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Author: | jcmackay [ Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | 1/144 LSM-311 (Revell) |
Attachment: Quite a while back, I'd mentioned in another thread that I was going to build a 1/144th scale Revell LSM kit. Well, at long last after being sidetracked on other projects, I am at work on my LSM project. I’ve chosen LSM-311 as the subject ship. Through my involvement with the National USS LSM/LSMR Association, I came to meet and become friends with WW2 veteran Ray Olley and his wonderful family. LSM-311 was Ray’s ship and I was privileged to spend time with the Olleys and listen to some of Ray’s reminiscences of his wartime experiences. LSM-311 was built by the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois and commissioned on May 31, 1944. The ship supported wartime operations in the Philippines and Borneo. Just short of two years after commissioning, the ship was decommissioned on May 29, 1946 and later scrapped. When LSM-311 was commissioned, she was fitted with the two bow 20mm tubs that are depicted in the Revell early LSM kit. Subsequently, her focsle was updated and she received a single 40mm Bofors in a bow tub. This is the configuration of the ship that I decided to build. Revell of Germany issued kits of two versions of LSMs; the aforementioned early LSM with twin tubs on the bow and a post-war variant of the type given to the German Navy. Revell never issued a late-war LSM, though, so if you wish to build a late-war variant, it isn’t quite as easy as building the German Navy LSM out of the box for two major reasons: the German conn superstructure was greatly modified and the German Navy armament was considerably different with a dual 40mm on the bow and no 20mm gun tubs. Therefore, you have to combine parts of both kits and purchase a single 40mm. In my next post, I'll show you the start of the project. Thanks for stopping by! John |
Author: | dhenning [ Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1/144 LSM-311 (Revell) |
Welcome back John! Looking forward to your build! |
Author: | raggs [ Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1/144 LSM-311 (Revell) |
John, and Dave, both you gents have done justice to old Amphib kits. I'll be keeping my eye on this one. Best, Paul |
Author: | dhenning [ Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1/144 LSM-311 (Revell) |
Thanks Paul and John. I finished up my build of the Revell kit earlier this year. Was hoping to take her to ScaleFest in Dallas and maybe even to the IPMS Nationals in San Marcos this summer, but alas.... I built the kit as LSM-169, a 40mm equipped LSM that struck a mine off the coast of Bataan during the return to the Philippines in 1945. I already had the twin gun tub version of the Revell kit in hand when the German post-war version came out with the 40mm mount. I found the instructions for the post-war version on line and used the parts map view of the added sprue with the bow addition pieces as a guide to make my own from sheet styrene. I also added 0.50 caliber mounts from PanzervsTanks 3D printing. The 169 was transporting an Army reconnaissance troop at the time of the mine strike, so I tried to configure the load to match information that John's brother, Ron, the former Amphibious Forces Association historian, provided from the after action report from that day. I found some M3 Half Tracks on line, swapped the kit's Shermans with a fellow board member in the UK for some additional M20 Greyhounds, and Luis with PanzervsTanks 3D printed Wilys Jeeps for the recon troop as well. Luis also provide 1/144 crew and Army troops to place around the well deck. I am currently having issues with downloading anything at all from my digital camera, but will try to get some pictures to the Completed Works page sometime soon. Dave |
Author: | dhenning [ Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:34 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1/144 LSM-311 (Revell) |
Looking good John. I did replace the ladder rungs on the welldeck with model railroad grab irons. That was a pain to do and not so visible after the well deck gets filled up with vehicles. |
Author: | pascalemod [ Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:29 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1/144 LSM-311 (Revell) |
The fact one can build ship and tank all in one makes this kit pretty fun already! |
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