Trumpeter (company)

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Trumpeter
Headquarters
Zhongshan
,
China
Website trumpeter-china.com

Trumpeter is a Chinese company that manufactures plastic injection moulded scale model kits. Their product line consists of model ships, aircraft, cars and military ground vehicles. The company is located in Zhongshan, China, just north of Macau. All of the design and development is done at this site and production facilities on site extend to full mold making engineering using spark erosion techniques. The factory has the capacity to take production from computer design right through to packaging with some outsourcing done on things like photo etched parts. Not only are they making models for the Trumpeter label but, under license, also for a number of other brands like Hobby Boss, Mini Hobby and even Fujimi Mokei [ citation needed ] and Pit-Road.

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Ship models

Trumpeter plastic models of ships are produced in 1:200, 1:350, 1:500 and 1:700 scale, although 1:350 and 1:700 are dominating. Trumpeter has a cooperation with Japanese ship model manufacturer Pit-Road for kits in 1:700 scale. These kits are usually available under the Pit-Road label in Japan and under the Trumpeter label in the rest of the world.[ citation needed ]

1/200 scale

Trumpeter has produced various kits for the following ships in the 1/200 scale:

  • USS Enterprise CV-6
  • USS Yorktown CV-5
  • USS Iowa BB-61
  • USS Missouri BB-63
  • USS Arizona BB-39
  • USS The Sullivans DD-537
  • USS Fletcher DD-445
  • HMS Hood
  • HMS Rodney
  • HMS Nelson
  • German Battleship "Bismarck"
  • German Battleship "Scharnhorst"
  • German Battleship "Gneisenau"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer "Smelyi"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer "Anshan"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer 105 "Ji Nan"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer 109 "Kai Feng"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer 110 "Da Lian"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer 136 Hangzhou
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer 166 "Zhu Hai"
  • Chinese Naval Destroyer 167 "Shenzhen"
  • Sovremenny Class Destroyer Type 956
  • Guided Missile Destroyer "QINDAO"(113)
  • Guided Missile Destroyer "Haerbin"
  • PLA Navy Type 051C - DDG-115 "Shenyang"
  • PLA Navy Type 055 Destroyer
  • PLA Navy Jiangwei-Class Missile Frigate "Tong"
  • PLA Jiangwei-Class Missile Frigate "Huaibei"
  • R.M.S. Titanic

1/350 scale

Trumpeter has produced various kits for the following ships in the 1/350 scale:

  • Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov-class
  • Aircraft carrier Essex-class
  • Aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin-class
  • Aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk-class
  • Aircraft carrier Lexington-class
  • Aircraft carrier Midway-class
  • Aircraft carrier Nimitz-class
  • Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
  • Aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1)
  • Aircraft carrier USS Ranger
  • Aircraft carrier Weser
  • Aircraft carrier Yorktown-class
  • Amphibious assault ship Wasp-class
  • Amphibious transport dock San Antonio-class
  • Amphibious transport dock Type 071-class Yuzhao-class
  • Battlecruiser Admiral-class
  • Battlecruiser Kirov-class
  • Battlecruiser O-class
  • Battlecruiser Renown-class
  • Battleship Bismarck-class
  • Battleship Deutschland-class
  • Battleship H-class
  • Battleship HMS Dreadnought
  • Battleship Iowa-class
  • Battleship King George V-class
  • Battleship Littorio-class
  • Battleship Nelson-class
  • Battleship New York-class
  • Battleship Queen Elizabeth-class
  • Battleship Richelieu-class
  • Battleship South Dakota-class
  • Battleship Tegetthoff-class
  • Battleship Tsesarevich
  • Destroyer Arleigh Burke-class
  • Destroyer Atago-class
  • Destroyer Fletcher-class
  • Destroyer Kongo-class
  • Destroyer Murasame-class
  • Destroyer Sovremenny-class
  • Destroyer Spruance-class
  • Destroyer Takanami-class
  • Destroyer Tashkent-class
  • Destroyer Tribal-class
  • Destroyer Type 051B-class
  • Destroyer Type 1936A
  • Destroyer Type 1936B
  • Destroyer Type 45-class
  • Destroyer Udaloy-class
  • Destroyer escort Buckley-class
  • Escort carrier Sangamon-class
  • Frigate Type 23-class
  • Guided missile cruiser Slava-class
  • Guided missile destroyer Type 051-class
  • Guided missile destroyer Type 051C-class
  • Guided missile destroyer Type 052-class L
  • Guided missile destroyer Type 052C-class
  • Guided missile frigate Type 053H2G-class
  • Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper-class
  • Heavy cruiser Baltimore-class
  • Heavy cruiser County-class
  • Heavy cruiser Deutschland-class
  • Heavy cruiser New Orleans-class
  • Heavy cruiser Portland-class
  • Heavy cruiser York-class
  • Heavy cruiser Zara-class
  • Liberty ship
  • Light cruiser C-class
  • Light cruiser La Galissonnière-class
  • Light cruiser Town-class (1936)
  • Littoral combat ship Freedom-class
  • Littoral combat ship Independence-class
  • Monitor Roberts-class
  • Schnellboot Type S-100-class
  • Submarine Astute-class
  • Submarine Type 039G-class Song-class

