Thursday, August 18

Trumpeter's heavy tanks for October in sprues, colours & info...

Trumpeter are updating their website a lot better these days, with October's releases already on display in box art, colour profiles, sprues & parts. We look at both of their super heavy tank oddities in our preview...




Trumpeter's heavy tanks for October in sprues, colours & info...

E-100 Flakpanzer w/12.8cm Flak 40 
Model: #09585
1/48th scale
Most modellers know all about the E-100 Super heavy tank proposal , and the fate of the one hull made by the end of the war in Europe in 1945. However, there are many (often spurious) design concepts and ideas put forward by many sources. However, this version, with a large 12.8cm Flak 40 gun on top of an open topped turret is fantasy at best.

The colour profile included in this kit
The decal sheet included in the kit  - you can pick any number combination as long as its white and red.
In saying that this tank was never in the picture, it is an interesting concept for those "what-if?" fans and people with good imaginations or just lovers of the super heavy German designs.

The sprues of this kit
The kit consists of over 530 parts
-Multi-slide moulded lower hull and upper hull
-Rubber tracks
- Photo-etched parts included
Model Length: 300.3mm / Width: 128mm   
Total of 13 sprues, lower hull, upper hull and tracks

The kit put together in raw plastic form...


Soviet T-100Z Heavy Tank
Model: #09591
1/35th scale
The T-100 was a Soviet twin-turreted heavy tank prototype, designed in 1938–39 as a possible replacement for the T-35. The T-100 was designed by N. Barykov's OKMO design team at S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad. The T-100 was originally conceived with three turrets and was eventually built with two. It was in competition with a similar design - the SMK - but neither were adopted and instead a single turret version on the SMK was ordered as the KV-1. All three prototypes were tested at the same time in the Battle of Summa.

The colour profile included in this kit
The decal sheet included in the kit 
The T-100 tank had two turrets one in front of the other, requiring a long chassis. The front turret, mounting a 45 mm anti-tank gun had a limited area of fire due to the second turret behind. The second turret, mounting a 76.2 mm gun, was set taller on top of the superstructure than the first and so able to turn a full 360 degrees. 

Model Length: 244.4mm   Width: 97.3mm  
Total of 19 sprues , upper hull and lower hull
The kit consists of over 470 parts
-Multi-slide moulded  turret and  hull
The sprues of this kit
- 220 individual tracks links
- Photo-etched parts included