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Posted: Friday, March 06, 2015 - 07:14 PM UTC


A small update out by Trumpeter shows a preview of the new releases coming from April 2015 that included a tank, an armored train, and a towed gun.

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markchis
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Posted: Friday, March 06, 2015 - 09:24 PM UTC
all credit to trumpeter - they pump out so many kits of artillery subjects ! I have built a few -- but you hardly see any builds of those subjects. Are they popular anywhere with anybody?
justsendit
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Posted: Friday, March 06, 2015 - 10:30 PM UTC

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... Are they popular anywhere with anybody?


Trumpeter was my first introduction to artillery (Kit No. 2304). ... 264 parts of fun packed OOB!

'German s.FH 18 15cm Field Howitzer'

—mike
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Posted: Saturday, March 07, 2015 - 12:24 AM UTC
The train looks cool...but I wouldn't have room for it!
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Posted: Saturday, March 07, 2015 - 01:20 AM UTC
I believe the gun is actually a Type 59-1. Can anyone provide further info?

KL
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Posted: Saturday, March 07, 2015 - 12:39 PM UTC
One of the my modeling dream is to make panzer zug is in 35th scale.
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Saturday, March 07, 2015 - 02:54 PM UTC

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all credit to trumpeter - they pump out so many kits of artillery subjects ! I have built a few -- but you hardly see any builds of those subjects. Are they popular anywhere with anybody?


Hi! Regarding builds of all those TRUMPETER Guns and howitzers: You won't see many builds of these because of the overwhelming world-wide fetish for WWII German Tiger Is, Paper-Panzers, and other German stuff... Others will dispute this statement, but we ALL know it's true.

UP the US/ALLIED kits!!!
vettejack
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Posted: Saturday, March 07, 2015 - 08:45 PM UTC
Goody, goody on the 130mm gun! Now I get to build the Iraqi T-55/130mm SPG (instead of stealing the breach from Trumpy's 152mm gun)!!
hanb7323
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Posted: Sunday, March 08, 2015 - 07:01 AM UTC
I decide to build German armored train, panzer zug. At least 5 vehicles would be needed. This project is very big project in my modeling life. I will start this project in this year with trumpeter kits. The first subject is armored locomotive.
165thspc
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Posted: Sunday, March 08, 2015 - 06:14 PM UTC
Kudos to the folks at HobbyBoss, Mirror Models and MiniArt for contributing to the US Motor Pool with their many recent 1/35th scale US offerings!
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 09:19 PM UTC

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Kudos to the folks at HobbyBoss, Mirror Models and MiniArt for contributing to the US Motor Pool with their many recent 1/35th scale US offerings!


HEAR, HEAR!!! You're right, Mike! We STILL more than just a few WWII US tanks and soft-skins, but at least we're finally seeing some action on the overall US/ALLIED market...
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