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Offline Claymore

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #25 on: May 03, 2026, 02:56:41 AM »
I’m particularly liking the severed heads - although I now realise they are for the crew and not to adorn the side plating.  Moving on…

My vote goes to the splinter paint scheme.  :smiley:
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Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #26 on: May 03, 2026, 06:04:06 AM »
Gaaaah.. batch difference in colour.. that does suck. should not happen, but does.

Sounds like close to some more boat pix  :smiley:
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #27 on: May 03, 2026, 11:06:05 AM »
Quote from: Claymore on May 03, 2026, 02:56:41 AM
I’m particularly liking the severed heads - although I now realise they are for the crew and not to adorn the side plating.  Moving on…

You, my friend, have given me a very good idea for a post-apocalyptic version of the LCM ... I may need to buy another!  :D  :o  :-\
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #28 on: May 07, 2026, 12:03:34 AM »
Moving not-quite-slowly & steadily forward. 1st camo colour is on!  :D

Now modifying the masking for camo colour #2.
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #29 on: May 08, 2026, 05:51:19 PM »
Camo is done - needs a few touch-ups, though.

Here's a teaser;



PS: Every colour on there is "grey".  ;)
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #30 on: May 10, 2026, 02:17:48 AM »
More, more my good man, more I say!  >:(  :smiley:
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #31 on: May 11, 2026, 12:59:24 AM »
Oh-kay, if I have to.  ;)

Added a bit more DSG. Looks better now.

Still a bit of touching up to do, though.

A couple more teasers, just for Claymore:



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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2026, 10:16:20 AM »
I've glued the PO Cox'n into the wheelhouse, so that sub-assembly is sitting to one side while the glue dries/sets.

I used thin CA to get a quick fix & have added a big dollop of Clear Gorilla Glue to form a more permanent bond.

Next will be fitting the hold into the hull.

Proper movement!  :-\ :smiley:
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2026, 10:19:19 PM »
Thanks mate and things are looking great - although I can’t quite make out yet where the 15” turrets are going to go…  :-\
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2026, 10:26:55 PM »
Quote from: Claymore on May 13, 2026, 10:19:19 PM
Thanks mate and things are looking great - although I can’t quite make out yet where the 15” turrets are going to go…  :-\

They'll be mounted one twin turret astern of the wheel house & one twin turret at each corner of the cargo hold in a quasi-pseudo-Dreadnought lay-out, as I can't get one with a clear arc of fire from within the cargo hold.  :smiley:  ;)
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2026, 11:14:06 PM »
Perfect!  ;D
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #36 on: May 14, 2026, 11:31:56 AM »
OK, that was fun ...  :-\

Two days to get the cargo hold in! It sat perfectly when dry fitting it but the moment glue was involved ... Nope, not on your Nelly!  :o

I had to clamp everything down in at least 2 dimensions & even cut away some of the styrene support under the partially glued-in hold!  :icon_twisted:

Ended up with a few more paint touch-ups to do & there are a couple of minor spots that will just have to become part of the weathering.  ::)
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2026, 12:42:37 PM »
But... its done.  :smiley:
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #38 on: May 14, 2026, 02:01:18 PM »
That bit. Yes.  :smiley:
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #39 on: May 15, 2026, 02:51:16 AM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 14, 2026, 02:01:18 PM
That bit. Yes.  :smiley:

And it was a 'win' (since no 4-dimensional clamping was required)  ;D
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2026, 06:19:58 PM »
Time for a pictorial update, methinks!  :smiley:

Gun emplacement armour plate is fixed under the deck with sprue-goo (still drying), & the deck is only dry-fitted until I get the gun mounts fitted, then I can glue that in place.

Enjoy!  ;)























Hopefully that wasn't too exhausting!  :))
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #41 on: May 15, 2026, 10:51:18 PM »
That looks great! The paint job and masking is outstanding.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #42 on: May 15, 2026, 11:03:05 PM »
Thanks, Frank!  :icon_alabanza:
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #43 on: May 17, 2026, 02:07:22 AM »
Great work and the coxswain’s position, in particular, is excellent - although you would have to be barking mad to stand there with nothing more than a few mm of steel between you and the entire German Army!
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #44 on: May 17, 2026, 12:16:17 PM »
Quote from: Claymore on May 17, 2026, 02:07:22 AM
Great work and the coxswain’s position, in particular, is excellent - although you would have to be barking mad to stand there with nothing more than a few mm of steel between you and the entire German Army!

Thanks, mate!  :icon_alabanza:

But this guy's facing off against the entire Japanese Army during Operation Downfall (it's for a GB over on WIM) with only a few mm of steel for protection - at least I've given him some overhead cover, too.  ;)
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #45 on: May 17, 2026, 04:22:49 PM »
Of course, Japan, what an eejit…  :-[


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Offline Kerick

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #46 on: May 17, 2026, 04:43:33 PM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 13, 2026, 11:42:30 PM
Nah, it's fine, mate! I've bodged up a cox'n using bits from various figures from a MiniArt British Jeep Crew Set (35051) & some Aves.

Looking at photo's of WW2 RAN crewmen I discovered that the early iterations of the old No.8 & 8a uniforms were created for service in the Pacific Campaign



So far this is the only image of the No. 8s I could find online (a bit earlier than my era)

Remember McHalles Navy TV show? Check the back row center bald guy. It’s Tim Conway!

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #47 on: July 01, 2026, 10:46:26 AM »
Proof of Progress:





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Slow going!

Had to find an alternative to the wire I wanted to use for the ramp hawsers (ended up being some very nice mercered cotton thread I have in the stash (usually used for sewing leather goods)
Had to make 2 sets of .50 cal  machine guns (the 100-round ammo cans on the first set were too big, so I had to go with 50-round cans) - all beautiful little kits in their own right
Got AMS on the fire extinguisher & re-built the entire top & tube to match period photos
Rebuilt the cockpit/wheelhouse cover attachments 3 times to get the removable top high enough to not hit the skipper's hat & strong enough not to break with (minimal) handling
Agonised over decals, trying to find suitable decals in the stash, revising my initial idea a couple more times & finally settled on what you see here (there is a logic to them)

Hopefully I'll get the weathering done in time for the end of the GB on What If Modellers - I know I won't get the crew finished.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #48 on: July 01, 2026, 11:24:10 AM »
It looks pretty done to me! You could enter that and add more parts later.
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Re: Here Come the Marines! (Part 1)
« Reply #49 on: July 01, 2026, 11:33:51 AM »
Thanks, mate!  :icon_alabanza:

Doesn't need parts, just some relatively light weathering (mostly to hide paint defects  ;) ).
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