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tassie48

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anyone building a LST
« on: April 19, 2012, 08:04:46 am »
Any one building a LST out their looking for details and plans 1/48 or 1/32 scale
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Re: anyone building a LST
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2012, 06:44:16 pm »
Any particular type? Some of the builders drawings of the 1943 US version plus a couple of end of war/post war types are downloadable for free on the French Ministere de la Marine site. http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/planbato/planbato/fichebato/fichbato.php?id=330

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Re: anyone building a LST
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2012, 10:36:46 pm »
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Re: anyone building a LST
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2012, 03:29:23 pm »
I saw a superb example of one build a few years ago. It looked great on the table but when sailed it blew sideways across the water due to it being flat bottomed.
The next time I saw it the owner had attached a removable keel made from clear acrylic just so he could get it to go in a straight line.
Something worth bearing in mind if you plan to build this type of model.
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Re: anyone building a LST
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 01:41:51 pm »
Quote from: longshanks on April 19, 2012, 10:36:46 pm
This available from my hobby store

http://www.myhobbystore.co.uk/product/16866/tank-landing-craft-mm1290

That's an LCT - Landing Craft Tank similar to my own but a different mark - http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16964.0

The LST could actually carry a mark 5 as deck cargo launching it by listing to one side and letting it slip off into the water (must have been something to see).

The french site has the drawings neither Traplet or Hobby store have anything comparable.

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