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AFV Club: Landing Ship Tank (LST)TimReynaga
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Posted: Tuesday, November 06, 2018 - 04:40 AM UTC
AFV Club has announced the November 2018 release of a U.S. Landing Ship Tank (LST) in 1/350 scale.
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RedDuster
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 12, 2018 - 10:27 PM UTC
Saw the sprues for this up at Telford, Very nice indeed, will have to have one!
Hope they bring out an RN boxing too.
Si
Hope they bring out an RN boxing too.
Si
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 12:51 AM UTC
That looks cool! Must be huge!
TimReynaga
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Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 01:43 AM UTC
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That looks cool! Must be huge!
The model is just over 11 inches in length.
Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 10:32 AM UTC
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Quoted TextThat looks cool! Must be huge!
The model is just over 11 inches in length.
Ha ha! I thought, "That can't be right!" and then realized that my armor modeler brain had seen the 35 in the kit number and immediately jumped to 1/35th scale. I see now it's actually 1/350th scale! Just a slight difference...
Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 04:51 AM UTC
Have often wondered; if they can sell half a glider in 1/35th why not offer just the forward 40' of an LST in the same scale? For use in a tank loading/unloading dio!
p.s. The Patton Museum used to have a LST model on display. It was 1/35th scale and had all sorts of tanks coming out the front and soft skin vehicles on the upper deck.
IT WAS HUGE!
p.s. The Patton Museum used to have a LST model on display. It was 1/35th scale and had all sorts of tanks coming out the front and soft skin vehicles on the upper deck.
IT WAS HUGE!
Tojo72
North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 06:09 AM UTC
That is very cool,I will use my same line with these releases,so many kits,so little time and money
jon_a_its
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 08:01 PM UTC
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.....p.s. The Patton Museum used to have a LST model on display. It was 1/35th scale and had all sorts of tanks coming out the front and soft skin vehicles on the upper deck.
IT WAS HUGE!
It is! Pete Boyer of MAN Models (Glasgow) & Mulberry Harbours D-Day (IPMS SIG & on FB) has scratch built one(!)
the Sig is also building the rest of the Mulberry in 1/35th...
Mulberry Harbours D-Day IPMS SIG, on FB
Biggles2
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 03:48 AM UTC
Compared to Dragon's 1/350 destroyers (both German and US) which are bigger, better detailed, and have more parts, this LST seems to be VERY expensive. But then, Dragon never made an LST.
blaster76
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2019 - 04:00 AM UTC
Got the kit...It is nice. No vehicles included. Aww they have a vehicle kit so got it. Real bummer.. they have several vehicle types but only 2 of each. Ended up ordering several of Le'Arsenal shermans and 6x6 trucks. Also did a little casting to add some more.