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Trumpeter is to release a 1/48th Boeing AH-64A Apache kit - ref. 05838 Source: https://x.com/HobbylandOsaka/status/1844595802263650668 Test model V.P.

Finished my Trumpeter AS-90, pretty good model, extremely good value for what you get. Primed with Mr Surfacer 1000 black, then pre-shaded in white Tamiya, main paint is Tamiya XF-59. All in all, the build was fairly doable, the only issue was the gun elevation that was not working (kept falling off), so I glued it and made it stick to a fixed elevation. I plan on adding some tarp and items to the overhead little basket section on the turret. Please let me know if you have any comments or criticisms. Thank you

New boxing/variant from the Trumpeter Chinook expected in 2023-2024 - ref. 05113 - Boeing ACH-47A Armored Chinook Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8249037080 V.P.

Convair F-106B Delta Dart 177 FIG, New Jersey ANG Atlantic City International Airport, 1986 1/72 Trumpeter kit The inspiration for building this was a trip to the US Eastern Seaboard in 2024 during which I was able to visit Atlantic City Airport. Over at the Air National Guard entrance there were 3 gate guards ‘on a pole’ which were an F-100F, F-16 and the F-106 two seater. This was the first time I had seen an F-106 and thanks to the PR Dept of the NJ ANG I was able to photograph it. : This is what it looked like when in service back in the 1980s: Armed with my new found enthusiasm for all things Delta Dart I discovered that Trumpeter had produced a kit of the two seat B version in 1/72. A really nicely moulded and well fitting kit overall with nice detail which included a full set of missiles and launchers – an option which I chose not to use as they also provided a ‘doors closed’ panel to cover the weapons’ bay very neatly. Also the kit included decals for the NJ ANG so it had to be done. Typical Trumpeterism raised it’s ugly head on the canopy moulding though. Beautifully moulded with very fine detail in the wrong place! So frustrating! Basically they missed the canopy rail off the moulding so that the buff coloured sealant was on the edge of their moulding. I fairly carefully laid some strip decal over all the lovely engraving to reduce the height of the transparent part to improve the overall look. Looking at the air intakes now I can see they are too blunt and I should have sharpened them up but missed at during the build. Also the shade of red used on the decals was too bright – but I went ahead and used them anyway. Once again beautifully printed but not quite right. I also replaced the ‘USAF’ and ‘U.S. AIR FORCE’ decals which were printed in black rather than Insignia Blue. So typical Trumpeter really but nice to have that F-106B in the collection.

My first surface ship and first go at an ocean. I'll be doing more, a nice break from a lifetime of aircraft. White Ensign PE set. Inspiration for ocean and technique credit to "Studio Blue Ocean" of Youtube Things I have leaned from this project 1) rigging is hard 2) I still hate photoetch 3) creating the sea was as satisfying as the ship, but I unsealed her, ripped her out and repainted the hull and the entire sea 3 times before I was happy. I know she is supposed to fly a black flag from the rear mast but I forgot. I will get around to it! Shot against white card outside with sun dipping in & out of cloud, the white balance was doing odd things but you get the gist. Thanks for looking!

Making a spot for the start of this build HMS York heavy cruiser got the kit for a bargain at the last show Bolton I managed to get to before everything fell apart. 😷 Since then I have acquired a few extras ( The BIG BOY'S came around honest ) to go with it mostly for her sister ship Exeter but sure I can make them fit and very inspired by @Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies and @robgizlu builds I will be attempting the same camouflage as the box art a bit like Rob's HMS Berwick build light grey and dark grey 507C and 507B I think I have that right. And there should be another parcel on it's way soon to help add a bit more. Stay Safe beefy

After the Zvezda's kits, Trumpeter pulled a hind out of his hat! Trumpeter is to release in late July 2021 a 1/48th Mil Mi-24D "Hind-D" kit - ref. 05812 We can just hope it'll be a new tool kit and not just a Mini-Hobby kit variant/re-edition under the Trumpeter label. Wait and see : https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235019038-148-mi-24v-hind-coming-from-trumpeter/ Source: http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=article&a=show&id=207&l=en Box art Mi-24V "Hind-E" - ref.0??? https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10798299 V.P.

