Trumpeter is one of China's largest and most prolific scale model manufacturers, offering an extraordinary range of subjects from modern military vehicles and Cold War-era aircraft to massive warship kits in multiple scales. Their ambitious approach to kit design means many of their releases cover subjects no other manufacturer has attempted, making them a favorite among modelers seeking unique and challenging builds across armor, aviation, and naval categories.
Popular Trumpeter kits that benefit from photo-etched upgrades include the massive 1/200 scale USS Missouri and Bismarck battleship kits, the 1/35 Russian T-90 and Chinese Type 99 main battle tanks, the 1/32 F-14D Tomcat, and the versatile 1/72 Su-27 Flanker family. Trumpeter's large-scale ship kits particularly benefit from PE sets that add hundreds of scale-accurate fittings impossible to reproduce in injection-molded plastic.
Key PE upgrade areas for Trumpeter kits include hull fittings and superstructure details on their ship models, fender and storage rack details on armor subjects, and cockpit and landing gear enhancements on aircraft. Their ship kits especially benefit from PE railings, catwalks, and antenna arrays that replace thick molded-on plastic details with scale-thin metal parts, dramatically improving the visual realism of these impressive large-scale builds.
