Mark P Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 We all take Trumpeter to task for some of their epic fails. But, they have done some good stuff. What do you consider their best 32nd and 24th scale kits to be? Chime in... Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Dauntless, TBM... scvrobeson, Out2gtcha, Iain and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 1/32 Avenger! PhilB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 The Hurricane kits are also excellent. PhilB and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 52 minutes ago, LSP_Mike said: Dauntless, TBM... 21 minutes ago, phantom said: 1/32 Avenger! 16 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: The Hurricane kits are also excellent. All excellent IMHO. Especially the big Hurrie. - I might also add the SU-30 to that list, although some say its not overly accurate, but to me it was a huge, big fun model to build, and it won me a every contest I entered it in, including the US NATs back in 2017. - I have also heard good things about their A-6, and some good things about their new Mig-29UB, which I have in the stash and looks excellent in box. Jan_G, Uncarina and PhilB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Not aviation related, but the big Jagdtiger I'm currently working on, is a fabulous effort from Trumpeter and I don't regret the purchase one tiny little bit. They really did their homework on this one. I tend to also really like all of the big 1:24 109s, but I realize they do have some errors, fixable, but errors nonetheless. Overall though, I rate them rather highly. Andrea Ferrari and Ryan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Trumpy has done well with several kits. 1/32 Avenger, SBD, Stringbag not bad either 1/24th Hurricane series is very good 1/16th Tiger II and JagdTiger 1/35 KV-1 series also very good Out2gtcha and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Mig - 3 is very good as well. And in my mind bonus marks for subject matter! scvrobeson, LSP_K2 and Dpgsbody55 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Best Trumpy kit I've built is their MiG-3. A very nice build with good parts fit. I'm not in agreement with others here about their 1/24 Hurricanes. Mostly it's good, but the engine is rubbish. It's 1/32nd scale and inaccurate. You may as well glue the cowlings in place and leave it unpainted, which for me defeats the purpose of building such a large scale plane. I have one in my stash which I'll try to kitbash with the Airfix Hurricane engine one day, but for my money, the Airfix kit is at least as good if you're happy with a MkI. Cheers, Michael scvrobeson and crobinsonh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: 1/16th Tiger II and JagdTiger The King appeals to me, but after the Jagdtiger, I'll be done with big armor for a while, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoyguy Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) As big armor goes, their Panther and PZKpfw IV, , the SU-100, and of course their T-34's, are nice. Can't say they are 100 percent dead nuts accurate, but nice. And I still like their 1/32 Me-262 and 1/24 BF-109's Edited June 4, 2020 by eoyguy LSP_K2 and Andrea Ferrari 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, eoyguy said: As big armor goes, their Panther and PZKpfw IV, , the SU-100, and of course their T-34's, are nice. Can't say they are 100 percent dead nuts accurate, but nice. And I still like their 1/32 Me-262 and 1/24 BF-109's I too have heard that the 262 kits are quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoyguy Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: I too have heard that the 262 kits are quite nice. Well, they were, until they weren't and Revell...were. But I like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 The recent Mig-29 are quite good. With regard to US planes, most are so-so but the F-117, Crusaders, Intruders and Skyraiders are globally ok. Their Me 262 series is nice and their 109G one is not worse than the ones of the competitors. The Swordfish is also a good kit. Dauntless and Avengers are beautiful kits. The HB Sturmoviks are also recommended. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) Dont forget the F-84, its a very nice kit Edited June 4, 2020 by blackbetty LSP_K2, thierry laurent and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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