1/500 scale

Trumpeter has produced various kits for the following ships in the 1/500 scale:

  • USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
  • USS EISENHOWER (CVN-69)
  • USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)
  • USS George Washington (CVN-73)
  • USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

1/700 scale

Trumpeter has produced various kits for the following ships in the 1/700 scale:

  • LIAO NING PLA Navy Aircraft Carrier
  • Russian Navy Admiral Kuznetsov
  • USS Intrepid CVS-11
  • USS Franklin CV-13
  • USS Hancock CV-19

-not complete list

Aircraft models

Trumpeter produces kits of airplanes in 1:350, 1:144, 1:72, 1:48, 1:32 and 1:24 scale.[ citation needed ]

1/24 scale

Trumpeter has developed various kits for the following planes in 1/24 scale

  • Focke-Wulf Fw 190
  • Messerschmitt Bf 109
  • Mitsubishi A6M Zero Zeke
  • Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe
  • North American P-51 Mustang
  • Supermarine Spitfire
  • Hawker Hurricane

1/32 scale

Trumpeter has developed various kits for the following planes in 1/32 scale

  • A-1 Skyraider
  • A-4 Skyhawk
  • A-6 Intruder
  • A-7 Corsair II
  • A-10 Thunderbolt II
  • AV-8B Harrier II
  • F-8 Crusader
  • F-14 Tomcat
  • F-18 Super Hornet
  • F-35 Lightning II
  • F-100 Super Sabre
  • F-105 Thunderchief
  • F-117 Nighthawk
  • F4F Wildcat
  • F4U Corsair
  • F6F Hellcat
  • F8F Bearcat
  • P-38 Lightning
  • P-40 Warhawk
  • P-47 Thunderbolt
  • P-51 Mustang
  • SBD Dauntless
  • TBD Devastator
  • TBF Avenger
  • Swordfish
  • MiG-3
  • MiG-15 Fagot
  • MiG-17 Fresco
  • MiG-19 Farmer
  • MiG-21 Fishbed
  • MiG-23 Flogger
  • MiG-29 Fulcrum
  • Su-25 Frogfoot
  • Su-27 Flanker
  • Su-30
  • Me 262
  • Ju 87 Stuka
  • Bf 109
  • English Electric Lightning
  • EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon
  • Yakovlev Yak-18
  • Nanchang CJ-6

1/48 scale

Trumpeter has developed various kits for the following planes in 1/48 scale

1/72 scale

Trumpeter has developed various kits for the following planes in 1/72 scale

1/144 scale

Trumpeter has developed various kits for the following planes in 1/144 scale

1/350 scale

Trumpeter has developed various kits for the following planes in 1/350 scale

Armor models

Trumpeter make military vehicle kits in 1/35 and 1/72 scale.[ citation needed ]

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