Saturday, February 12

Preview: Three new releases launching in February from Trumpeter...

Trumpeter's three newest kits are with us in plastic, colours, decals and boxart. See the three very different kits contents in our preview...

Preview: Three new releases launching in February from Trumpeter...

Wehrmacht Lokomotive V188 
Model: #00225
1/35th scale
Price: $126 USD from Hobbylink Japan
This model kit from Trumpeter is a completely new moulds. The D311 electric diesel locomotive was developed by the German Army for towing the 80cm train gun "Dora." This kit is delicately slide-moulded for the ultimate in accurate details, and photo-etched parts are included too.

Masks are provided for the transparent parts
The decals are included in this kit.
The colour profiles included in this kit
The sprues included in the kit
Model Length: 876.2mm / Width: 140mm  
Photo Etched Parts
Total of 30 sprues, hull and roadbeds
The kit consists of over 720 parts, including 8 section roadbeds


Soviet Aerosan KM-4
Model: #02356
1/35th scale
Price: $29 USD from Hobbylink Japan
Trumpeter brings us a model kit of the Soviet Union's KM-4 Aerosani propeller-driven snowmobile. This kit is slide-moulded to accurately reproduce all the delicate details of its unique form. 
The colour choices of this kit
The decals for the dash are included in this kit.
The sprues included in the kit
Model Length: 158.7mm / Width: 79.3mm  
Total of 4 sprues
The kit consists of  over 40 parts
- Details finely represented by newly tooled parts


M983 HEMTT & M901 Launching Station w/MIM-104 Patriot SAM System (PAC-2)
Model: #07158
1/72nd scale
Price: $36 USD from Hobbylink Japan
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the U.S. defence contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the "Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept On Target" or the backronym PATRIOT. 

The colour choices of this kit
The decals are included in this kit.
The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to Medium Air Defense (HIMAD) system, and replaced the MIM-23 Hawk system as the U.S. Army's medium tactical air defence system. In addition to these roles, Patriot has been given the function of the U.S. Army's anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, which is now Patriot's primary mission.

The sprues included in the kit
Model Length: 300mm / Width: 35.6mm 
Total of 8 sprues, cab and tires
The kit consists of over 150 parts
-rubber tires