolt Action?

I suppose I could but I am getting into 20mm specifically for Battlegroup.

I love Rubicon's stuff, by SoTR is pushing me towards 1/48!

1/56 in Rubicon's case.

I personally can't really stand assembling proper model kits anymore (1/48 and 1/72 models). I need fast-build stuff like Warlord and Rubicon 1/56 or like PSC 1/72.

Sure a Tamiya 1/48 may be $5 cheaper than the same kit by Warlord or Rubicon but it takes five times as long to assemble. Same with 1/72. I _hate_ tracks in 1/72!

Oh gosh, I'm becoming a grognard.

That IS a very good point, and might be just enough to push my away from 1/48.

Are Rubicon and Bolt Action/Warlord kits 'easy' to assemble?

All Warlord kits are super easy to assemble! I haven't put any Rubicon kits together but they don't seem that much more complicated in reviews. They tend to have more options for folks who are really into the nitty gritty of WW2 vehicles.

If you want easy of assembly you want to go for kits with single piece wheel & track assemblys

moving up in complexity you hit 'rubber band' style tracks which can be a pain to keep in stuck together if you're playing with them,

and finally the work of the devil individual track links, the click the glue types which are slightly easier but very breakable, and the glue only types which are for masochists (and poor suckers like me who build accurate scale models)

Tamiya hard to assemble?

 BrookM wrote:
Tamiya hard to assemble?

You disagree?

Nah for a 'real' scale model Tamiya are the simplest of the simple...

Now Dragon on the other hand, so many bits, so many tiny bits, and so much photo-etched brass to bend into so many complicated shapes, glorious!

I bought an Italeri kit the other day. It was a rude awakening.

 Alpharius wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Tamiya hard to assemble?

You disagree?

Tamiya is affordable, perfectly cast and designed with ease of assembly in mind. Only downside is, these aren't wargaming kits.

 Manchu wrote:
I bought an Italeri kit the other day. It was a rude awakening.

Italeri is gak quality, which is why I wasn't happy with Warlord working with them on getting more tank kits out. It's not as bad as Airfix is, but still quite a step down from Tamiya.

 BrookM wrote:
Italeri is gak quality

That may be true but all I meant was, i opened the box and it became very clear that I personally am used to playing with toys rather than building models ...

I've built some of Italeri's "wargamer friendly" 1/72 quick build kits, they seem fine. Plus I've no complaints about the kits they have released with Warlord.