D-day Landing Crafts (1 Viewer)

[binder001]

1) So we don't get accused of anti-British bias, don't forget the LCA (Landing Craft Assault). This was slightly larger than the classic US LCVP and had the same basic mission. LCA was lightly armored. I don't know about its use on other US beaches but many of the 2nd Ranger Bn that went to Pont du Hoc rode in LCAs.

By the way, when remembering servicemen please keep in mind that a number of landing craft as well as patrol and control vessels were manned by US Coast Guardsmen.

2) With the withdrawal of Honour Bound from the 1:30th vehicle scene the market is wide open for a good Duplex Drive Sherman, either the British version (M4A2 and M4A4 types) or the US version (M4A1). The US type was used in combat by the British for DDay and a few British versions were used by the US to fill ranks for the Rhine crossing. An M4A1 Duplex Drive is the sort of complex model that calls out for Figarti. Lots of fiddly braces etc inside those screens and the tank itself has some unusual features.

3). Here's one for the guys who like to "fill a shelf" - a US Army M25 tank transporter (the "Dragon wagon") carrying a USN LCVP or LCM-3 forward to the Rhine. The British and US forces both trucked light landing craft overland to be used in the Rhine crossings. Imagine watching a huge (for 1945 Europe) tank transporter hauling a 32-foot LCVP through a European town with narrow streets!

Lots of fun ideas in this thread.

Gary

 

[JPB]

1) So we don't get accused of anti-British bias, don't forget the LCA (Landing Craft Assault). This was slightly larger than the classic US LCVP and had the same basic mission. LCA was lightly armored. I don't know about its use on other US beaches but many of the 2nd Ranger Bn that went to Pont du Hoc rode in LCAs.

By the way, when remembering servicemen please keep in mind that a number of landing craft as well as patrol and control vessels were manned by US Coast Guardsmen.

2) With the withdrawal of Honour Bound from the 1:30th vehicle scene the market is wide open for a good Duplex Drive Sherman, either the British version (M4A2 and M4A4 types) or the US version (M4A1). The US type was used in combat by the British for DDay and a few British versions were used by the US to fill ranks for the Rhine crossing. An M4A1 Duplex Drive is the sort of complex model that calls out for Figarti. Lots of fiddly braces etc inside those screens and the tank itself has some unusual features.

3). Here's one for the guys who like to "fill a shelf" - a US Army M25 tank transporter (the "Dragon wagon") carrying a USN LCVP or LCM-3 forward to the Rhine. The British and US forces both trucked light landing craft overland to be used in the Rhine crossings. Imagine watching a huge (for 1945 Europe) tank transporter hauling a 32-foot LCVP through a European town with narrow streets!

Lots of fun ideas in this thread.

Gary

Just keep the ideas comming!

JP

 

[OzDigger]

I would like to put a vote in for an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) which transported Men and or Vehicles. It's not much longer than the Troop only versions and gives you some display options: http://www.ussrankin.org/id40.htm

 

[Rob]

I would love any company to make us some landing craft,they'd certainly have my business.If i was going to be tempted into my first dio it would probably be a beach scene.

Rob

 

[sceic2]

1)...Here's one for the guys who like to "fill a shelf" - a US Army M25 tank transporter (the "Dragon wagon") carrying a USN LCVP or LCM-3 forward to the Rhine. The British and US forces both trucked light landing craft overland to be used in the Rhine crossings. Imagine watching a huge (for 1945 Europe) tank transporter hauling a 32-foot LCVP through a European town with narrow streets!..Gary

What a brilliant idea! I've seen a picture of that somewhere sometime in my past and man would that be a sight to behold.

 

[sv288]

Look cool just like the old ones from KC but more detailed.

 

[Col. Hesler]

What about a 1/32 or 1/30 train??? costly but new.

 

[JPB]

What about a 1/32 or 1/30 train??? costly but new.

Yes yes!!! and wagons and the Compiegne wagen... etc

some tracks, some bend ones and especially one blown-up railroadtrack...

Or shall we go for a cross-road

JP

 

[Canadian Samurai]

Conte has already done pretty nice landing craft (though they aren't quite 1:30 - but then neither are many K&C vehicles). I'd rather see Figarti tackle a fresh subject. That said, a British LCA would be welcome because it would provide something different. I found out that contrary to what it shows in Saving Private Ryan, the US Ranger battalions actually came ashore in these British landing craft rather than American LCVPs. Apparently they had trained well with the British craft and their crews and so were more comfortable being transported by them.

 

[JPB]

Conte has already done pretty nice landing craft (though they aren't quite 1:30 - but then neither are many K&C vehicles). I'd rather see Figarti tackle a fresh subject. That said, a British LCA would be welcome because it would provide something different. I found out that contrary to what it shows in Saving Private Ryan, the US Ranger battalions actually came ashore in these British landing craft rather than American LCVPs. Apparently they had trained well with the British craft and their crews and so were more comfortable being transported by them.

Thanks for this update.

JP

 

[kx1a]

Well, if Rick does put out a landing craft, I would surely buy one

Bill W

 

[JPB]

Well, if Rick does put out a landing craft, I would surely buy one

Bill W

Me too!
Perhaps he can release them with two or three different numbers painted on the side

JP

 

[Col. Hesler]

Maybe they'll come out with a few D-Day GI's on running for dear life as MG and Cannon fire come down on their heads. Just a thought.

 

[kx1a]

Maybe they'll come out with a few D-Day GI's on running for dear life as MG and Cannon fire come down on their heads. Just a thought.

Or some figures huddled down in the craft approaching shore. Other companies have made landing craft in the past but no one to my knowledge has made any figures to ride in them.

Also regarding the LVT with the howitzer turret that Figarti has already put out, it would be nice to have some figures and a mg to be able to display it in a combat mode other than that of being serviced.

Bill W