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Finally, I am able to close out 2017 with my last model for the year. This is my Roden 1/72 scale Opel Ludwig Areo bus that is the last bus I needed to complete the entire line of 1/72 scale buses offered by Roden. The Ludwig Areo came out in 1932 as a touring bus for those tourists who wished to ride in style. Later, some of these were inducted into the Lufwaffe as pilot and staff transport buses. I finished my version of the Luftwaffe bus some months back.

Here is the civilian version of the Ludwig Areo bus:





And as I mentioned, that completes my entire collection of 1/72 scale Roden buses; until they come out with another one....

Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

Nice!!!

Very stylish indeed! Ya gotta love the rudder fin on the back. Absolutely useless, but it sure gives a sense of flash compared to a standard bus. Nice work Mark. A great note to end your modeling year.

Very cool. How big is it?

Thanks Blacksheep! It is indeed cool!

Thanks Carlos! I agree, this is stylish. I think they did it to make this look more 'futuristic'. If you look at all the Sci-Fi shows and books of that day,, you can see all they did was add fins. It does make it look far flashier than a standard bus though. I like it. Yes, this was indeed a great model to wrap up the year with.

Thanks MP! This model measures about 3.5-4 inches in length.

Whoops!! Missed this one!! That's a pretty dang cool bus ya got there Mark!!! Looks like you did do a civilian auto after all!!

Congratulations, Duke!

Thanks guys! I appreciate the compliments. Joe, this ain't the first civilian vehicle I've done in 1/72 scale! LOL!