Veeborg's Lego 1938 Opel Blitz

[DLuders]

On his Flickr photostream, Veeborg posted 12 pictures of his Lego 1938 Opel Blitz truck. He wrote,

"It's not just another car. It's a truck. Actually a 1938 2ndWW German Opel Blitz… the civilian version. I thought I'd do a truck no one thought of doing in this scale because, well this one is one of the best looking classic trucks in my opinion. Anyways I've been building it for a while. I could have ended it sooner but I was busy building another 2 models at the same time. This one was a treat to build. I found some old blueprints of it and it was fun all along. The detail that pretty much decided on wether I'd continue building it or not was in fact the front hood. It had to look and act like on the real truck. In other words it had to open. Right after I dealt with that little problem everything else was a piece of cake. As for the presentation. I thought it would be funny to make it look like an old school LEGO model so there it is."

"Like many of my models this one also has a double steering. You can steer from the wheel in the cockpit and you can also do it on the back on the truck. There is an axle under the towing hook on which you can attach a steering wheel and play."

"A view from the top shows the exact shape as the original truck has and the view from below shows some details the real truck also has - like exhaust pipe, fuel tank etc."

"When it was time to do the engine I wanted to make it like the one in the real truck and then I came to understand that I can't actually do that so I kind of improvised. I think it turned out alright."

"On the right side of the truck there is something the real truck has. It's a fuel tank pipe right under the seat. The 1x1 rounded plate is actually a cork."

[Shasat Spacerider]

Wow, this is a really amazing MOC! I love all the superb detail even if I can't make out what it's meant to be. This is one of the best Model Team creations I've ever seen. The color and the way the sides are smooth makes it look smaller than it really is imho.

The picture with the box threw me off.