Trumpeter Russian BMPT-72 Terminator-2 1:35 – build review

Short Feature Article with Colin Izatt

The subject

The BMPT “Terminator” is a derivative of the T-72 MBT, it uses the hull, running gear and engine from the T-72 and the rest is a design which has evolved over many years. A brief history of the type can be found here. Excellent walkarounds of some of the main iterations can be seen here.

And just before we get started, here’s a look at how it all turned out…

The kit

Trumpeter released this kit in 2017, more details can be found here. It most closely resembles a BMPT-72 (Object 183) pictured here. Oryx has one listed as destroyed but I don’t know which version it was.

Trumpeter are using a lot of sprues from other versions they have made and at the end of construction you are left with a lot of surplus plastic including another complete set of wheels.

The build

Anyone who has made a T-72 based kit from Trumpeter will feel right at home here.

Read on…