My next warship to build, as I wait for upgrade kits to arrive, is SMS Szent Istvan, the fourth and final Tegetthoff class dreadnought built by Austria-Hungary in the 1910's. Szent Istvan was a product of the unique circumstances behind the dual-monarchy and the KuK Navy. The Tegetthoff class and Szent István is famous for being amongst other things: Designed by a nearly blind man who later got hit by a tram he didn't see or hear coming, The first triple gun turrets on the water, Possibly too light for their calibre of guns, Supposedly the only battleship class in history to have ventilation problems. Probably consuming too much of the military budget for a mostly land locked empire. Undoubtedly the most beautiful class of battleship ever created (albeit Szent Istvan may be the ugly daughter of the class), Szent Istvan being built at a yard which three years earlier had rejected even applying to build a theoretical ship the size of Szent Istvan. Szent Istvan being the first battleship to sink on video (one of maybe two in total? I think Barham being the other?), The kit is Trumpeters update of the Viribus Unitis - the first of the Tegetthoff class - both released in 2019 according to Scalemates. The first model I built was Viribus Unitis so it will be interesting to see how/if I have progressed technically. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/trumpeter-05365-sms-szent-istvan--1197838 I've got the Big-Ed upgrade kit for it, but a fair amount of PE comes included. Additionally I have a Wood Hunter deck for the Szent István, and a scale master mast upgrade set. The Trumpeter paint guide is probably incorrect and I have yet to find a KuK Navy paint set so some improvisation will be needed. Photos of the spurs will follow in the next post, but I'll leave this photo taken around 1915 of what I hope the end result will look like possibly with more colour.

Here's my modest Vigilante, one of the most beautiful airplanes ever designed, just one step below the SR-71, in my opinion. The Vigilante is one of the first efforts of Trumpeter's mad riveter... It is a good build when viewed from a distance (not too close) but overall I'happy with it 🙂. Few aftermarket (Aires exhausts, Master pitot and AOA sensor) and few mods shown after. Decals HAD Models 72200 - Fleurs RVAH-6 Squadron USS Nimitz. This is intended to be displayed together with a still-to-be-built F-14A of the same period, one of the few where Vigilantes and Tomcats shared the same deck... Thank you for looking! Davide First, I corrected the wrong shape of the internal lips of the intakes (must be rounded instead of straight) by cutting and shaping with files.. I created a very crude representation of the internal intakes and added engine faces from the spares box. Just to avoid the void. Replaced the plastic part with steel tubing to replicate the fuel dump pipe. I also added metal hinges (from paper clips) for the stabilisers and rudder, which leaves the possibility to adjust the angle, and makes for a more sturdy attachment. The inside of the beautiful Aires nozzles, now discontinued (but Reskit makes some nice ones). Replaced the too flat and straight ECM antenna of the the kit with one from sprue shaped to fit. And did some carving to try to replicate the "Mae West" shape of the cockpit sides. The finished stuff. Just a minimum of weathering below The decal sheet reprents one most NO STEPped Vigilantes ever... It was my first effort to try and replicate paint patches... not too good but not too bad either, from photos on airliners.net the aircraft were worn but not too much. Nothing like later Tomcats or Hornets. And finally, on a still unfinished Italeri deck section:

Hello, Here is the first production of the year (although it started well in 2024) – the A-6E Intruder from Trumpeter. The kit is full of factual errors, glaring simplifications and poor design solutions. At the same time, it could be a fun base for a personal struggle with the subject, depending of how much of a masochist you are The presented model bears serial number 159906 and depicts the aircraft from 1980 when it served in VA-35 squadron (Black Panthers) as a part of CVW-8 attached to the USS Nimitz. This aircraft has a Hollywood episode appearing in the movie "The Final Countdown" (along with many other fine machines from CVW-8). To improve the out-of-the-box solution, I used: 3D decals in the cockpit (Quinta) a few PE elements here and there (Eduard) wheels (Reskit) MERs and bombs (Reskit) Pitot tube, refuelling probe, AOA probe (Master) ejection seats (Aires) decals (HAD Models) Please enjoy and comment at will. Cheers, Marcin

Hello everyone.👋 Trumpeter's late version Tiger I in 1/35 scale is ready to be primed. I can only recommend this kit. For reasonable money it offers a lot of details including zimmerit which is easy to work with because it is made of thin plastic sheets. Its perfect regularity and thickness are targets of criticism, but I chose the kit precisely because of it (really easy to work with). Figures are from HobbyBoss. The loader and commander have aftermarket heads from Alpine Miniatures (faithful copies from AliExpress 💶). : Some inspiration:

Ex Foil, June 1949. Yes, I know the Hornet only is Hornet-ish....but does ok for this composition. Decals for 247 sqn codes and serials from spares box and my printer, first experience of printing. 41 Sqn crest adapted from spitfire 24 80 Sqn one with white decal and red decal bits. Letters codes mix of Fantasy Printshop and spares.

