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1/72 Trumpeter armor kits
Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, September 25, 2015 1:31 PM

There is a store here in Boise that is selling several 1/72 Trumpeter armor kits for $5.00 each. I went ahead and bought a few, but are they worth it?

Steve

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Friday, September 25, 2015 11:45 PM

Never built that scale, but I doubt you could wrong for that price.

 

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Posted by OldGoat on Saturday, September 26, 2015 9:45 AM

Yes, I've built two now and liked them immensly. One caution, the "gluable" tracks, aren't. 

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  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:27 AM

oh hell yes. my T-55 mine roller i did in syrian colors took a first at a regional in 1/72  post Korea armor. i have built a number of them (LAV, BTR-80 JGSDF TYPE 61) and have a CHAALENGER and a JGSDF TYPE 74 and 90 in the OTS stash.

i glued my tracks together with little problem. i glued them off the vehicle and clamped them for 24 hours then painted them. all the running gear EXCEOT the compensating ideler were on the vehicle. i slipped he tack around the sprocket and road wheels, slipped the idler into the other end and streeeeetched it to the axle. 

what do they have left?

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, September 27, 2015 1:50 PM

Wayne.  They still have Stug IVs , Tiger early and late versions, Elephants, Brumbar, Challenger IIs, KY 1s, T-34 76 and 85s, Chinese something or other. Unfortunately they don't have anything American. There is also a 1/35 Whirlwind and some French light tank with what looks like rockets along the sides. All for half price. A slathering of aircraft as well, and some 1/700 modern ships, mostly Soviet and Ukrainian. 

Steve

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  • From: Groton, CT
Posted by warshipguy on Sunday, September 27, 2015 4:15 PM

I just bought a Trumpeter 1/72 King Tiger with Zimmerit.  While reasonably passable, the zimmerit was a little lame, even when considering the scale.  Also, I thought the tracks looked under detailed, with no inside detail whatsoever.

Bill Morrison

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, September 27, 2015 5:16 PM

I forgot, they have some of those as well.

Steve

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Posted by the doog on Friday, October 2, 2015 9:56 PM

Good deal, but I had the same problem with the "ungluable" tracks. They just wouldn't stick together with anything I tried. I had to use 5-minute epoxy, which was an awful mess. What a disappointment, because otherwise the kits are fine for 1/72 scale.

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