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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:24 pm 
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I'm opening this for all inshore fire support vessel fans. Pictured, is USS Clarion River LSMR-409, and USS Carronade IFS-1


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:33 pm 
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I picked up a Lindberg "Bobtail Cruiser" kit, to include in an N scale (1:160) model railroad module. The kit, a 1:172 scale (close enough for government work), as built, left much to be desired, so I started a rebuild, adding what detail I could find, or build. The crew of Carronade, has a website that has lots of photos of crew members, with "detail behind".
The pictures posted here are of the "out of box" model, in drydock, and a shot of some of the changes already made.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:24 pm 
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I picked up the Loose Cannon 1/700 LSMR as a simple intro to 1/700.
It says a dazzle camo scheme measure 31/17L using colors US 16,22,23,24 (& gives WEM equivalents).
However there is no drawing of the scheme -- can someone point me to a source forwhat this scheme might look like ?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:24 am 
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Diagrams of patterns for LSM can be found on the US Naval historical Center website.
pattern 31/17L is at:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 76519c.htm and
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 76520c.htm
pattern 31/10L is at
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 76521c.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 76522c.htm
I don't know where Loose Cannon got their information, but the only identifiable pattern I've ever seen on LSMRs is 10L.
I've never seen 17L, and there are phots with a pattern I cannot identify (neither 10L or 17L).
10L was used with both solid and "fuzzy" color borders. Check out the pictures on Navsource.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:17 pm 
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Aryeh,
Thank you very much for the info and the links.
I have been trying for two days to get the full size pictures down -- the site seems to just stall out halfway thru a picture.
Is this common ? The full size images are only 150k or so so it shouldn't be like this unless the site has a bandwidth of a half-dozen bits or so ....
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:56 am 
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Naval Historical Center has had problems with slow server response in the past.
If you still can't download, contact me offline and I'll try send you copies

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:41 pm 
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Aryeh,
Thanks, I managed to outlast the server snail today and got all 4 photos.

The 17L pattern is the one I want. I have found data/photos on all 12 LSM(R) and it appears that 188, 194, and 196 were in 31/17L and the other 9 in 31/10L. I also learned from the photos that there were variants on rocket configuration, so I will model 188 because the kit rocket config is closest to that.

Again, thanks for your help ...
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:03 pm 
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Hi John

Could you contact me offline and/or provide source data for those pattern photos? Especially three you think are in measure 17L? The Navsource photos I used for them all look very clearly like measure 10L to me, but I am certianly open to other views and would like my personal listings to be as accurate as possible.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:09 pm 
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Aryeh,

This link is to an LSM & LSM(R) index on Nav Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/14/14idx.htm

If you scroll down to LSM(R)-188 thru -199, you can then navigate to info/photos of each. I did not look at any of the LSM(R)-401 class as the Loose Cannon kit is of the -188 class.

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http://www.usswhiteriver.com/


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:58 pm 
I have been looking for some diagrams with measurements so I can build a radio control model of a FSF-1 sea fighter built by nichols bros of Freeland,Washington. Have general outside measurements but need inside and pontoons size,etc.


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i was supposed to try to finish other projects and start the way to an APB project, then i saw something in my stash that was long neglected:

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sorry for the poor picture= twas taken at night time..will update accordingly...if i get the time to do so...sheesh!


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:05 am 
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clearer pics and a few updates:

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:30 pm 
Here is an LSM 156 out of paper. http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/ship ... 156-a.html


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Jepot, When did you get that? I REALLY NEED some of those LSMs. Also, I'm pretty sure LSMs didn't carry 3 inch guns. More like twin Bofors 40mm on the bow.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:05 pm 
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Hey guys...

I've finished that LSM 156 made of paper card this summer. Here it is in my gallery: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/am/landingcraft/lsm-100-mt/mt-index.html

If you would like more information on this kit and how to build it, just contact me through a PM, or email me at eibwarrior@yahoo.com

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Mark Taylor

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:41 am 
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It’s been a while since anyone posted anything about this topic, so maybe this request will get things moving again. A while back, I started scratchbuilding a 1/48th scale model of the LSM-59. I’m a member of the USS LSM/LSMR Association and I want to be able to bring this model to the reunions. I’m building the model as the LSM-59 appeared during the invasion of Iwo Jima and pretty soon, I’m going to have to start building the vehicles that were carried aboard her. The tanks and jeeps are the easy part, but she also carried a construction crane. I’ve found photos of them but does anyone know of any drawings that would help?


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:24 pm 
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JC,
I think you're going to have to get into the military vehicle sites to find anything on a crane. Its one of those things that we know were there but nobody, except maybe military engineers and cargo types, have much interest in.

I checked a site that has CAD drawings of vehicles but there was nothing on cranes.

I'll keep looking

Russ

Try here for something that looks right: http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/rwe/rwe2071.htm
The scale is wrong but perhaps you could buy one, take measurements and scale it up.

Here's something else. Scroll down http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_ph ... ne_ww2.php


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:59 pm 
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Hey Russ,

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and thanks for the tips! I'm thinking I'm going to have to do what you suggested; buy a model of a crane and scale it up.

I took another look at the list of vehicles I'm going to need for my LSM model and it's a bit longer than I remembered. at Iwo, LSM-59 carried 5 Shermans, 5 Jeeps, a 10 ton crane, a bulldozer, a tractor crane, a 6X6 truck, and 3 trailers. Pretty impressive load jammed into such a small ship, eh?

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:00 pm 
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John,

No problem

You may have to research the dozer a bit. back then they were on the small side, compared to today

Just thought of another search and bingo, there's stuff available in 1/50. But :Mad_6: this die cast stuff is really pricey

http://www.oakridgehobbies.com/index.ph ... t-die-cast

http://www.ccmodels.com/

http://www.constructionscalemodels.com/

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