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Trumpeter: AN/TPY-2 Radar, T-72A, and More
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2018 - 12:48 PM UTC


We list down Trumpeter kits scheduled for release this July.

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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2018 - 12:29 PM UTC
As the Trumpeter hit list grows ever longer! The M893 seems an interesting albeit big subject in keeping with the recent release of missile and anti-missile kits.
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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2018 - 12:17 AM UTC
The THAAD AN/TPY-2 radar trailer looks great, but...

It is pulled by an M1088 tractor, not the M983 HEMTT tractor. See this earlier thread for more info about it.



The M983 HEMTT tractor only pulls the M901 Launcher trailer. A modified version with a winch added, the M983 LET (Light Equipment Transporter) is used by Engineer units. It usually pulls the M870 series of lowboy trailers with drop-down/removable goosenecks. It would be great if Trumpeter released this version along with an M870.

M983A2 LET

M983A4 LET


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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2018 - 12:23 AM UTC
Somehow that big bulldozer doesn't exactly strike me as being
"light"
but everything is relative I suppose
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