US Landing Ship (Medium) Revell 1/144

[Guest]

Thanks Dave for your kind help, I was thinking of doing a step by step build of this one iff there was any interest, never done it before but I'm willing to give it a go.

John

[Gern]

Thanks Dave for your kind help, I was thinking of doing a step by step build of this one iff there was any interest, never done it before but I'm willing to give it a go.John

I think we're all interested in seeing how others work John - especially in pictures. Decisions on the order things are built and painted and tricks and techniques used are always useful as we come across things we've not done before or problems we need to solve.

[papa 695]

Thanks Dave for your kind help, I was thinking of doing a step by step build of this one iff there was any interest, never done it before but I'm willing to give it a go.John

Yes step by step John PLEASE

[Guest]

Ok Ian ill give it a go.

John

[Guest]

Ok here we go, just a re-cap on what I have done to date & why.

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The hull went together without a hitch, stern & prop section the same.

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I have not glued the ramp sections together yet as the inside will need painting first, also I will not be putting the ramp hinge inside the ramp like the instructions say, I have glued the hinge to the hull & then test fitted it to make sure it fits & is in the right place.

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Next I made a start on the bridge section, trying to remove as many of the join lines as I go along.

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Forgot to mention I drilled the holes for the stanchion's.

Well that's about as far as I have got to date.

John

[Guest]

Thanks John I will enjoy following this, looking very good so far.

[Guest]

Back to the bench again, this is part of the upper bridge, I hate it when Revell put such large overflow bits on small items its a pain cutting them off.

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Did some work on the loading deck sides & top deck, remembering to drill out the small holes.

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That's it for the moment, may spray the hull Sunday, them decide what colour to paint it.

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John.

[monica]

so true but the carpet monster gets a feed lol, looking good,

[papa 695]

Great work so far John. Would love to see paint job 3 or 4

[Guest]

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Ok then I decided to build it as the 201.
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Thought you might like a little information on this one, so hear we go.

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]LSM-1 LANDING SHIP MADIUM[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]Laid down 24th December 1943 at Dravo Corporation Wilmington, DE.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]Launched 26th Feb 1944.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]Commissioned USS LSM-201 14TH April 1944 Lt F.T. McAdams, USNR in Command.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]During WW11 USS LSM-201 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]1, LSM Flotilla Five, CDR W,H. Carpenter USN. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]2, LEM Group Fourteen LCDR A.E. Lind USNR.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]3, LSM Division Twenty-Seven.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]Participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19th Feb to March 16th 1945.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]USS LSM-201 Earned one Battle Star for WW11 Service.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]Decommissioned 16th May 1946 at Norfolk VA.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255,0,0)]Final Disposition sold for scrap 10th Nov 1946.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(0,0,0)]John[/COLOR]

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[papa 695]

Nice one John looking forward to this even more

[flyjoe180]

Nice start John.

[Guest]

Well fitted the prop shafts & rudders, next is the part I hate most masking & spraying the hull.

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The hull has been lightly sanded so hopefully the primer will stick.

As you can see I am using auto paint Red Oxide primer.

First light layer on.

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At this point the outer doors are not glued in place but I taped them in position for spraying, Also I had a misshape while doing this, I droped one of the outer doors & broke off both locating pins so I need to do a couple of wire ones.

Upward & onward.

John

[Guest]

I am still undecided as to how to paint this one, after some research I cannot find any reference to LSM-201 ever being painted in camo, the pictures I have showing LSM-201 were taken at iwo jima beach 1945.

Any help on this would be welcome.

John

[Guest]

Just a quick up date.

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John.