Trumpeter model kits
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I have seen the Trumpeter 1/32 TBD-1 Devastator - Good News
Was up at the LHS this afternoon and they had one of the new Trumpeter 1/32 TBD-1 Devastator kits.
Yes! Thirty years of "coming soon" has arrived! It's no longer vaporware. It's real.
So how is it?
It's like this: 20 years ago [...]
The first phase of the 1/32 scale Harrier builds for the USMC Blacksheeps
Hi all!
Well I have completed 5 of the 6 Harrier AV8B II Plus cockpits for phase one, kit 6 just arrived so I have to go backwards and do this phase all over again so they are all on the same step.
Build has been tedious, having to do [...]
Cenepa War...1/48 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly, Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana
After the Peruvian Tucano, here´s an Ecuadorian counterpart for the Cenepa War between the two countries in 1995.
My dad used the nice Trumpeter kit with Aztec decals. Painted with a lightened Gunze H331 BSC Dark Sea Grey, Gunze H303 [...]
Trumpeter 1/35 DRB Class 52 locomotive
Trumpeter did a good job in depicting the iconic WWII German locomotive at the 1/35th scale. Or maybe I am not familiar enough with the locomotive to criticize design issues...
Building 6 1/32 scale Harriers for the USMC Blacksheep Squadron
Announcing my biggest model project to date. I have been asked to build 6 AV8B II Plus Harriers to celebrate the Blacksheep Squadron. I am completely honored to build this beautiful aircraft (times six) for such an historic squadron.
I [...]
Trumpeter 1/16 T 34/76 Model 1942: The relationship between scale and weathering
At some point I got curious about how it is like to build one of the 1/16th scale AFV monsters. Trumpeter's T-34 that comes with interior detailing satisfied my curiosity. It is a solid and easy AFB build thanks to the large size of parts. [...]
Me262A-1a/U3 reconnaissance version from Trumpeter's 1/32 scale kit
Hi... this is my recently completed conversion of the Me262 kit using the AIMS resin/PE conversion set. The kit builds up well with some care, and the conversion pieces are well made and with a little adjustment, make the kit look really [...]
M4A1 (76) W Sherman- Operation Cobra, France Summer 1944 (1/72)
Trumpeter's M4A1
(07222)
A nice little kit but it also has a few disadvantages but if you are looking for quick fun, you should still be well served.
Here I also use the opportunity to reduce my inventory of conversion parts a bit;).
There [...]
L-59 ALBATROS
Hello guys, I present to you the last work. A very good trumpeter model.The worst is an injection mark on the glass, which has been necessary to polish. Another bad thing that I have found, as in other trumpeters, has been the [...]
