US Landing Ship (Medium) Revell 1/144

[John Huggins]

Spruce shots of this one, it will take a little time for me to build this one as I have just got out of hospital after a bone graft on my Lt shoulder & it will be a week or 2 before I can move it.

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Till then have fun.

John

 

[phikoleoputra]

Get well soon John, and looking forward to the kit being made

 

[PaulTRose]

definatly going to watch this one.....liked the look of this since it came out

 

[Ian M]

Well I'm along for the ride!

Just how long is it when she is built?

Hope the graft goes well and you are soon up and at 'em in no time.

Ian M

 

[John Huggins]

Well I'm along for the ride!Just how long is it when she is built?

Hope the graft goes well and you are soon up and at 'em in no time.

Ian M

Knowing me ill soon be at it, but only if I can keep it out of sight from SHMBO. lol

John

 

[papa 695]

Nice one John. I do hope you get better soon so we can see this getting the Huggins treatment

 

[Caledonia]

You have your work cut out for you John, lots of fine detail. Derek

 

[steve scan]

Yeah hurry up and get well so we can see some plastic glued together.

 

[eddiesolo]

Another I nearly missed -the boat section still does not show up in the latest thread section-lovely looking kit John, will see how you tackle this baby, hope you're feeling better mate.

Si

 

[John Huggins]

Ok slow start then, here we go.

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still a bit of work to do on the tanks & trucks but it's a start.

PS the big truck is a 1/72.

John

 

[monica]

do real like the looks of this one,John, if the rest of your tanks and trucks turn out like the last pic,s

will look great,

 

[Gern]

Looking good so far John. Couple of questions though. What's the build quality like and are the vehicles included?

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Will be watching this one nice looking kit.

 

[John Huggins]

Looking good so far John. Couple of questions though. What's the build quality like and are the vehicles included?

Hi Gern the build quality is very good & I have not come across any bad fitting issues, all I will say is have a very sharp knife for all the very small parts as there are a lot of them, as for the vehicles they come with the kit.

I tried to find 1/144 AFV on line but could not find any, do you know of any !!.

John

 

[Gern]

Hi John. There is some 1/144 armour available - I found these on ebay with a quick search:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRU00103-Trumpeter-1-144-AAV-P7A-1-Assault-APC-/191376369330?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item2c8eeba6b2

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEOPOLD-German-RAILWAY-GUN-28cm-K5-E-Figures-WW2-DIORAMA-1-144-CAN-DO-DRAGON-/361083436260?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item54123ffce4

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-AMERICANS-1-144-Pegasus-Wargames-852-/400709754645?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item5d4c299f15

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-144-TRUMPETER-US-NAVY-LANDING-CRAFT-AIR-CUSHION-UNMADE-MODEL-KIT-/221574543086?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3396df36ee

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-144-10mm-Resin-kit-Italian-Anti-tank-Gun-Troop-90mm-gun-on-lancia-Fairy-Kikaku-/301363725414?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item462aad8466http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-144-10mm-Resin-kit-Italian-Anti-tank-Gun-Troop-90mm-gun-on-lancia-Fairy-Kikaku-/301363725414?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item462aad8466

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Trumpeter-1-144-Morser-Karl-Gerat-040-/160972999199?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item257abd0a1f

Some of them are ready-built and painted, but at least it's nice to know they're there if needed. There's also a Dora railway gun which looks impressive:

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/german/dorareviewdh_1.html

 

[John Huggins]

Thanks Dave for your kind help, I was thinking of doing a step by step build of this one iff there was any interest, never done it before but I'm willing to give it a go.

John

 

[Gern]

Thanks Dave for your kind help, I was thinking of doing a step by step build of this one iff there was any interest, never done it before but I'm willing to give it a go.John

I think we're all interested in seeing how others work John - especially in pictures. Decisions on the order things are built and painted and tricks and techniques used are always useful as we come across things we've not done before or problems we need to solve.

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Dave for your kind help, I was thinking of doing a step by step build of this one iff there was any interest, never done it before but I'm willing to give it a go.John

Yes step by step John PLEASE

 

[John Huggins]

Ok Ian ill give it a go.

John

 

[John Huggins]

Ok here we go, just a re-cap on what I have done to date & why.

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The hull went together without a hitch, stern & prop section the same.

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I have not glued the ramp sections together yet as the inside will need painting first, also I will not be putting the ramp hinge inside the ramp like the instructions say, I have glued the hinge to the hull & then test fitted it to make sure it fits & is in the right place.

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Next I made a start on the bridge section, trying to remove as many of the join lines as I go along.

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Forgot to mention I drilled the holes for the stanchion's.

Well that's about as far as I have got to date.

John