Neil's Italeri 1/35 LCVP Landing Craft

[Waspie]

Cheers Doug, no offense intended!
the colour pic of GIs embarking is indeed from a series taken in Weymouth, around 4th June, I believe.

Non taken Neil. More time to paint in peace time!!

[Guest]

Hey Jakko, in most areas I would unhesitatingly bow to your unrivalled and detailed knowledge

I freely admit I don’t have great in-depth knowledge on this particular subject My general impression was that they would probably have been in pretty decent shape, but several of your photos indeed show otherwise.

even though one is colourized

I think, but am not 100% sure, that’s a genuine colour photo.

you can clearly see the staining and chipping of the wood.

The white stuff on the side and rear stern, you mean? It looks more like reflections from the water to me, like this:



The one with all the scratches on the sides would be the one I would be aiming for, though

[Waspie]

I think, but am not 100% sure, that’s a genuine colour photo.

The local rag, (Dorset Evening Echo), ran a series of the colourised Day preparations around the Weymouth area. Mostly of Weymouth harbour and US troops around their vessels. The image Neil posted being one of them.

[Neil Merryweather]

I think, but am not 100% sure, that’s a genuine colour photo.


The white stuff on the side and rear stern, you mean? It looks more like reflections from the water to me, like this:

The staining and chipping I'm referring to is in the colourized one of the US Navy crew at the top of the thread.
You're right, the GIs embarking is from a series shot in Weymouth, and is genuine wartime colour stock. And I agree about the reflections in that one, but look at the tide mark.
I shall try and replicate that too.
cheers
N

[Neil Merryweather]

I’ve added a bit more bling and glued a few more bits together

The dial on the ‘wheel house’ comes with the PE set and is printed on clear film - I must remember to mask it before I prime.

I’ve spent a fair few hours going through my refences and I’ve come to the conclusion that there are a huge number of different designs of LCVP/ Higgins Boat,and not many images of the specific type that’s represented by this model. For instance, there are two bilge pumps in this area and I wondered if they were a different colour. You can’t see them in any shots I’ve found. Also there are different types of steering wheel, different arrangements of the ribs, the pulleys- everything really!
I’m not afraid of using artistic licence but it’s always good to find out how something SHOULD look, before you take liberties.

I also want to know which bits are made of what material so that I can pre-colour them before the chipping process. That’s where it’s useful that there are many shots of boats before and during restoration. I know they were mostly wood, but some was actual timber and some was plywood. Some bits are obviously metal, some not so obvious.

It’s a moot point as to whether it’s worth bothering too much with details inside the boat as I intend to fill it with GIs, but you can bet that the bit I leave will be on view in the only gap. That said, a lot of the careful detail I put into my French Fusiliers diorama was hidden by a) the crowded composition and b) by the bloody tall grass I spent so much effort on. For instance, the fallen officer was totally buried and practically invisible!

Still, it’s the process that’s the fun, isn’t it?

Oh, and guess who had to scrape Halfords Primer off the dial......? :rolling:

I must say I'm enjoying actually doing this after all the years I've been thinking about it.

Cheers
Neil

[scottie3158]

Neil, coming on nicely you can't beat a bit of bling.

[Lee Drennen]

Nice updates Neil.

[Gern]

I’ve proceeded to the next step in the destructions which is the installation of the vertical ribs in the hull sides.
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I primed the sides to check how well the filling of the sink marks had gone- not great, more work required.

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The instructions tell you to tie the thread but I know that ‘s just wrong, it needs to be a cable eye, so that’s something else I will be trying to represent.

A short piece of narrow tubing and a needle threader will be your friends there Neil!

[Tim Marlow]

Really looking forward to seeing this one come together Neil. Interesting discussion as well.

[Mickc1440]

Late as usual Neil but that's coming along nicely

[Jim R]

Still, it’s the process that’s the fun, isn’t it?

Many of us have that attitude Neil. The "making" of a model is where the fun and challenge is. It's a sense of achievement. It's the same as when the wife hoovers behind the settee, no one sees behind the settee but she knows the dust and dog hair is no more :smiling3:

[Gern]

I’ve added a bit more bling and glued a few more bits together
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The dial on the ‘wheel house’ comes with the PE set and is printed on clear film - I must remember to mask it before I prime.

Oh, and guess who had to scrape Halfords Primer off the dial......? :rolling:

Cheers
Neil

Did you forget to remind yourself then?

[Neil Merryweather]

It's the same as when the wife hoovers behind the settee, no one sees behind the settee but she knows the dust and dog hair is no more :smiling3:

I'm afraid that part is left to me too,Jim- swmbo just hoovers around everything :rolling: :tired::tears-of-joy:

[Neil Merryweather]

I've added some more bling




whilst searching my images I found this


There's not an anchor included in the kit, and I haven't found any contemporary pictures showing one(this is a restoration), but they MUST have had one, surely?
So I had a quick trawl of the 3D printing websites I know and I found exactly the right one for a euro or two



And the steps in that picture are not in the kit either, but they will add some dynamics to the dio, so I have printed them too


that's all for now folks!

[Stefee]

Great use of various materials to make this a special build.