My real world builds are in 1/87 scale, down to 1/100 for ships. Taking advantage of the confinement I am working on an old idea. It's a demented enough project that I think can be shown here.
I had bought for a few pennies in some swap-meet an ancient Lindberg LCT kit, nearly completely built, and glue bombed.
Even if sometimes offered by Lindberg as a "D-Day LCT", it represents the post-war version, Class 1466, in 1/25 scale.
In my opinion, it's possible to build an 1/100 WW2 LCT 5 out of it.
I have enlarged the plan from Norman Friedman "U.S. amphibious ships and crafts", Naval Institute Press as reference.
Sorry I forgot to snap a photo before starting the carnage.






Now it's starting to look like an LCT again.

Clever surgery! Nice idea.

Neatly done.

I had re-started this project just before the beginning of the shelf queens one, so it's not eligible. 
Anyway it's a real world one so would have been disqualified.
I had lost my mojo on the details, been stumped by the gimmick over the rear anchor.
Now details are completed (apart from the ones that will be installed after paint, like the guns, fire extinguishers etc.)

That very clever! I like it!
You could make a whiff out of it by making it into a ship that was sold as surplus in the 60s to an inter island shipping company out of the Bahamas. You could do a civilian paint job and weather it like crazy. Make it the bigger boat that was needed at the end of the movie "Jaws"!

Great idea and really nice build going on.

I would love to do an LCT in 72nd scale but the only one I have found (besides the Mach 2 kit which, uh, no) is the one from Dan Taylor which are 76th scale (close enough) but on the high end, especially shipping to the US, and don't seem to be on his site at this moment.

I thought about trying to scratchbuild one and quickly regained my senses.

Quote from: philp on January 18, 2024, 06:54:20 PMGreat idea and really nice build going on.

I would love to do an LCT in 72nd scale but the only one I have found (besides the Mach 2 kit which, uh, no) is the one from Dan Taylor which are 76th scale (close enough) but on the high end, especially shipping to the US, and don't seem to be on his site at this moment.

I thought about trying to scratchbuild one and quickly regained my senses.

The LCT must be the easiest ship to scratchbuild. It's mostly a rectangular box. And there are good plans on internet and books, as well as a series of very useful shipyard photos.

There's a pull-out plan for an LCT in this month's 'Model Boats' magazine, the only model boat magazine in the UK.

OK, it's for an RC model, but easily scaleable I'm sure.

That looks very neat 

That's looking very good! 

Lindberg kits were often "what-if" interpretations of the actual subject.  Congratulations taking on such a kit!  Looking forward to the result.

Quote from: JoeP on January 27, 2024, 08:50:20 AMLindberg kits were often "what-if" interpretations of the actual subject.  Congratulations taking on such a kit!  Looking forward to the result.

Thanks. It's nearly complete. I have painted and decaled it and built the 2 Oerlikon guns.


Quite a pain, as the brass is very thin and soft, very difficult to keep the parts straight.

Many years ago, when I was a young lad and a wargamer I decided to build several LCTs and LSTs.  The LSTs were simply too large to build, so I built their bows.  I built the whole LCTs.  I never actually used them but would occasionally threaten to do so for greater realism.  They were big, grey boxes with opening bows.   

That's beautiful work 👏 👍 😊

Quote from: Wardukw on January 28, 2024, 01:12:37 AMThat's beautiful work 👏 👍 😊

It is indeed