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Trumpeter's T-62. Sone VERY Good News
jimbrae
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 08:35 PM UTC
At the request of several members of the site, I was asked to check with Trumpeter about when we could expect to see the T-62s & BMPs in 1/35th scale.

This morning I got an answer.

The first T-62 is scheduled for release in March 2009 - just after the Nuremberg Show.

The BMP series has been delayed because of re-tooling so don't expect it much before Fall 2009 .

Hope this answers your doubts. In the meantime, there will be more in pipeline which we'll continue to publish on the site!
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:33 PM UTC
Thanks Jim !!

At least they'll be here next year !!
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 05:42 AM UTC
Oh, I am so happy! Seems like we've been waiting for that T-62 forever. I hope it comes with some cool decals.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 10:38 AM UTC

Good news all around. Of course, I would have liked to see those T-62s sooner, but better March than never.

Bummer to hear about the delay on the BMP-3s, but I'm hoping that the re-tooling delay is for the best, i.e. the kits are more accurate.

Thanks for checking up on this, Jim.

-YL

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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:59 AM UTC
That is still a long time to wait.
Tarkus
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 01:51 PM UTC
Yaaaay!

This very day, I've ordered July 94 issue of Fine Scale Modeller to get Cookie Sewell's article on the matter, bracing myself for the long journey through accurizing Tamiya's old T-62a kit.

Talk about timing. I'll be getting one, if not two, of these.

Thanks for the info!
Jacques
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 02:58 PM UTC
Thank you very much for looking into this Jim.

I am quite happy to wait until March and fall 2009 for ACCURATE good kits. Retooling sounds good to me, again, as long as they end up being accurate. May I stress ACCURATE?
Yoni_Lev
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 02:58 PM UTC

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That is still a long time to wait.



Indeed it is, considering it's already been quite a while since the kits were first announced. But I guess I'd rather wait another 6 months if it means we'll finally have a new kit of the T-62 on the shelves, versus not having the kit produced at all. Ditto with the BMP kits. That doesn't mean that I'm happy with the delays, mind you, but at this point, the situation is what it is.

Just my 2 shekels.


Quoted Text

I am quite happy to wait until March and fall 2009 for ACCURATE good kits. Retooling sounds good to me, again, as long as they end up being accurate. May I stress ACCURATE?



+1.

-YL

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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:56 PM UTC
I got a BMP-3 from SKIF, some "enhanced" kit with P/E.
I don't know if it's a 100% accurate, but with the P/E set and a around 20 € I guessed it was a good opportunity... since then I checked some ModelPoint upgrades, I might get a turret with gun barrels, did any of you guys tried these ModelPoint upgrades ?
carrey
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Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 12:19 AM UTC
ModelPoint barrels are excellent and 100% accurate, but you must make your own fittings between barrels, the package includes 2 turned brass barrels only. Dunno about their turret.
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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 02:40 PM UTC

marcb
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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 09:00 PM UTC
Looks impresive!

It looks like it has the slope on the upper rear panel and the slope on the rear plate, am I right?

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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 09:32 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Looks impresive!

It looks like it has the slope on the upper rear panel and the slope on the rear plate, am I right?




yes
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 09:45 PM UTC
Thanks for the update. I hope they are worth waiting for.
iamsu7
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Posted: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 10:04 PM UTC

Jurjen
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Posted: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 - 08:31 PM UTC
Thanks for the update! The turret looks very promising

Keep us updated please!

Cheers,

Jurjen
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Posted: Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 04:14 AM UTC
It is a longer time to wait, but if they get it right in the end it will be worth it.

Hopefully they sell well enough to continue doing more Modern Soviet armor as well.

It's not like we dont have things to build until then is it?

Mike
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Posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 02:26 AM UTC
It looks good,

I assume the turret has the correct height?

Will the turret feature the protrusions for the gun trunions? (The slight bulge immediatly next to the main gun.)
See:


http://picasaweb.google.com/patrick.huck/April2008IsraelTrip#5195642378897393474

Looking forward to the release.
iamsu7
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Posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 09:00 PM UTC
Jurjen
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Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 - 04:17 AM UTC
Looks very good! Thanks for the update
Jacques
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Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 - 01:21 PM UTC
I wanted to thank GAOYUE for giving us these teaser pictures. I am assuming they are pre-production pieces and that they are indicative of the kit to be released. We are VERY fortunate to have someone who is willing to answer detail questions with photos of the kit and I for one appreciate it. I also appreciate Trumpeter's hard work in getting these kits out ACCURATELY.

That being said, what other variants are Trumpeter going to release on the T-62 chassis?

I would also like to kindly suggest that Trumpeter look over doing BTR-60, -70, or -80 kits (the subject matter really needs to have a MODERN kit made of them AND they have a VERY wide range of variants to stretch out the molds.) The same goes for the BMP-1 and -2.

Finally, maybe this is a bit of a long shot, but Trumpeter doing the MT-LBu series, with all of its variant potential, may also be a big winner.

But, thank you again for your courtesy.
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Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 - 01:29 PM UTC
Yes, very interesting. I'll order one when it is out. I'd like to see a new tooling T-55 as well, better if it is a late production T-55 (model 1970), instead of purchasing a Tamiya T-55A and several aftrermarket resin and PE bit for making one of those. Thanks for the pics. Best regards.

José
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Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 - 02:20 PM UTC
Looks like an "Ask and Ye shall receive!"

GAOYUE, thank you!

Mike
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Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 - 07:47 PM UTC
Thanks GAOYUE!

The images look very good.

I'm really happy with what you're showing us thus far.

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