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Trumpeter: M270 MLRS
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 08:46 PM UTC


Trumpeter has just shown some photos of the M270 MLRS kit. That can only mean it is close to release!

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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 08:53 PM UTC
It was supposed to be released under Merit brand. I wonder if they changed their mind and release it as Trumpeter or Hobby Boss kit?
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 08:59 PM UTC
I will definitely be picking this up.
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 09:13 PM UTC
Looks like it has potential. It will be interesting to see how it compares to the old Dragon kit. Also interesting to see if it has a cab interior and removable M26 rocket pods as well.
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 10:46 PM UTC
I expected Meng to release the M270 but it's GREAT news anyway!
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 01:21 AM UTC
Hoping they will release als the MARS 1 and 2 of the Bundeswehr.
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 02:34 AM UTC
dml/dragon from hong-kong-china.produce for sometime ago.i get the two(2) copies.
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 09:38 AM UTC

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Looks like it has potential. It will be interesting to see how it compares to the old Dragon kit. Also interesting to see if it has a cab interior and removable M26 rocket pods as well.


You really wonder how a kit from 1992 is going to compare to one from 2016?
HeavyArty
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 04:41 PM UTC

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You really wonder how a kit from 1992 is going to compare to one from 2016?


Sure, just because a kit is new, doesn't make it a great model. The Dragon kit is pretty good. It has a few issues, but nothing major. I'll wait and see if it has the same features as the Dragon kit; like full cab interior, removable M26 rocket pods, ammo bay doors that open, reloading booms with lift winches and pulleys, opening door with boom control panel, etc., etc., etc....
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 05:42 PM UTC

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dml/dragon from hong-kong-china.produce for sometime ago.i get the two(2) copies.


So???
What does that add to this post?
Gino already mentioned the Dragon kit...
exgrunt
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 05:55 PM UTC
Wonder if they will provide an ATACMS round as an optional weapons fit?

HermannB
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 09:25 PM UTC

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dml/dragon from hong-kong-china.produce for sometime ago.i get the two(2) copies.


So???
What does that add to this post?
Gino already mentioned the Dragon kit...


Just ignore him!
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 09:38 PM UTC
Thankfully there's a 'hide user' button! Keeps the blood pressure down.

Jim
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Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016 - 12:47 AM UTC

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Thankfully there's a 'hide user' button! Keeps the blood pressure down.

Jim




I always forget that feature...
Thanks for the reminder Jim!
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Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016 - 03:16 AM UTC
Great news!

If I remember correctly some time ago Trumpeter annouced in their catalog both MLRS and also the MARS version, hope they got the 2 of them to the market now.

Would be good to know what kind of tracks they include, I really hated the originals in Dragon kits.

Cheers
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Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016 - 06:02 PM UTC
I wonder what kind of markings there are in the kit.

Why not for a french LRU in operation Barkhane ?

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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2016 - 05:41 AM UTC

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Wonder if they will provide an ATACMS round as an optional weapons fit?



ATACMS are vis-mod pods that are disguised to look like all other munitions models, guided and non-guided: M26, M28, M30, etc. In my best J.R. R. Tolkien, "One MFOM (MLRS Family of Munition) pod appearance to rule them all!"
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2016 - 05:44 AM UTC

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Wonder if they will provide an ATACMS round as an optional weapons fit?



ATACMS are vis-mod pods that are disguised to look like all other munitions models, guided and non-guided: M26, M28, M30, etc. In my best J.R. R. Tolkien, "One MFOM (MLRS Family of Munition) pod appearance to rule them all!"


Interesting, had no idea. Thanks for the info!
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2016 - 05:51 AM UTC

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You really wonder how a kit from 1992 is going to compare to one from 2016?


I would too. The Takom Leopard 1 came out a good 30 years after the Italeri one and is at best a marginal improvement, and in some areas, a step backwards.
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2016 - 05:53 AM UTC

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Wonder if they will provide an ATACMS round as an optional weapons fit?



ATACMS are vis-mod pods that are disguised to look like all other munitions models, guided and non-guided: M26, M28, M30, etc. In my best J.R. R. Tolkien, "One MFOM (MLRS Family of Munition) pod appearance to rule them all!"


Yup, you can see an ATACMS pod in the pic below. It looks just like any other standard MLRS rocket pod.

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