Landships II

Date: Nov 8, 2005

FSF Opel Lorry 1915

Date: Nov 9, 2005

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

Date: Nov 9, 2005

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.

Date: Nov 10, 2005

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.

Date: Nov 10, 2005

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.

Date: Nov 10, 2005

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.

Date: Nov 10, 2005

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

Date: Nov 10, 2005

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.

Date: Nov 10, 2005

Hello Peter

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

All the Best

Tim R.

Date: Nov 13, 2005

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