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Topic review - 1/48th scale scratchbuilt LSM-59
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Hi everyone!

Well, we're back from another great reunion. As with all the prior reunions, it was a chance to renew old friendships and remember those who are no longer with us. The model of the LSM -59 was once again a big hit with the veterans, sparking many conversations and bringing back a lot of memories. Here's a shot of the model in front of the hospitality room:
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File comment: My brother drove down to Charleston with the model in the back of his vehicle and it arrived without a scratch. The model was prominently displayed throughout the reunion. The vets enjoyed reminiscing around the model but one veteran did take me aside to tell me that the model was incomplete, though. He had been a Signalman during the war and gave me a good-natured ribbing that the model lacked a signal light!
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We were very busy throughout the short time we spent in Charleston with tours of the city and the ships at Patriot's Point, as well as squeezing in a twilight dinner cruise. As customary, on the last night of the reunion, we held the banquet and this year, we were privileged to have the Color Guard of the Military College of South Carolina present the flag. Here's a photo:
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File comment: The Military College of South Carolina is more widely known as the Citadel. After presenting the colors, the cadets joined us for dinner and it was a real pleasure talking with these young men.
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After saying our farewells, my brother and I prepared the model for the long trip home. My wife and I headed off to the airport to fly home, while my brother and his wife began their cross-country trek with the model. They'll be taking about 10 days to get home, so it will probably be a while before I get a chance to get back to work on the model. Thanks for checking in!

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:12 pm
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John
The discharge looks real .Be careful the EPA might check to make sure you are not poluteing the water . :lol_pound:
Post Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:07 pm
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Hi everyone,

In a little while, I'll be heading to Charleston, South Carolina to attend the USS LSM/LSMR Association reunion. The model of the 59 will be on display again and since my brother will be driving to the reunion, he picked up the model this past weekend so he could take it along with him. Here's some photos of how she looked before getting loaded into my brother's truck:
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File comment: I have almost all of the lifelines installed, with the exception of chains that blocked off where side ladders and the brow went. Just inboard of the wherry and the port side liferafts is a gap in the lifelines along the wall of the tank well. That isn't an oversight; in this location, LSMs stored hoses for the Handy Billy dewatering pump. The stowage rack will be one of the next things to build after the reunion.
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File comment: These photos mark the point of no return for the model – I finally sealed the model to the base after stalling on that for a long time. I spread a bead of clear RTV silicone sealer along the outline of the hull on the base and gently worked the hull into place. Then, I backed that up with screws to join the hull to the base. The silicone sealer oozed out from under the hull and helped to seal the gaps between the hull and the base.
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File comment: I used a gel product called, 'Water Effects' to create the overboard discharge plumes port and starboard. I squeezed several lines of the gel onto a piece of wax paper, used a toothpick to shape the gel, and let the gel set. The gel dries transparent and flexible. Then, I peeled the strips of gel off of the wax paper and used some clear RTV silicone sealer to join the pieces together. I also used the silicone sealer to attach the water plumes to the hull and the base.
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File comment: Wax paper seemed to work OK for the discharge plumes, but I'm going to experiment around with other non-stick surfaces next time because the surface of the wax paper tended to peel up with the gel. The gel still looked fine, but perhaps something might work better than wax paper. After installing the plumes, I dry-brushed them with Titanium White.
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There's still a lot of work to do on the model before I can call it 'done,' but the veterans always enjoy seeing the model at the reunions and they don't might it not being 100% complete.

My next post will likely be a recap of the reunion.

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:19 pm
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Hi everyone!

In today's update, I'll show you the work on the stern light, the anchor light, and the wake light.

The stern light was the most prominent light; it was a blue light at the stern of the ship for convoy operations.

The anchor light was a light mounted on a stanchion on the stern. It was a white light visible when the ship was anchored.

The wake light is a small detail that would probably tend to get overlooked in smaller models; it was a white light arranged to illuminate the wake but not cover any part of the ship.

