Bulgarian Opel Blitz 3,6-6700 A

Olivier
Ah ha...
There He goes again...
Let's keep our eyes open.

Angel Yovtshev Autor
🙂 🙂 🙂

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Olly!
I've decided to do the load bed walls from thin birch wood coffee stirrers(no better way to represent wood, than with wood).So I'm carpentering now...

Rui S
As usual. I'm in too 👍

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Rui! And welcome!

Bryn Crandell
I'm in. It is amazing at what you can find that are used everyday to use in your modeling. I have a stock of different sized straws. Make great pipe loads for N scale trains.

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Bryn!
Yeah, a lot of modelling can be done with everyday-use commodities 🙂
For example-a friend of mine (he works in 72nd scale) uses black sesame seeds to represent charcoal in truck load beds.
Or white sesame seeds for gravel...

Olivier
And what happens when the seeds germinate ?

Those 1/72nd people they tell nice stories... But the serious guys are the 1/35th addicts, aren't they.

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Will have to ask, Olly 🙂

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Well, I know some 72-ers, that are quite serious modellers.
Honestly-I'm sometimes struggling to see and deal with tiny details in 35th scale, while basically-there are no big details in 72nd...
It seems to be very demanding scale for me 🙂

Zsolt Czegle
Great work so far as usual! I'm following..... 👍

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Zsolt,glad to have you on board!

Rui S
Just One thing Angel, (because i've the same issue in My Blitz and motice it late). The top bonet and side part where in some opels just One piece...😢

Angel Yovtshev Autor
That also seem to be the case with the vehicle I model...
Thanks Rui!
Will see how I can correct this.

Rui S
👍 I'm glad that I could help😢

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Rui, I have to live with that rim between bonnet and side panel...
No problem to deal with it for the engine cover part, but it is also present on the body...

Tim Heimer
Angel, you have to have one of the most unique collections! Again well done!

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Tim!
It's growing and growing...every day 🙂

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks James!
While the antlers were scratchbuild, the headlights come from Elf-the guy is doing the finest headlights I 've used sofar:
Headlights For Military Armo..odel Accessories 3509, 1:35)

Rui S
Well Angel, I Think some others Opel models had hinges in that place😢

Angel Yovtshev Autor
So do I, Rui! Thanks again,mate 🙂

Holger Kranich
The horns are funny! Scratch made?

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Holger!
Yes, they are. I have some pictures of Bulgarian vehicles with horns mounted on their grilles-that seems to have been some sort of fashion among Bulgarian military drivers...The most remarkable ones are present on a Stoewer R200 reconaissance vehicle(they are wider then the car itself...)-one day I'll build this vehicle too 🙂

I made the antlers from scratch, using 0,5 mm copper wire for the stems and 0,3 wire for the individual horns.Once the horns were wrapped, I used a liberal amount of solder, that also gave the stems some width.Then primed the antlers and applied Mr.Surfacer 500.Finally the antlers were sanded to shape and painted.
All in all-approx. 1 hour of work.

Neuling
A great tribute to a beautifully designed truck.

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Neuling!
Indeed, it is a tribute to the "Workhorse"!

gorby
Stunning work as always Angel.

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks, Gorby!

Chris Greathouse
Beautiful truck and weathering!! Following you now!

Angel Yovtshev Autor
Thanks Chris!