International Scale Modeller

Thank you ISM for hosting this wonderful Group Build. Thanks also to all the participants for making this GB so much fun to watch and thanks to all the followers of the many fantastic builds too!


For this GB, a pair of Italeri kits in 1/35 scale were built.
LVT (A) 4, kit 6396 and LVT-4 Water Buffalo kit 379.
The build thread can be viewed by clicking this link: http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 91&t=17934


A few shots of some LVT's in action,
An LVT(A) 4 on the Iwo Jima beach:



An LVT-4 on its way to the beachhead on Okinawa:




A short video with some info on the LVT's:
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And finally on to the reveal pics, first the LVT (A) 4:
(Warning: many photos to follow)



























And then the LVT-4:



























If you've made it this far, your a real trooper,
Thank you and Model On everyone,

Well Done !!!! they look great..paintwork. weathering spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

Willem wrote:Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

Awesome work
Will used perfect adjectives ....weight and presence
Photographed on a beach at a close angle it would be hard to tell if it wasn't real 1:1

rwsmith14 wrote:Well Done !!!! they look great..paintwork. weathering spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Willem wrote:Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

Twokidsnosleep wrote:

Willem wrote:Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

Awesome work
Will used perfect adjectives ....weight and presence
Photographed on a beach at a close angle it would be hard to tell if it wasn't real 1:1

Thank you so much RW, Will and Scott, very much appreciated

Fantastic detail, paintjob and balanced weathering that makes them super-realistic

...and they look absolutely gorgeous aswell!

Great job, buddy!


Tommy

Incredible modeling skills you have mate. They both look so lifelike.

TommyKillander wrote:Fantastic detail, paintjob and balanced weathering that makes them super-realistic

...and they look absolutely gorgeous aswell!

Great job, buddy!


Tommy

Always48 wrote:Incredible modeling skills you have mate. They both look so lifelike.

Thank you Tommy and Alan, I really enjoyed this GB as it was much fun watching the many different subjects being modeled here