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Trumpeter: BM-13 Multiple Rocket Launcher
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Posted: Sunday, May 05, 2019 - 01:49 PM UTC


Trumpeter’s recent release builds a model of the Katyusha rocket launcher on a ZiL-131 truck.

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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2019 - 01:39 PM UTC
Now we can all throw away the Italeri kit that has lurked in the back of the stash for the last decade or so...
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Posted: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 10:46 PM UTC

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Now we can all throw away the Italeri kit that has lurked in the back of the stash for the last decade or so...



Actually, the Italeri kit is a ZiS-151 truck, while the Trumpeter release is on a Zil-131 truck, so they're not exactly the same (apart from the rocket launcher of course).
Hobby Boss has a ZiS-151 variant (BM-13N) which would be closer to the Italeri release, but that was released 5 years ago (still a good kit and I suspect Trumpeter launcher part is based on those sprues).

ICM has a version on a Studebaker US6, while Zvezda does a Zil-157 version. I believe there's even a Zis-5 version from Ark Models or some other eastern manufacturer, but these are all old kits and not up to modern standards, like Trumpeter or Hobby Boss.
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