Lindberg 1/32 LCVP

[kryptosdaddy]

Put a bid on this awhile ago and no one else is biting so in an hour i may own it.

I know it will need work being a Lindberg kit, but i'm curious if anyone here has built the thing- only reason i bid is because I'm not paying 50 bucks for the Italeri versions in 1/35 and I have always wanted a Higgins boat in this scale.

No link because i know how some here feel about posting for evilbay! lol

 

[kryptosdaddy]

well like it or not it's mine- I'll show it off when I get it (if I'm allowed!)

 

[Sherman 18]

I'm not sure what the kit looks like. Never seen the box open. You will have to put some photos!

 

[moon puppy]

well like it or not it's mine- I'll show it off when I get it (if I'm allowed!)

Why would you not be allowed? You bought it, it's a model, it's relevant to modeling.

 

[kryptosdaddy]

It was a lame joke- its a Linberg kit, not very popular and probably very soft cheap styrene, but it was just to weird of a subject not to to go for.

 

[Arturius]

I'm want see it too! :yipee

 

[Barney]

Here is a review of the kit i found. I vaguely remember building this kit...donkey years ago...

http://www.track-link.net/reviews/k15

 

[Barney]

Here is a review of the kit i found. I vaguely remember building this kit...donkey years ago...

http://www.track-link.net/reviews/k15

 

[kryptosdaddy]

Thanks for posting barney, i found an old review of the kit, but i didnt save it and now i cant find it! But the final build looks decent, with some work it could be better. No matter what its still a nice subject-

 

[Barney]

If I was a ship builder, this would be a great subject for a Diorama! All the possibilities!

 

[moon puppy]

Well did you get it?

 

[kryptosdaddy]

I won it for 16.50 shipped to me, the guy said he was mailing it from VA on Wed. That was a little more than I wanted to pay, but i set my max at 12 bucks, someone tried to get it but they didnt pass the max, but that raised the bid. You know how that goes there.

After i set the max i found something really nuts with 8 minutes left and sniped it- winning that made me regret i bid on the higgins boat, but wait and you'll understand.

 

[kryptosdaddy]

Here it is in all it's glory.. not alot of pieces- but alot of room to improve for sure! I'm gonna enjoy this!
One day...

 

[Sharkmouth]

Are you going to post this in the Latest Acquisitions thread as well?

Need references?

Regards,

 

[kryptosdaddy]

Sure i'll post it there, Was thinking that could be redundant, but i'll pop it up.

And a hearty YEAH! To your reference request Saul, found a few pieces myself- but i dont even know what this boats designation number was- there were several different Higgins boats with the drop front.

 

[Sharkmouth]

i found an old review of the kit, but i didnt save it and now i cant find it!

Was it this review at Track-Link?

Click the image for a Google search:


Here is a link to an LCVP project that has a few images of construction.

Hopefully, they are of help.

Regards,

 

[kryptosdaddy]

Thanks Saul- you do realize there are pics in that link of a ground up rebuild right? great find!

 

[Sharkmouth]

Thanks Saul- you do realize there are pics in that link of a ground up rebuild right? great find!

Yes, it is a recreation using factory plans. These plans were available a few years ago in the Journal of the Nautical Research Guild. Sadly, I don't know which issue and they don't have an online index.

Regards,