Hi Everyone, Here is a model I finished in the end of 2023. As sunny spring days started - now it becomes easier to make photosessions so I'll try to catch up with some more models completed in 2023. No surprise - it is a classical Trumpeter 1/72 kit of a venerable USAF aircraft that saw super extensive use in the war in Vietnam - naturally in its classical SEA camo scheme. What I've chosen as a prototype - is a fairly well known F-105D of 354th TFS/355th TFW stationed at Takhli airbase in Thailand in circa 1967. This particular aircraft was decorated with a 'Honeypot II' nick name and had one MiG interception marking. Main duty of 355th Fighter Wing in Vietnam was carrying bombing missions from Thailand to various targets across North Vietnam. Something 355th TFW was doing for five long years between 1966 and 1970. I've long been thinking of more unusual bombload options but after all stopped with a very classical option of 6 mk.82 bombs on the fuselage MER, a Sidewinder on a starboard wing and a jamming pod on the port wing. Trumpeter kit is fairly simple and straightforward if built out of the box. However I did not look for easy paths and brought some aftermarket stuff and scratch built mods. First of all I obtained and used Aires cockpit set. It worked quite finely. It did require cleaning and thinning fuselage sides but at the end sat properly into right place. Cockpit set had enough photoetch parts to get even nicer result with detailed instrument panel, seat harness, etc. Other aftermarket mods included Quickboost afterburner air intakes, ventral fin, coloured wing tips, Master pitot tube, Reskit wheels. All worked finely except for wing tips which turned out to be thinner than the wing and I spent quite a lot of time sanding and puttying the joint line. Hand-made mods included some decorations in main gear bays, new centerline pylon and reinforcement stripes for MER, new pylon for Sidewinder, some minor additions such as internal side of speed brake behind the tail, correct positioning of engine pipe (Trumpeter suggests to put it too deeply), couple of antennae. I used Hasegawa weapon sets to get MER, mk.82 bombs, jamming pod and a Sidewinder. Paints are typical Hobby Color for SEA camo. Brown colour is heavily whitened H310. H303 and H309 for greens. H311 for FS36622. Undercarriage bays are vallejo green zinc chromate. Jamming pod and AIM-9 are painted Vallejo white. Decals are from PrintScale. I was very cautious about using them but in fact they turned out quite okay. Thin, strong - did not break apart. Despite experience of other modellers, they did not tend to wrap around themselves. So I was positively impressed. Printscale set also had necessary stencils so I do not think I used any original Trumpeter decals. Some final touches were made with Tamiya pigments to add a little dirty look especially on the undersides. And some close up photoes: Thanks for watching! Kind regards, Dennis

Greetings from Italy! It's a while since I posted some pictures, mainly due to some storage photo issues. Just finished the 1/48 Trumpeter Westland Wirlwind, not a great kit but unfortunately the only one now available to build this airplane in 1/48. I completely rebuilt the cockpit with a lot of scratch built details because it's plenty of mistakes in the kit design. I've also created the radiators discharge openings on wing's trailing edge looking at some pictures I found online. I finished it as a plane of 263 sq. with special markings used during Dieppe's operation thanks to some spare decals. There is a lot of room for improvements but I have to say that I'm pretty happy with the result. Please feel free to comment, any suggestion or feedback is more than welcome. Enjoy pictures. Cheers Andy

Trumpeter is to release 1/35th Kamov Ka-52 Alligator/"Hokum-B" kits. - ref. 05119 - Kamov Ka-52 Alligator/"Hokum-B" - ref. 05120 - Kamov Ka-52K Katran/"Hokum-B" Source: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1pF6CYPENQ/ V.P.

Trumpeter is to release a 1/48th Breguet Br.1050 Alizé kit - ref. 05856 Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9395831348 V.P.

Trumpeter is to release a 1/48th Fairey Fulmar Mk.I kit - ref. 05822 Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8249037080 V.P.