The first thing I started on was the stern light, which was the most complex to build. Once again, my OCD came out. Here's some photos of the assembly:
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File comment: I wanted to replicate the actual light housing shown in photos as much as possible, so I began with a strip of ¼ inch X .005 inch brass and bent it to the shape of the light housing. There are two housings in the photo because one will get used on my model of the LSMR-192.
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File comment: Next, I added the reinforcing ribs, attaching them with CA.
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File comment: Finally, I built the base,which was basically an open-ended box.
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File comment: Now it was time for paint. Model Masters Instrument Flat Black and #5 Ocean Green.
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Next, came the the anchor light and wake light. These were much easier to build, since they could be mostly made of styrene rod. Once all of these were built, it was time to install them with the stern light. Here's a couple photos of the lights installed on the 59:
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File comment: I used clear styrene turned down in my 'lathe' to make the fresnel lens of the stern light and the globe for the anchor light. I drilled out the fresnel lens of the stern light and painted the inside of the light with Testor's gloss blue enamel and then gave the lens a coat of Future.
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File comment: From this angle, you can see the anchor light and wake light more clearly. I drilled a 1/64th inch hole in the end of the stern light, painted the hole with chrome silver and applied a dab of white glue to simulate the lens.
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Now that I have these lights in place, it is time to get back to work on the lifelines. I'll show you the progress on those next time.

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:33 am
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Hi everyone,

In my last posting, I showed you the beginnings of installing lifelines along the tank well. Today, I'll show you how they look completed. But first, let me send a note of thanks to Richard., who wrote:
Richard J OMalley wrote:
John
Great looking fire main risers . :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: Looks like the LSM's have as much detail as a battleship . :heh:

At this scale, it's hard to come up with reasons not to build in the detail! However, as for having more details than a battleship, you'll have to take that up with the Admiral or Capitao Norbert! :lol_1:
Thanks for checking in, Richard! :thanks:

Now, let me show you what she looks like today. Here's a couple photos of the 59 with the tank well lifelines:
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File comment: I've used polyester thread slicked down with white glue for the lifelines. The end fittings and turnbuckle end fittings began as pieces of .035 inch styrene rod, drilled out with a .020 inch drill. I made end hooks with pieces of staples, bent to shape, and then used CA to mate everything together to the ends of the lifelines.
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File comment: I know the saying is 'measure twice, cut once,' but I measured a whole lot more than twice before I made the cuts! The end stanchions that had to resist bending were either brass rod or steel rod, depending on my mood. After everything was installed, I painted the end fittings with Model Master Navy Aggressor Gray.
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Another new addition visible in the photos is the wherry on the port side, which is a casting. I attached layers of .005 inch styrene strips to the side to simulate planking and then used white glue to attach a tissue tarp to the top.

Now, all I have to do is repeat the same thing with the lifelines around the outside perimeter of the deck, right? Well, maybe there's a bit more to do, like finish up the stern light, wake light, and aft anchor light before installing the lines around them. I'll show you those next time.

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:03 pm
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John
Great looking fire main risers . :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: Looks like the LSM's have as much detail as a battleship . :heh:
Post Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:21 am
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Hi everyone,

Well, it has been a very long time since I posted anything about the 59. If you've been following my posts about rebuilding the LSMR-192, you'll know that the 192 has the focus of my hobby time since late last year. While there is still a way to go on the 192, it is back to presentable shape now, so I'm going to go back to work on the 59 now. There's another reason behind my switching gears, though; in September, I'll be attending the USS LSM/LSMR Association reunion in Charleston, SC, where the 59 will be on display again. So, I hope to get some work done on it before I go.

Today, I'm going to show you work on something that has really frustrated me; the fire hose risers. I'd talked about them last year and for a while, it looked like they might be progressing OK, but then I dropped work on them to focus on the 192. After resuming work on the risers, I just wasn't happy with the results. :Mad_6: Initially, I tried to scratchbuild each of the 4 risers, but that was turning into a very time-consuming project. So, I tried casting copies, but the castings turned out to be too flimsy. Finally, I ended up creating a mixture of scratchbuilt parts and castings. Here's how they look after painting:
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File comment: I scavenged the basic riser assemblies that I built last year, which were made of brass rod and aluminum tubing. Then, I made castings of the strainers and valves (fire plugs). As a finishing touch, I added 2mm PE valve handwheels to the valves.
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Next came installation onto the deck. Here's how the forward starboard fire main riser looks installed:
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File comment: The risers had an extension on the top of the 'T' that served as a stanchion for the tank well lifelines. In this photo, you can see the first section of lifeline installed. The stanchion to the left is of brass rod for strength. The lifeline loops are .040 inch styrene rod that has been drilled out and attached with CA. I used a grayish polyester thread to simulate steel lines and slicked the thread down with white glue to get rid of fuzziness.
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My goal is to try to get the lifelines installed before the reunion, so the fire hose racks will have to wait until later. I'll show you my progress on the lifelines next time.

