Oh well, at $41 plus shipping at Sprues I just ordered one. Don't really know why but of all of these Sdkf 7's (including the 'future' release of the Prime Mover), I am completely uninterested in the 7/1. I have the Prime Mover on pre-order and just jumped at the chance to get the 7/2 and this one but yet I haven't ordered the actual first release. Who knows, maybe it's the quad gun thing... Rob

Hi there, I actually won this a few hours ago at my IPMS Vancouver meeting. It was awesome! All the club members seem like great guys. M4A2Sherman

Just wonder how many more Sd.Kfz. 7 variants will be released within 2009? Will there be another one from Trumpeter to challenge Dragon? Paul

For those of you keeping score at home.... Released: Trumpeter Sd.Kfz.7 Prime Mover Sd.Kfz.7/1 FLAK Vierling (early war) Sd.Kfz. 7/2 3.7cm (late war) Dragon Sd.Kfz.7/1 FLAK Vierling Sd.Kfz.7/2 3.7cm FLAK Announced: Trumpeter Sd.Kfz.7/1 FLAK Vierling (late war) Sd.Kfz.7/2 FLAK 3.7cm (early) Sd.Kfz.7/2 FLAK 3.7cm (late) Sd.Kfz.7/2 FLAK 3.7cm FLAK 43 Prime Mover (late war, like this one from Dragon announced here) Dragon Prime Mover (Dragon USA has been taking pre-orders for this for months) Prime Mover (late war, the one highlighted here) If my count is correct, that's 12.

Hi Bill Checking on a local retailers web , by that I mean UK based online shop, I think you'll find the Flak 3.7 variants from Trumpeter are in stock, available not as you have "announced" Alan

I think these are those, but hey I've given up on counting there are so many https://www.ask-models.com/shop/trumpeter/military-1/35/trumpeter-1/35-german-sd-kfz-7/2-3-7cm-flak-43-auf-selbstfahrlafette/prod_4621.html https://www.ask-models.com/shop/trumpeter/military-1/35/trumpeter-1/35-german-sd-kfz-7/2-3-7cm-flak-37-auf-selbstfahrlafette-late-version-/prod_4622.html Alan

Thanks, Mate, it's hard to keep up with what's announced and what's actually out. Dragon USA has been taking orders for the Prime Mover, and it's likely coming soon. They list this variant as a "new arrival." I guess the best advice is "check with your supplier," LOL!

Those are the realesed ones, the "announced ones" in more lay terms are the Flakvierling version with armoured cab and the two 3.7cm versions with unarmoured cabs. I think release date was something like August/September. I think I saw them on PMMS on the Trumpeter news page. Now if they would just get all the 7s out of the way and move on to doing a few 8s and 9s I'd be happy as a pig in mud.

It would be nice to have an 8. There is at least one 9 in styrene, but the only 8 is a DES resin kit for mucho $$$$$. There are conversion kits, too, for the other 9s like the crane one, and you can get an ABER set for making the Tamiya kit into the artillery-towing version.