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October 2024

Uncle-Heavy

Opel Blitz copy manufactured under licence by Daimler-Benz (Mercedes):
http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/Germany/Daimler-Benz_AG/Mercedes_Benz_L_701/mercedes_benz_l_701.html
Also produced post-war, I would not be surprised if Miniart release another version of this kit with civilian, post war, markings.

October 2024

JavierDeLuelmo

Curiously, in one of the sprues an Opel Brandenburg final production rear panel is included, so there’s probably one of these in the pipeline. Good!

As an aside, there’s the legend of Wilhelm Kissel suffering a heart attack when Mercedes was ordered to produce the Blitz instead of the home-brew L3000…