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:27 pm
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Way to go john ,i like your way of useing parts from all differant things to custom build a piece.it is unreal how if you look around hard enough somtimes you can find somthing that is just what you need. :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:01 am
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ARH wrote:
John, Its not a race, any up date is a pleasure to look at, keep up the good work. :heh: :heh: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :wave_1:

i agree Ron
your work has a surprising quality John.
i always watching your post with attention
and learning a bit more :wave_1:
Post Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:54 am
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John, Its not a race, any up date is a pleasure to look at, keep up the good work. :heh: :heh: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :wave_1:
Post Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:42 am
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Hi everyone!
First, let me send out thanks to Capitão Norbert and Russ for visiting and posting your comments. :thanks: As always, it is great to hear from you! I will be the first to admit that the methods I use and the accuracy I strive to achieve means that progress proceeds at a snail's pace on my projects. Fortunately, I'm not working to a schedule like some of the master modelers who post on ModelWarships. Hopefully, my arcane practices will help others discover a different approach around a roadblock on their projects!

Since returning from Virginia, I've been working very long hours, which hasn't left me much time to do anything other than tinker on the 59. :Tirade: Despite the demands of my job, work is still slowly continuing on the fire main risers and this week, I'm going to show you work in progress on another piece of topside equipment that I'm working on; the superstructure deck CO2 fire extinguisher reels and nozzles.

While researching LSMs, I was surprised to find that in addition to fire hoses, they were equipped with pretty sophisticated firefighting equipment. Besides your typical fire hoses and portable fire extinguishers, LSMs were equipped with chemical fire extinguishing systems consisting of a fire-fighting-foam system and a CO2 system. The foam system had four dispensers: two in the upper level of the engine room, port and starboard; one in the windlass machinery room, port side forward; and one in Boiler room, starboard side. The CO2 system had three dispensing nozzles: one in the lower level Engine Room, starboard side; and two on the superstructure deck, port side, between frames 15 – 16 and frames 23 -23. The reels for the two topside CO2 dispensers are the subject of this update.

Here is a photo of the forward port CO2 dispenser on the LSM-56:
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File comment: A screen shot of the port forward CO2 reel on the LSM-56. Photo captured from a WW2 US Navy training film on LSMs
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The hose reel design varied over time; some hose reels didn't have the spoked design shown in the photo. However, the rest of the CO2 dispenser installation was the same on all ships. Since the photo is from a video taken aboard LSM-56, a sistership of the 59, I chose to go with the spoked design.

To replicate the spoked design, I decided to use some spare PE handwheels. It may be possible to purchase hose reels from a vendor, but for the sake of a challenge, I thought I'd see what I could do by bashing together some PE parts. It will take a bit longer this way, but I think I'll like the results better.

The spoked reel design I want to replicate had 6 spokes, so I took two 3-spoked handwheels and cut them as shown in the photo below:
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File comment: Two 3-spoke handwheels will provide the parts needed to make one 6-spoke reel.
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Then, I combined the parts together as shown:
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File comment: At this point, the components are loosely in place. The next step gives them strength.
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Next, I added another ring to the reel by cutting the spokes out of a smaller handwheel and joining it to the 6-spoked handwheels I'd created. This achieves the appearance of the actual reels and adds strength to the assemblies. Here's how one assembly looked at this point:
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File comment: Everything in place and joined with CA.
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Finally, I built the drum for the reel using styrene and aluminum tubing, and added the 6-spoked reel ends. Here's everything turned out:
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File comment: The reels for the two topside dispensers. Next step will be to build the support frames and paint the assemblies.
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In coming days, I'll build the support frames for the reels and apply paint, and then decide upon what to use to replicate the hose and nozzle.

That's it for today's update. Thanks for checking in!

