Dear friends, anyone has experience building the earlier trumpeter kits like the js3m etc wonder if it's my lack of skills, I find the js3m Plastic quite bad and the fitting is horrendous.
Anyone has any comments or experience with the earlier trumpeter kits? I wonder if the trumpeter Reanult tanks suffer the same problems...
Kiong
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Trumpeter js3m and the early kits quality

musicwerks

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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 04:00 AM UTC

goldnova72

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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 10:59 AM UTC
I got one of their older motorized Chi Com T - 69 ( I think ) to use for parts of a 40K Space Marines / Tamiya kit bash . Terrible plastic ,and the lower hull was a different plastic than the rest of the kit - wouldn't glue with Testors liquid ,tube , or super glue . Ended up trashing both kits . .

18Bravo

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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 12:22 PM UTC
The weird plastic was endemic of their earlier kits. I believe Weld-On was able to dissolve the plastic enough to form a good bond, if you're still set on building it.

musicwerks

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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 02:14 PM UTC
Hi guys
Gentlemen, ah I see so i am not the only one who had problems with their plastic and poor fit..and I thougth the older italeri were bad..
I have fininshed 99 percent of the nightmare js3m, it's just that the funny rubberish plastic gives the kit a poor toy like appearance even with much tlc and after priming. Hope it becomes better after AB and weathering.
Now I cringe when I think of the other 2 old trumpeter Reanult tanks in my stash..will think twice before getting their older kits next time no matter h
Gentlemen, ah I see so i am not the only one who had problems with their plastic and poor fit..and I thougth the older italeri were bad..
I have fininshed 99 percent of the nightmare js3m, it's just that the funny rubberish plastic gives the kit a poor toy like appearance even with much tlc and after priming. Hope it becomes better after AB and weathering.
Now I cringe when I think of the other 2 old trumpeter Reanult tanks in my stash..will think twice before getting their older kits next time no matter h


WARDUKWNZ

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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 12:31 AM UTC
Hello Kiong ,, I've built a heap of Trumpeter tanks now and these models are like yoyo's ,,you can get a great one ..a ok one and one you just want to pull your hair out over .. so far i've built 3 SDKF7 verisons and each one has been a real nightmare ..most parts won't slot into there places because the parts are to big ..this struck me as strange as the much earlier kits i built ..like the Swedish S tank..AS90.Challenger 2 , 3 verisons of a chinese tank ..missile verison,tank hunter and SPG ..these kits went together without any problems. i think that Trumpeter use differant people to make there models sometimes .
Posted: Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 07:54 AM UTC

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