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Italeri LCM3 landing craft w/Tasca Firefly Vc


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Ok, something that I started on a whim. This one goes back to my childhood and building the old Airfix LCM kit in 1/72(76?). I stormed many a Normandy beach with that one and the Sherman it came with. 

Anyways, with a number of 1/35 Shermans in the stash, I thought I'd relive my childhood, only in a proper scale.  So part one is the landing craft and it's a fairly straightforward kit with a single piece hull.

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The vehicle well was built up from side panels and an upper deck.

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Then the two were joined together. 

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So far, it's been pretty painless. Now to modify it a bit to more closely resemble the RN version as I'll be using a Sherman Firefly as the cargo. I'll probably work on this in-between the B-25.

Carl

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10 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Carl

Way to go ... talk about a unique build ...

Keep 'em comin

Peter ;)

Thanks Peter! 

5 hours ago, Grunhertz said:

Nice choice. Who's firefly will you be using? 

Thanks! I've got a couple of the Tasca ones, including the rare Tamiya rebox plus one Dragon so I haven't decided yet. Probably going to be a Tasca kit as they go together so easily.

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23 hours ago, Grunhertz said:

Thanks I have a tasca one in the stash and am quite looking forward to it 

 

3 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

The Tasca is beautiful, only ever build Tasca or Dragon Sherman’s.....

They are very nice kits indeed. Here's the first Firefly I built. 

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It was done using the original Dragon M4 Hybrid kit and their second version of the VC Firefly. 

 

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Here's another one. This is also a Dragon kit but the more recent one. I used the Black Dog hessian tape conversion on it.

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Looking for appropriate crew figures for the LCM, I've found that Italeri make a set of RN crew figures for the Vosper MTB so my LHS has ordered a set for me.

Carl

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13 minutes ago, harv said:

Carl, got the barrel yesterday ! Any more work done ?.....Harv

Great to hear Harv! On the Tse Tse, I haven't done much recently. The only bit missing is the ejection port for the shells. If I don't bother with the internal shape, then it's ready to go. Just cut a hole in the bomb bay door and that's it. What do you think?

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Since I'm waiting on the LCM crew to arrive, I figured I might as well start on the cargo. I decided to go with the Tasca Firefly Vc for this bit. 

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I noticed that the dimensions were a bit off...

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:D

Just kidding, here's the right kit. 

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The lower hull is the plate style so that was first up. 

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The front transmission housing:

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And in the LCM hull which gives a nice size comparison.

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Carl

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13 hours ago, Grunhertz said:

Nice!!! 5hat will look great 

Thanks! 

6 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

I replaced the barrel with AM from RB, does make it really sing........looking good Carl......

I think I have an Armorscale barrel somewhere. If  not, I'll look around and see what I find. 

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On 9/9/2018 at 7:02 PM, Maxim said:

Nice build and good to see something different. I also remember the Airfix LCM as a kid.

Ithanks Maxim! I saw the Airfix kit for sale and was tempted to grab it for nostalgia.

On 9/9/2018 at 7:19 PM, Clunkmeister said:

Nice build, Carl.  Talk about a real Canadian icon!

Thanks Ernie! I'm planning to do another Vc with all the spare track links that the Canadian tankers were so fond of covering their Shermans with.

On 9/9/2018 at 7:30 PM, Peterpools said:

Carl

Looking good and enjoying following your progress

Keep 'em comin

Peter ;)

Thanks Peter! 

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