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:59 pm
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hi john.i like your risers for the fire hose.also i like your way of tapering things ,when one does not have a lathe you have to make do :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:58 pm
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Hi John nice micro builds.
i will watching :wave_1:
Post Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:12 am
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Hi everyone!

I'm back from my trip to Norfolk, Virginia, and although everything went very well, it is good to be home. :woo_hoo: I've spent the past week getting settled back in and slowly getting back to work on the 59.

While I was away in Virginia, I decided that when I was able to recommence work, I'd begin by working on remaining topside details and installing the lifelines. Of course, LSMs had lifelines on the gunwales as well as along the tank well on the superstructure deck. Because of my general clumsiness, I concluded that I'd better make sure I had the tank well lifelines completed first. In this update, I'm going to tell you about work in progress on the superstructure fire main risers.

LSMs had four fire main risers on the superstructure deck; two forward, port and starboard, and two aft, port and starboard. Each fire main riser had two hose hangers, and each hanger had 100 feet of 1 ½ inch fire hose. An interesting characteristic of the fire main piping was that the riser also served as a stanchion for the lifeline because of a section of pipe attached to the top of the riser. Here's a photo captured from a video showing the forward port fire main riser:
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File comment: This is the forward port fire main riser.
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And here is a photo of a typical fire hose installation:
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File comment: This is a drawing of a typical US Navy fire hose installation. Taken from the 19th revision of the Bluejackets' Manual, July 1976
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I wanted to make sure the fire main risers could take some abuse in case I accidentally hit them while working on the model, so I decided to use aluminum tubing and brass rod, which would be more robust than styrene. I began constructing the risers with 1/16 inch aluminum tubing to replicate the 2 ½ inch riser piping. I cut four 3/16th inch pieces of aluminum tubing for the top 'T' of the risers. Pieces of .030 inch brass rod were inserted through the aluminum tubing so as to replicate the stanchion on the top of the riser and also serve as an anchoring pin for the riser itself. Here's a photo showing the riser components:
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File comment: Various bits and pieces of what will become the four fire main risers
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Next, I turned to my handy-dandy lathe (my electric hand drill) and turned down the valve bodies for each branch of the risers. The shutoff valves are known as 'fire plugs.' Here's a photo of one of the risers before installing the fire plugs:
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File comment: Fire main risers with parts ready to be assembled
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And a photo after the fire plugs were installed:
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File comment: Fire main riser with fire plugs (shutoff valves) installed
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The last step on constructing the risers was to build and install the self-cleaning strainers. For these, I glued a section of .047 inch styrene rod to a section of .080 inch styrene. More detailing will be done later, but here is a photo of the strainers installed:
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File comment: Fire main riser with strainers installed. Fire plug handwheels and other details will be added later.
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In the next couple days, I'll finish up the fire main risers and begin building the the hose hangers. Then, I have to figure out what to use for the hoses... :thinking: :scratch:

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:03 am
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To all of the avid followers of the trials and tribulations of the model of the LSM-59:

I’ll be taking yet another hiatus from work on the 59. :pout: On Monday the 3rd, I’ll be flying out to Norfolk, Virginia, where I’ll be for the month of October due to the needs of my employer. The shipfitters of the 59 are going to be placed on a little bit of a vacation, but I hope to take advantage of the time to formulate a plan to get right back to work on the model when I return.

Among the things I’ll be working on when I get back are the vehicles. So far, I have 2 Sherman tanks, 2 Jeeps, and a 2 ½ ton truck, but I’ll need 3 more Shermans and Jeeps, though. Also, while I was at the LSM/LSMR reunion, I displayed the model with a 1/50th scale International Harvester bulldozer as well, but in the time since I returned, I’ve bought a resin 1/48th scale military bulldozer (by Wespe out of Romania) that will be a more appropriate fit. In addition to carrying a bulldozer at Iwo Jima, the 59 was also carrying what was called a 2 ton ‘M5 crane tractor.’ This was basically a bulldozer with the blade removed and a boom crane attached. I’ll be ordering another bulldozer from Wespe for that conversion. I’ll tell you more about those two projects when I’m able to get back to work.

Thanks to everybody for visiting these pages and offering your comments and encouragement! :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:17 am
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John,

I enjoyed the detailed descriptions that you posted. It has been a very interesting build.

