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trumpeter RC 1/16 T72 ....New
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:13 pm
by mcevoyi
Hi all
A pic from nuernberg toy show today
it says that Trumpeter are to pop out the T72 as RC ..pic below ..
for thouse of us a bit longer on the foru will remember WSN
a branch of trumpeter and you will all see the hobby boss wsn T34 to the right
with the same reservation control transmitter box ..which is to be used with the T72
and possibly the M1A2
THOUGHT'S please

Re: trumpeter RC 1/16 T72 ....New
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:25 pm
by Ad Lav
Not sure if this or the Waltersons will be better.
Re: trumpeter RC 1/16 T72 ....New
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:26 pm
by Max-U52
Thanks for posting this. It's a good looking tank and a much needed item in our hobby. There were a lot of T-72 variants and I can't wait to see what the kitbashers do with this beauty.
I've only been tanking for about three years so I've never actually seen a WSN tank before. Can you still buy the T-34, and if so, where? Were the WSN tanks good products or did they have some of the same problems that plagued the Heng Long tanks, like the weak idlers on Tiger Ones? It sounds like you have some knowledge on the subject, Warrant Officer One, can you enlighten a poor noob?
Walterson's is also releasing a T-72, right? Thoughts on which would be the way to go? I doubt they can match trumpeter for detail. I've done a LOT of trump aircraft kits and they're finest kind.
Re: trumpeter RC 1/16 T72 ....New
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:32 pm
by PainlessWolf
Max,
I loved my WSN T-34 and the only problem I noted over the years is that the plastic suspension arms were weak and deformed with age. That and it was an early effort from WSN\Trumpeter and the electronics were interesting to say the least. The detail on the tank was beautiful tho', opening driver hatch and spare track links and tow cables in copper just name few bits.
regards,
Painless
Re: trumpeter RC 1/16 T72 ....New
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:25 am
by atcttge
My biggest concern is to convince anyone near me to buy any brand of 1/16 T-72 and turn it into an RC tank because my NATO tanks desperately need targets to engage hehehehe
While having a 1/16 RC T-72 would be nice, it'd, like, so clash with my NATO platoon, and since I have only space for four tanks, all of which has been reserved for NATO (still wondering wot the fourth would be, probably an upgrade Polish Leopard 2), I'd have no space for any targets - er - non-NATO tanks so...
Hey ninelong, can I bother you and your friends to buy an RC T-72 so my NATO tanks have targets? hehehehehe!