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Offline Ramba

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #25 on: August 12, 2021, 08:40:28 PM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 12, 2021, 08:15:46 PM
Thanks for the positive feedback, Ramba! :smiley:


But you're no bloody help with my conundrum, are you! ::) ;)

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #26 on: August 12, 2021, 08:52:16 PM »
Practice part of each on the hull bottom. Plenty of room and never be seen.

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2021, 12:58:11 AM »
Guy,
You should do what I would do - put on stripes, decide it looks like crap, strip the model back to bare plastic, reapply the paint, try a different pattern, hate it, strip the paint again, reapply...

Or do what Brian suggests. Less suffering and wasted time.
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2021, 02:19:43 AM »
At risk of intensifying your conundrum, I vote for both stripes and "splotches of Dark Earth"!  :smiley:

The idea is that this started off as a 'Top Ender' RAM vehicle (splotches) before being deployed to the Mekong delta (stripes).
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2021, 09:17:42 AM »
Well, at this stage, I've gone with a (supposedly) darker green (Tamiya XF-27 Black Green) tiger stripe look due to a push from several gent's over on WIM.

Can't say I'm overly impressed but that may be because the paint was pre-mixed quite a while ago for the airbrush & the Tamiya paint is considerably more matt than the SMS paints I've used for the rest, so it actually looks lighter at the moment. Maybe after gloss & dull coats it will look better? ???

Anyway, I'm still tossing up adding the SMS Dark Earth, in another stripy pattern, over that.

Photo's of where I'm at a bit later.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #30 on: August 13, 2021, 10:43:35 AM »
Photo's:











The photo's show my dilemma quite well, most places look too light, unless the light is coming from the correct angle when it looks darker.

Decisions! Decisions! :-\



PS: Some of you may have noticed the bolted-on plate added to the front. Almost all the images I've seen of the LVT variants from WW2 through Korea have this plate affixed but it isn't incorporated in the Italeri kit. So, with a piece of appropriate thickness styrene & a dozen Plus Model bolt heads, I've added it to my Vietnam era vehicle.
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Offline Ramba

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #31 on: August 13, 2021, 11:02:30 AM »
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #32 on: August 13, 2021, 12:02:10 PM »
Something very similar is highly likely, mate, albeit probably not so squiggly. :smiley:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2021, 12:14:45 PM »
Looking good, very good!  Definitely one of those things that should have been a real thing!  :smiley:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2021, 02:10:39 PM »
Have to agree with Jeff, this is so natural a look
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #35 on: August 13, 2021, 10:30:25 PM »
Right! I went with another set of stripy shapes for the SMS Dark Earth. Here are the photo's:











I think it looks alright; not too busy, not too plain.


Thanks, Jeff & BT! :icon_alabanza:

Not so sure about "should have been" but certainly a viable "could have been". :smiley:

Not too far off your idea, either, Ramba. ;)
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #36 on: August 14, 2021, 06:56:46 AM »
Nailed it.

That works very nicely
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #37 on: August 14, 2021, 03:46:33 PM »
Thanks, again, BT! :icon_alabanza:

Yah, no more paint. Just needs a gloss coat, some decals & a matt coat ... & some weathering. :smiley:

Tracks (AFV Club) are, unfortunately, black; so will need some painting, too. The Italeri tracks are a nice metallic colour but are as stiff as a board! ::)
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #38 on: August 14, 2021, 07:49:06 PM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 14, 2021, 03:46:33 PM
Tracks (AFV Club) are, unfortunately, black; so will need some painting, too. The Italeri tracks are a nice metallic colour but are as stiff as a board! ::)

Black ??  The ones I used were brown. Much more civilised. As to the italeri tracks, that is precisely why I ditched using them
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #39 on: August 14, 2021, 08:41:47 PM »
Quote from: Buzzbomb on August 14, 2021, 07:49:06 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 14, 2021, 03:46:33 PM
Tracks (AFV Club) are, unfortunately, black; so will need some painting, too. The Italeri tracks are a nice metallic colour but are as stiff as a board! ::)

Black ??  The ones I used were brown. Much more civilised. As to the italeri tracks, that is precisely why I ditched using them

AFV Club indy links I bought are brown but the rubber tracks from my AFV Club LVT-4, which is what I'm using for this build, are black.

Just doing a few little touch-up bits that I forgot & she'll be getting glossed! :smiley:

Hopefully that'll fix the "different sheen" issue. We'll see. ::)
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #40 on: August 14, 2021, 10:05:08 PM »
Gloss coat fixed the sheen issue a treat! ;D

Too shiny, now, for photo's. I'll take some once the decals & matt coat are done (before the weathering). :smiley:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #41 on: August 16, 2021, 10:33:25 AM »
Matt coat (Tamiya TS-80 Flat Clear) has been applied. Just waiting for it to dry. :smiley:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #42 on: August 16, 2021, 12:23:33 PM »
Photo's:













Annoyingly I'm still getting too much reflected light.

Also, the cable on the rear is slightly too long despite measuring the thread I used against the inside of the (highly problematic) Italeri plastic part, I guess it must have stretched during the painting process. :icon_crap:

Don't even mention red dry transfers! :o

Size comparison;







HUGE! is the first thought that comes to mind looking at those images. :icon_surprised:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #43 on: August 16, 2021, 09:28:56 PM »
"Awesome" is the first thing that comes to my mind. 

"Huge" is probably third or fourth.

Nicely done.
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #44 on: August 16, 2021, 09:51:08 PM »
Looks great Guy!  As for the tow cable, those things often have a mind of their own when it comes to conforming.  Consider that to be just one more detail towards authentic. 

BZ!  :smiley:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #45 on: August 16, 2021, 09:55:25 PM »
Terrific job! The M4 and M41 look great too.
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #46 on: August 16, 2021, 10:31:48 PM »
It's looking great! It's a beast compared to the other two tanks.
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #47 on: August 17, 2021, 02:28:53 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #48 on: August 17, 2021, 04:23:43 AM »
That came out beautifully  :smiley:  The paint stands gives your Crocodile a bit of an anti-grav vibe ... probably not a bad idea for the Mekong delta ...

Quote from: Old Wombat on August 16, 2021, 12:23:33 PM
... Don't even mention red dry transfers! :o

Sorry ... gotta  ;)  "SALTIE" is the perfect name for this beast  :smiley:  Well worth any Letraset sacrifices demanded by the modelling gods  ;D
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Re: LVT(A)-1A "Crocodile"
« Reply #49 on: August 17, 2021, 07:07:22 AM »
Bloody Maaaaarvellous !! :smiley: :smiley:

Everything works, great scheme and terrific planning to get it together. Well done
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