The only thing about it that I didn't like was the knowledge that someday you would finish the model and the story would end.

Phil
Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:02 am
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Hi everyone from 'The Big Easy'

We arrived in New Orleans last week for the annual reunion of the LSMR-409 USS Clarion River and time flew by! Sadly, our visit to New Orleans is coming to an end and we'll be heading home tomorrow, but we'll take home many memories.

I just want to make a few short notes in reply to some comments that were recently posted.

Richard O'Malley wrote:
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Hi John
Your post are the most informative on this site .Please teach us more on LSM's and LSMR's.

Occasionally, I worry I may be losing readers with too many details about the ships and not enough about the model techniques. Your enthusiastic responses keep me going! :thanks:

Capitão Norbert wrote:
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Hi John i understand about the LSM's builds. But I think that you should have a big will of do one of that huge battleships also.
It would be a great model according your own great ability too. I will waiting some day :cool_2: :wave_1:

Thank you Capitão Norbert for your kind words. I am not sure I would have the mountain of patience that a project like a BB would require, such as what you are showing us with your Bismarck project! It is good advice to never say never, though!

Before I sign off, let me give you a quick description of the reunion. The LSMR-409 was one of the Ultimate LSMRs that replaced the interim LSMRs such as the 192, on which my father served. The 409 was commissioned in 1945 and was heading to the war zone when the war ended and didn't see combat in WW2. A few years later, she was decommissioned. In 1950, she was recommissioned because of the Korean War. After that war, she was again decommissioned. Then, in 1965, she was recommissioned for use in the Viet Nam War. In 1970, she was decommissioned and scrapped.

Because of her service life, a lot of men served aboard her and they have their own reunion, separate from the LSM/LSMR Association reunion.

Some of you may know that one of my earlier projects was a 1/48th scale scratchbuilt model of the ship my father was on, the LSMR-192. The reunion organizer has been bugging me to attend with my model for a couple years now, which was the reason for my trip to New Orleans. Here's a photo of the model at the reunion:
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File comment: Model of the Interim LSMR, the LSMR-192 in the hospitality room at the reunion.
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Here's a photo of some of the events at the banquet:
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File comment: During the reunion, WW2 veterans who were on the commissioning crew in 1945 were awarded Plankowner certificates. Here are the three WW2 vets who were in attendance.
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Thanks everyone for checking in and posting your comments. I'll post an update on the 59 when I get home.

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:51 pm
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Hi John i understand about the LSM's builds.
But I think that you should have a big will of do one of that huge battleships also.
It would be a great model according your own great ability too.
i will waiting some day :cool_2: :wave_1:
Post Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:59 pm
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Hi John
Your post are the most informative on this site .Please teach us more on LSM's and LSMR's .You have excellent modeling skills. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :cool_1:
Post Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:43 am
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Capitão Norbert wrote:
John great model and worthy of that his place work stayed very good
my congratulations
what's be the next model?
as many modellers here your work is clean and very well done
:thumbs_up_1: :wave_1:

Capitão Norbert, thank you as always for your kind words! :thanks:

With regard to your question about a follow-on project, I’m afraid I’m going to sound like kind of a ‘one-trick pony.’ Because of my involvement with the LSM/LSMR Association, my future projects will probably be models of those ships. Currently, I have two more LSMR projects on the back burner: a model of the LSMR-196 and an example of the Ultimate LSMR class, LSMR-401. I’ll probably begin postings on those during the coming year.

I was intrigued by the model of the LCI(L) at the reunion and may decide to build one of those as well. Time and space are the limiting factor though, so one thing I am considering is building in a smaller scale. Also, I’ve been watching and learning from Richard OMalley’s build of the tanker hull and may decide to jump off into that deep end of the pool!
Reid wrote:
hearing the vets stories is always the best part! Sometime when we are sailing our ships out at the lake, vets will stop by and share a little history with us. We can never thank them enough!

You are so right Reid; the vets’ stories make it all worth while and the models we build encourage them to open up. Here is a link to an interesting blog posted by a fellow who attended the banquet and commented about the vets, the model, and their stories: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/faith/ ... -greatest/

John :wave_1:
Post Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:16 pm

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