Trumpeter have announced new additions to its paper panzers and German train lines.

Good news from Trumpeter for the paper panzer fans, as well as German train fanatics. The latest of the E- Panzers is one many have expressed wishes for, the E-50 Flakpanzer, based off the Tiger II chassis.

The E-50 hull was practically identical to the King Tiger in overall dimensions except for the glacis plate layout. The plates would have been interlocked and welded as on other German vehicles, giving great strength and rigidity. The engine chosen was an improved version of the Maybach HL230 as fitted to the Panther and the Tiger II. Called the HL234, it developed 900 HP using fuel injection, and was expected to produce up to 1200 HP with supercharging. The location of fuel tanks, radiators and fans was similar to the Tiger II. Maximum speed was to be 60 KPH. The idea was to assemble both types on the same production line, using identical production machinery and brought in sub assemblies.

Model Details
Kit #01537
Length: 272mm Width: 109.5mm
246pcs, 6 sprues, lower hull, upper hull, turret and tracks

Trumpeters next two releases, both additions to their train lines include the Kommandowagern #01510 and the German Panzerlok BR-57 armored locomotive, #00219.

Germany had used armored trains in WWI, but prior to the start of WWII the armored train was seen as something of a relic by the German defense force, the Reichswehr, and its government renamed successor in 1935, the Wehrmact. The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), or German National Railway between 1920 and 1945, saw armored trains as a way to preserve and advance a military presence. By keeping a strong military face on this state owned railroad。The BR57 armored trains locomotive was actually based on the Prussian series G10 locomotive first built in 1910 and featuring an 0-10-0 wheel arrangement.
For the armored train units of Type BP42, the artillery was increased, following Russian and Polish examples, to four guns, which were not, though ,mounted two to a car as in the latter types, but one per separately built ten-sided rotating turret, in order to avoid too-great losses from a direct hit. The two halves of the train, before and behind the locomotive were identical and consisted of one artillery car with one 10cm le.F.H 14/19(p) gun, one command and infantry car and one artillery and anti-aircraft car with one 7.62cm F.K.295/l(r) and one 2-cm anti-aircraft quadruple unit.

Model Details
BR-57
1:35 scale
Length: 543.1mm (roadbed not included )
Width: 104.08mm
602pcs ,16 sprues and road beds

Kammandowagern
1:35 scale
Length: 287mm (roadbed not included )
Width:90 mm
193pcs, 6 sprues, lower hull, upper hull and 5 section road beds