Opel Blitz snow plow 1/35

[Sailor]

Hi all,

I'm all new here but want to show you my latest build. It's a Tamiya Opel Blitz with Plus model snow plow and engine.

Thanks for looking
Sailor

[Sailor]

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[Hauk]

I like this a lot!
A refreshingly peaceful subject, especially considering it is in 1/35 scale.

[Wesleybeks]

Very nice. Id love to see some close ups of the engine detail.

[Gordon Ferguson]

I to would like to see and know more about the engine details.

Nice conversion , did you scratch build the snow plough ?

Hauk, about to post another peaceful civilian build in 1/35

[shropshire lad]

Excellent job , Mr. Sailor ( do you have a proper name? ) . I love seeing military vehicles being put to civilian use ( even if yours didn't start off being a military vehicle , it could have been ) .
However , to finish it off I reckon it needs some heavy weights in the back , over the back axle , to give the wheels more traction in the snow . Even with the chains I suspect that it would have a hard job pushing all that snow out of the way . Just a thought .

  Nick

[Chuck Doan]

I like it! Very fitting for the season. Will this wind up in a diorama?

[Sailor]

Glad you liked it!

Maybe I should have started with a presentation of myself...
This is my first posts here but I have been reading this forum a couple of years, I really enjoy the peaceful modelling most of you are doing, trees, car wreck, trains and old houses. I live in Sweden and my name is Pelle Samuelsson.
I mostly build 1/35 models, civil conversions of military vehicles.

Wesley, Gordon, I'll upload some pictures of the engine. The engine, engine compartment and snow plow are from Plus Model, I've used some photo etch from Part and scratch built some details.

Nick, I have been looking at hundreds of pictures of 1920 - 1960 swedish snow plows and in most cases they don't have anything on the cargo bed, but some do and I considering to put some junk up back.

Chuck, yes, I'm planning a little back country road diorama.

[Barney]

Welcome - nice job on the Opal - nice and fine detailing -
Barney

[finescalerr]

Quite satisfactory, Pelle. Thanks for posting. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Welcome aboard, Pelle! Very good work on that plow truck. I like the snow chains, that's something I've never seen modeled before.

[Sailor]

Glad you liked the snow chains!

It was a mental challange to build them... And then I had to build another one!
Happy I did it though, I'm really pleased with the result compared to eg resin castings.

Pelle

[shropshire lad]

Glad you liked the snow chains!

It was a mental challange to build them... And then I had to build another one!
Happy I did it though, I'm really pleased with the result compared to eg resin castings.

Pelle

  Brilliant . Maybe you should market them . Ha , ha , only joking ,

    Nick