The Ship Model Forum

Aleccap, thanks for your comments on the dio's. I've seen your dio's, they're awesome! They remind me of "Alien Predators" ;-)

Jim, thanks for your kind comments on the LCVP. It's my pleasure to show. More warhips (1:350) are being built. :wave_1:

Hey Modelmaniac!

That a great looking LCVP :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Thank you for continuing to share your Vaaaast collection of models with us worldwide here at MW.com-

-very much appreciated! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

looking forward to seeing more of your ever expanding collection--especially the naval part!

:wave_1: :wave_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Jim Baumann

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3368280274_fc591270cf_b.jpg
That beach dio looks great, although I have only scanned through some of the dioramas, I have already decided to nick some of the ideas to scale them into 1-72, the attached pix is my 1-35 that I called 'dogs of war' never done anything this big before, then I did another which then and there convinced me to stick to 1-72, I tend to get away with more in I-72 then I do with 1-35
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/3522509272_40fd4ba5c7_b.jpg

Thanks for all your comments. This model is meant to be shown stand-alone, not in a beach diorama. It's kept in a aluminum/glass display case
along with other boats of the same scale, i.e. another LCVP from Italeri, LCM-3 from Italeri (carrying a Sherman tank and lot of troops) and the
Elco 80' Torpedo Boat also from Italeri. Luckily you didn't suggest that I include the Elco 80' (shown a little earlier) in a diorama!

Your 1/72 dio looks OK. Next time try 1/35 one, it will have more details. I had my modeler built some beach dio's and I want to show you some:

The Omaha Beach:
[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m28-074.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m28-075.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m28-076.jpg[/img]
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The Longest Day:
[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m43-106.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m43-107.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m43-108.jpg[/img]

How about that? I have more pictures on my site. If you want to see more, try searching this menu:

[url]http://www.geocities.com/~falconbbs/modelcnt.htm[/url]

Have fun! :wave_1:

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Allec: Poor Attempt? I think its pretty sharp.

Hello and I hope you have broad shoulders for this - I feel that this model would look great mounted within a transparent case, in a sea/beach dio or as a reference model, I have built the 1-72 and found it both rubbish (very basic) and quite boring, the model you've created would do even better with a minimum crew of 3, or you could go mad and deck the whole thing out, the whole L.C.V.P. not much better then 1st class stuff, well done in a very good build.
As you can see by my poor attempt
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/3075629316_6b662f9693_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3074883043_b873de4989_b.jpg

Fonderie Miniature's L.C.V.P. 1:35 - by "Toom":

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m47-128.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m47-129.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m47-130.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m47-131.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.falconbbs.com/m47-132.jpg[/img]

This is from my latest page:

[url]http://www.falconbbs.com/model47d.htm[/url]

Comments and suggestions are welcome!