Hello everyone! Here are two of four Me 262 kits I finished right at last year's end (10 minutes before midnight!). Both are Me 262A-2a attack variants of KG51 using the Trumpeter 1:144 kit although one uses the main decals form a Mark I issue of the Eduard moulds. Both kits had the incorrect inner main u/c doors replaced with new ones made from Evergreen card using the Mark I kit parts as templates. I added the spine loop antenna from the Mark I etched set which came with four, so there were spares. The underside aerials were made from stretched sprue. The schemes are 'representations' using educated guesses and considering that reproducing them accurately in 1:144 is really difficult if possible at all. Both kits were fully painted and varnished by brush. For more details and WIP build, check out my posts on the Kampfgruppe144 site: http://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=10269. The Kettenkrads came with each kit. Firstly then, 9K+YH of 1./KG5, Luftwaffe, based at Rheine, Germany, autumn 1944. I am well aware the white Y is wrong and it should be a "y" instead. I left it alone as painting it with a black outline wouldn't work out well. The bomb load consists of a single SD500 bomb which was a common practice in attack missions. Trumpeter actually supplies both 250 and 500 kg bombs as well as R4M rocket racks (but ignore using them on this variant and with bombs loaded as they suggest in the instructions). Secondly, 9K+BH of 5./KG51 Luftwaffe, Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental, Germany, autumn 1944. This scheme was in one of the Mark I Models reissues of the Eduard kit and I used the decals here. I modified two 250kg to represent AB250 cluster bombs, another load often used by the Me 262. I questioned the wave pattern being only applied on the fuselage so I applied it on the wings too. Mark I suggests the wavy pattern should be white and I have seen suggestions of using RLM02 but, in the only photo I found, a close-up of the nose of one machine painted like this, I agree with others in that it may well have been RLM76. Thanks for looking and all comments are, as always, welcome. Miguel

Already announced by Trumpeter for ages in 1/72nd (thread) and 1/32nd (thread)... But now also in 1/48th scale, a Lockheed S-3B Viking kit - ref. 05847. Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9395831348 V.P.

Trumpeter is to release 1/48th Xian JH-7 Flying Leopard/"Flounder" kits. - ref. 05857 - Xian JH-7A Flying Leopard/"Flounder" - ref. 05858 -Xian JH-7A2 Flying Leopard/"Flounder" Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9395831348 V.P.

Well I have given myself a couple of days off so time to finish off a couple of shelf queen's Started this way back as a MOJO restorer went quite well then started another project which is also nearly ready to start up. But will take a lot of my time up for the first couple of months of 2025. So added crew and rigging and weathered and now calling her done not perfect but Missus b reckons I need to start finishing models before I buy anymore having just received my HMS Fearless from Atlantic Models. Will add a proper Nameit name plate when I get time to order as I usually get a couple at a time. So had better get some of these off the slipway. WIP https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235139283-taszkient-russian-destroyer/ Stay Safe Best Wishes beefy

First images from the Trumpeter 2025-2026 catalogue. Sources: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9380706452?prev=frs&source=a0-bfrs-c14638599-d-e0#/ Military vehicles - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RMrwY6E2r/ Aircraft - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1pF6CYPENQ/ Ships - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1JGrHYzE6J/ Aircraft novelties announced so far: Some were already announced in the catalogue 2024-2025 - Link New 2025 kits in this catalogue, I mean not previously announced are in red: 1/24 - ref. 02402 - North American P-51B/C Mustang Mk.III - announced since ? - ref. 02419 - Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-6 Würger - (the 1/24th Fw.190 family is announced since 2006...) - ref. 02426 - Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-8 Würger - (the 1/24th Fw.190 family is announced since 2006...) - ref. 02427 - Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 02428 - Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 02428 - Republic P-47D Thunderbolt dorsal fin - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 02428 - Republic P-47N Thunderbolt - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 02402 - North American P-51C Mustang - announced since ? 1/35 - ref. 05112 - Bell UH-1D Huey gunship - thread - announced sinced 2024 - ref. 05113 - Boeing ACH-47A Chinook - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 05117 - Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra - thread - ref. 05118 - Bell UH-1Y Venom - thread - rumoured, not yet announced in the 2025-2026 catalogue - ref. 05119 - Kamov Ka-52 Alligator/"Hokum-B" - thread - ref. 05120 - Kamov Ka-52K Katran/"Hokum-B - thread 1/32 - ref. 03234 - Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-6 Würger - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 03235 - Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-8 Würger - thread - announced since 2024 - ref. 03236 - Lockheed S-3B Viking - thread - announced since 2024 1/48 - ref. 05832 - Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik - thread - announced since 2023 - ref. 05836 - Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot-A" - thread - announced since 2023 - ref. 05847 - Lockheed S-3B Viking - thread - ref. 05848 - CAIC Z-10K Fierce Thunderbolt - thread - ref. 05849 - CAIC Z-10G Fierce Thunderbolt - thread - ref. 05851 - Harbin Z-19G - Light Scout/Attack Helicopter - thread - ref. 05856 - Breguet Br.1050 Alizé - thread - ref. 05857 - Xian JH-7A Flying Leopard/"Flounder" - thread - ref. 05858 - Xian JH-7A2 Flying Leopard/"Flounder" - thread 1/72 - ref. 01643 - Grumman EA-6B Prowler - thread - announced since 2013... - ref. 01647 - Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-19PM "Farmer-E" - thread - announced since 2008... - ref. 01653 - Lockheed S-3B Viking - thread - announced since 2023 - ref. 01698 - Chengdu J-10C Vigorous Dragon/"Firebird" - thread - ref. 01699 - Chengdu J-10CE Vigorous Dragon/"Firebird" - thread 1/144 - ref. 03924 - Xian Y-20 - thread - ref. 03929 - Xian H-6N - thread V.P.

