Steyr Einheits truck

A Steyr with an Einheitsfahrerhaus

Story: Sound, but dirty and rusty. Dry stored for a long time, the paint dry and the windows dirty. This sturdy 4x4 truck got it's cab in the 1944-45 period. In rough terrain a versitile and reliable vehicle for farmers, crafsmen. Most of these vehicles where used til the spare parts ran out.

Model: 35th scale, Tamiya Steyr 1500A kubel with an "Einheitsfahrerhaus"(standarized cab) from the Italeri DB L701 (Opel licence) with a few changes.

Build: February 2024 - January 30 2025. All acrylics, partly airbrush. floorplate of the Steyr alterted to fit

January 19 2025

The base coat is a couple of layers acrylics in grey-greenish shades. Thinned acryl tto get more shades and a reddish shade of brouwn for all metal parts. Could not help myself to add some "Verlinden"-stripes on the cab doors. Wheels and details painted and the whole drybrushed with a stiff brush to get some life in the colour. The lights are rusty inside. Somehowe this happend, It fits. Last step to go: a layer of dust with the airbrush.

November 24 2024

It got shelved by a lot of other projeects, but it's done, ready for the airbrush. Extention of the chassis to accept the cargo bay, front lights drilled out the normal civvy headlights. Extra set of rea wheels. Masking tape on the windows.

September 15 2024

A Blitz cargo bay is the donor for the much smaller caro bay of the Steyr. The Steyr has its iron supports diffeerently places, but with a carefull trimming the boards it loos the part.

February 19 2024

After sanding the filler: it does not even glue to keep it's place. The instrument pannel goed on top, but inside the cab. It's there but hardly visable.

February 18 2024

These aircooled Steyr's with their 4x4 traction where also used in a more standard transportation role. And in the "Schell" program they got wooden cab's. A test of a couple of years ago: a perfect fit between the nose of the Tammiya and the cab of Italeri. Both the Steyr and the cab are recycled kit parts. The floor needs some extra parts to fil the cab. An extention of the plate on the nose.