SCHUCO
From Schuco comes a 1/18 scale resin model of an Opel Blitz 1.75 tonne box van [1] in maroon Porsche racing service livery for £180.99. Opel built this somewhat American design of Blitz from 1952–60, with nearly 90,000 produced. They had a 2.5 litre six-cylinder engine and were also used by the German post office.
Also in resin, to 1/32 scale is a Schlüter 950 V tractor, available either with [2] or without a driver’s cabin [2b]. The price is £148.99 with or £136.99 without. Schlüter was founded in 1898 in Freising, near Munich by Anton Schlüter, initially building engines. Their first tractor, the DZM 25, was launched in 1937, and from 1964 onwards they concentrated on building large tractors. The 6.6 litre, 95hp, six-cylinder diesel engined Super 950…