This project started out as a simple commission build to get my mojo back. After 2 failed ( imo ) projects i needed something to get the glue in my veins flowing again. It seemed to me that when ever i do a commission build, it brings the best out in me. So i took on this project featuring the T64 Bulat from Trumpeter in 1:35 scale. I really enjoyed their T72 so expectations were high. And i have to say this kit did not dissapoint at all! Trumpeter really produces enjoyable kits with a lot of detail without overengeneering things. And while i was building i got inspired by the Facade video's from uncle nightshift. I wanted to see if i could build a facade from scratch ( xps foam to be precise) And boy did that turned out to be a fun experience! I learned a lot of new tricks and this diorama base really helped me to enjoy this project as a whole. Although the final stages of this project weren't going as fast as i wanted due to RL obligations, i never felt bored out nor did i felt the need to rush this build over the finishline. So now this project is done..... time for me to take a step back and feel proud of how it turned out. Tomorow it's new owner is going to collect his newest addition to his modern armour collection. For now, time to clean up the workplace, enjoy the holidays and then i'm going to start with the German Armour GB on instagram. I recieved an invitation and i'm happy to join up. I want to thank all of you who take the time to read my buildlogs. Thank you for all your comments. I'm gratefull for each and every one of you. That the end of me ramblin' on. Here are the photo's Happy holidays!!!! 🎄🎁🎉

In late March 2023, Trumpeter is to release a 1/48th CAIC (Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation) Z-10 Fierce Thunderbolt (Pi Li Huo, 霹雳火) attack helicopter kit - ref. 05820 Source: http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=article&a=show&id=249 Remember the KittyHawk project: link V.P.

Hi all, Managed to get some half-decent photos of the finished kit, the build thread is here: The finished kit and diorama I used the Pontos Super Detail set which included loads of PE, Veteran Models resin accessories, decals and dry transfers (which didn't work) Paint was a combination of acrylics, lacquers and Colourcoats enamel. Mostly airbrushed but also a lot of hand painting. It includes over 100 figures which all came from the Tamiya naval figures set. Some vehicles and aircraft were included in the kit, but I added some additional vehicles and MV-22 Ospreys from the Gallery Models add-on sets. The CH-53E came from the kit, but the AH-1Zs were aftermarket 3D-printed from HS-Model of Korea, really exceptional pieces. The flying helicopters are just stuck on gardening wire and superglued into place! The diorama base is made from polystyrene block, wave textures made from artist' modelling medium, paint was plain old artists acrylic, with cotton wool waves and spray, all sealed in with Acrylic heavy gloss gel. The flight deck decals came from the kit after the Pontos dry transfers failed to transfer the entire flight deck is a replacement nickel-silver item from the Pontos set. The LCAC hovercraft were included in the kit but the Pontos set added a lot of excellent details. The flags came from the Revell USS New Jersey kit. The big national flag was in the kit, transferred to metal foil so it would crinkle convincingly! All the figures were handpainted to reflect US Navy uniforms, role colours and Marines. The well deck interior was fully detailed and populated with crew and vehicles, with LED lighting enabling it to be seen. That's the five-month adventure complete! I really enjoyed the build, trying to recreate what I'd imagined the finished product would look like, and I'm pleased to say I think I managed it! All the best, Alan