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James Reeve

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There doesn't seem to have been any publicity about it but the Fine Scale Factory Opel is available.


I've just received one and it appears to be excellent - nicely detailed resin and white metal. It looks very promising.


The only disappointment is the instructions; pretty crudely photocopied, all in German with a lot of technical terms we didn't do at school, and in tiny,tiny print. Not especially helpful.


I got mine from www.lonewulfmodels.co.uk 


Anybody else got one?



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Peter Kempf

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I've got one as well, but withheld a review because of lack of info on the actaul vehicle itself. It looks like a nice kit, though!


/Peter K



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Jack Mueller

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I bought a 1/32 scale kit of this vehicle a couple years ago.  I compared it to the photos of the real thing surviving today in a German museum, and it was acceptable.  Trust Herr Goros went to the same source for his 1/72 kit.



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James Reeve

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Peter - are the instructions with yours any good? Mine are terrible. It looks as if the original has only been partly photocopied.


Jack - where on earth did you find a 1/35th? It would be excellent if you could post the photos of the existing lorry or give the name of the museum.


Thank you, gentlemen.



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Tim Rigsby

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James


  If you need pictures of the real thing for reference, I would be glad to email them to you. I have a good collection of material on the Opel Lorry.


If I can be of service let me know.


All the Best


Tim R.



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Jack Mueller

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James - My kit is 1/32... the purist scale. ( I refuse to build in the Oriental scale. )  Seriously, I started centuries ago with Scale Link and 1/35 is obviouslysmaller when compared side by side.  This kit is resin and white metal( made by Bischof & Meindl) and requires some work.  I can't do attachements here or I would show a pic of the box cover.  I'll send it to Tim, and perhaps he can post it here.

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Peter Kempf

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Tim!


Could you!? That would be very, very nice. Send what you've got, not least technical data etc. Then I could do a review on the kit, that I think is fine.


All the best
/Peter K



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Tim Rigsby

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James here is the picture of the Opel Model James sent me.


https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b328/ww1nsew/Opel_kit_box_lid1.jpg


All the Best


Tim R.



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Tim Rigsby

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Hello Peter


   I will gather my information this weekend and email it over to you.


All the Best


Tim R.



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James Reeve

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Peter - I have more or less worked it out. The fact that there were two extra whitemetal axles confused matters, as well. It has now come together apart from the location of 2 bits which fit onto the front mudguards, and that may become apparent later.


It's a very nice kit. Of course there's a bit of sanding and filling to do, but I suspect you'll find the whitemetal supports for the running boards tricky. The points of contact on the chassis are tiny and the result very fragile. I might try replacing them with plastic section and drilling decent locating holes. Other than that it's lovely.


Sorry to Jack for the 1/35th gaffe . . . .


Thanks to all for help.


J



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