Of all the manufacturers exhibiting at Nuremberg, Trumpeter was probably the one with most new items on show and in their catalogue.

In addition to these reports covering individual companies, i'll also be doing a full feature on my impressions and some of the New products we can expect to see in the coming year.

The first thing that struck me, when getting a copy of their new Catalogue, that they had also published an additional A3 'flyer' listing even more items.

Trumpeter are approaching the Armor market in several different directions. Broadly speaking, Modern, WWII, German Rail subjects and (Modern) figures. In addition, they will be producing variants on existing chassis' as we've seen with vehicles such as the LAV or Stryker.

We're fortunate that many of the subjects (Strykers, LAVS etc.) have already featured here, in the News Section, in some detail so many of the vehicles will have been seen . However, i'll use this report as a 'summary' of what we'll (hopefully) see during the course of the year.

The first is a pretty extensive line:

1/35th Scale Railroad Items

00216 - WR 360 C12 Locomotive

00217 - Damplocomotiv BR86

00218 - Panzerlok BR57 ARMORED Locomotive

01508 - Panzertragerwagen

01509 - Geshutzwagen

O1516 - Panzerjager Trebwagen 5

01517 - Railway Gondola

01518 - Flatbed

1/35th Scale Modern

I won't repeat items which have already been covered here but i'll add those which haven't been covered yet:

00387 - Centauro (Late Version)

01006 - MAZ 537 (Last Production Variant)

01502 - Canadian Grizzly APC

01506 - Canadian Husky (Improved Version)

01519 - LAV-III Kodiak

01521 - LAV-A2 IFV

01522 - Challenger II (Enhanced Armor)

01541 - M1117 Guardian

01557 - JGSDF Type 96

02306 - M198 (Early)

02319 - M198 (Late)

1/35th Scale MODERN Figures

No release dates were forthcoming for these at all...

00419 - PMC (private contractors) in Iraq (Vol. 1)

004120 - PMC (private contractors) in Iraq (Vol. 2)

004121 - German ISAF in Afghanistan

004122 - German KsK Bundeswehr

004123 - USMC M252 Mortar Crew

004124 - Modern U.S. Army Armor Crewmen & Infantry.
1/35th Scale WWII

???? - PZ IV Flakvierling

0561 - KV1 Model 1939

02307 - Soviet 203mm Howitzer

More to come in the course of the year! As a final note, my apologies for NOT getting photos of the T-62s on the stand..Doh!!