Radleigh Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hi guys, I'm doing a base at the moment and would like a parked truck along side my (1/72nd) He-111 , what truck is best that would of been used on an airfield? I've no idea what to use... Many thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The Opel Blitz was fairly ubiquitous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Was your He111 based on the Eastern Front? If so you could use something Russian as the Germans used captured equipment frequently. Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Or a French one on a Western European base. There are even photos of British trucks in Luftwaffe markings in the Tankograd book on British Military Trucks in Wehrmacht Service. There's a fairly wide range of suitable trucks, perhaps not all available currently, but the Blitz was widely used in the Luftwaffe with specialist bodies as well as the standard GS truck. You should however stick to those in 1/72 scale rather than accepting the 1/76 Airfix one, because that was the rarer 4x4 which tended to be restricted to the more active Army units. The Italeri (ex-ESCI) one is perfectly good enough, the Roden one finer but rather more fiddly. The MAC one is a little cruder but makes up well enough. Academy do a bowser but this is the very limited special variant for the Me163. If none of these are available, PSC do a twin pack of an equivalent Mercedes truck which if more basic would be perfectly satisfactory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Was your He111 based on the Eastern Front? If so you could use something Russian as the Germans used captured equipment frequently. Tim It is Eastern coloured, so something Russian sounds good to me... now I just need to find something suitable Cheers for the replies.... Off to look on the big H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 It is Eastern coloured, so something Russian sounds good to me... now I just need to find something suitable Cheers for the replies.... Off to look on the big H. Or if you can live with 1/76th scale someone like Milicast: http://www.milicast.com/ may offer you a wider selection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Much as I love Milicast's range, it isn't needed for a Blitz and for a Russian truck the PSC range is much more generous. There are other producers, notably of the GAZ AA/AAA, but for the ZIS range look to PSC. They were widely available here a decade ago but may need tracking down now. They are cruder in tooling than their Western equivalents. The MAC range of German vehicles should also be mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) ICM produces a Henschel D33 and Academy an Opel Blitz with a Kübel. cycle should be a BMW or Zündapp Here is a link which may helps : http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Hauptseite_deutsch/Kraftfahrzeuge/Deutschland/Henschel/Henschel_33/henschel_33.html http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Hauptseite_deutsch/Kraftfahrzeuge/Deutschland/deutschland.html Edited January 24, 2015 by bbudde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for all the replies, I quite like the look of this if I'm honest. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ROD719 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for all the replies, I quite like the look of this if I'm honest. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ROD719 The Opel Blitz with the wooden cab like the one in your link was a late war feature so may not be accurate for your model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Which one would be? (I'm not that good at knowing which one would suit my aircraft?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Which one would be? (I'm not that good at knowing which one would suit my aircraft?) Not an expert, but perhaps this one (dramatic box art!): Or one of these might serve as a crew bus? Edited January 24, 2015 by Richard E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Which one would be? (I'm not that good at knowing which one would suit my aircraft?) Like the one posted by Richard E. If you fancy something Russian one of the Gaz series of trucks would be an option. Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) I think you can use the Roden one as it can also be an early war truck. Late war Opel had the small frontlights and grills instead of wooden footboards and not the big mudguards on the back. And they had a more curved rooftop. Not the flat one like the earlies. But I'm not a specialist on those vehicles. Once again a link : http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Hauptseite_deutsch/Kraftfahrzeuge/Pkw-_Lkw_-_Omnibusse/Lastkraftwagen/Lkw_Deutschland_3/lkw_deutschland_3.html Roden seems to be a bit of a hybrid, because it has the big frontlights, grills and no mudguards on the rear wheel. Benz built them in licence since June 44 in Mannheim (wiki) Benz versions had not the totally round front mudguards, but long, top flatened ones. So, I think now it's correct, what I read so far. Edited January 25, 2015 by bbudde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) P.S.: At the end it is the similar question " What B-17 or B-24 between late 42 to early 45 is correct to make a 43 diorama". You have too much options, because of too many planes and too much action. It's your choice. For Germany this means in general: The later the war, the more you can extemporize or jury-rig the things. Less metal and more wood. Cheers P.P.S.: Always have to edit my english to get it somehow right for a german fellow, sorry. Thanks Edited January 26, 2015 by bbudde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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