In this report, which will probably be the last of the Nuremberg News features, another of the 'majors' comes under the spotlight - Trumpeter

The truth is, that neither on the company's stand nor, in the catalogue, there is agreat deal which is new from last year. There are however, some interesting 'hints' as to future directions.

Beginning in 1/16th scale. Two models were listed from last year - the Kingtiger and the U.S. M16 Halftrack. The former is, according to company representatives, still on track for release in 3rd/4th quarter 2008. The latter...?
These two announcements have been joined by a third:

00901 - Type88 MBT however, thae scale is listed as 1/20th...

Moving onto 1/35th scale. Many of last year's announcements are still in the catalogue. As many of these have already been listed here (or have been reviewed) I won't start repeating myself. There are some omissions however - the announced range of U.S. Half-Tracks is lo longer present. The T-62s and BMPs are still however present and some additions have been listed for the PT-76. What is being listed are more LAV variants:

00372 - USMC LAVAT

00393 - USMC LAVAD

There are however some new 1/35th scale figure sets being listed:

German Special Forces (Afghanistan)

German Bundeswehr (Afghanistan)

USMC Mortar Crew (Modern)

USMC LAV crew (?)

And that, is really, more or less it. Somewhat understandandable perhaps, with the current situation of 'announcements', 'counter-announcements' and 'Spoilers' which is marking the hobby at the moment. Few manufacturers would want to announce their entire release program for fear of being pre-empted...

My thanks, as always, to the staff of Trumpeter for their assistance.