IanC Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Here's Airfix's classic landing craft and Sherman tank. I've read that the M4 is slightly underscale compared to the LCM, so I tried it out with the Heller 1/72 kit. The LCM parts were a bit warped and the Sherman needed plenty of cleaning up but it's all out of the box except for the tank commander who was pinched from the Airfix Morris Quad. Airfix also supply three nice naval bods in duffle coats. In reality, the LCM (3) was rarely used to transport tanks and was usually seen with a cargo of personnel or supplies. Fortunately, Airfix chose the more exciting option! 38 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorrich Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Extremely nice "land and sea" combination. You've done a great job on both. Does the ramp go up for a run in to the beach look?? Cheers...Rich Edited February 28 by Armorrich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 2 hours ago, Armorrich said: Extremely nice "land and sea" combination. You've done a great job on both. Does the ramp go up for a run in to the beach look?? Cheers...Rich Thanks Rich. Yes, it does but it needs a bit of Blu Tack to keep it there. 😉 I'll see if I can add another photo depicting that crucial 'hit the beach' moment! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 That's great, clean work in that scale. The figures add a lot, and are very nicely done. Nice one! 😎👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Great result Ian... You could believe that's 1/35 scale... Brilliant job on the figures as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 The LCM, the M4 and the figures, all very well done. Nice work Ian. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 You did a very nice job on both Shermans and the LCM, Ian. I assume your comments about the cleaning up refered to the Airfix M4? I find the Heller Shermans (both the M4 and M4A2) a joy to put together. I must have build more than a dozen, including a turret swap with the Airfix Firefly, an early version with bogeys from a Mirage M3 Grant and conversions with a hybrid hull. Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 That's an awesome result! Great work on this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, Pedro1 said: You did a very nice job on both Shermans and the LCM, Ian. I assume your comments about the cleaning up refered to the Airfix M4? I find the Heller Shermans (both the M4 and M4A2) a joy to put together. I must have build more than a dozen, including a turret swap with the Airfix Firefly, an early version with bogeys from a Mirage M3 Grant and conversions with a hybrid hull. Peter Thanks Peter. And yes, I was indeed referring to the Airfix kit. The Heller Shermans are superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Hi Ian, Nice set of vehicles, very well finished, as they say, they seem on a larger scale. A resin base imitating water would be great. but I imagine it is a lot of work and complicated (at least for me it would be...lol). Cheers Francis.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 14 hours ago, FrancisGL said: Hi Ian, Nice set of vehicles, very well finished, as they say, they seem on a larger scale. A resin base imitating water would be great. but I imagine it is a lot of work and complicated (at least for me it would be...lol). Cheers Francis.👍 Thanks Francis. Yes, a base is penciled in as a future project! 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 That looks brilliant Ian, I really like the last photo, a great view of the tank just about to come off. It all looks brilliant, the painting, the weathering and the figures. Excellent work...👍 Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Great work Ian. Really impressive results on these small scalers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I can only echo what others have said. Nice modelling. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 That's wonderful to look at. A very fine build. I remember this Airfix kit which I played a lot with as a child. Mine was full of troops who stormed ashore again and again - from the floor onto the carpet...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Thats a lovely bit of work, some really nice weathering going on there. You know what, this is screaming out for a simple resin water/sand beach diorama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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