Hello,
some of you asked for a update. So here it is. For the others: I have now finished my latest project. It was build for the "heavy haulers"-campaign and shows a M26 which transports a LCM3 for the rhine x-ing. I did only a soft weathering, because the weather was fair at that time and the vehicles weren't dirty.
On many wartime pics you can see that the walls of LCM's are battered. I tried to show this effect at my model. Therefore the boxart from Trumpeter was very helpfull.


You can find more pics here:
http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/13996/page/2/perpage/10/what/allfields/sortby/f/sorttime/all/way/asc

Cheers
Harald

Looks great. Ony one constructive criticism. The wood bracing under the LCM looks too new and clean. I would weather the wood and maybe use some stain on it to give it the look of older wooden beams. Don't think that newly cut wood would have been used. Other than that, looks awesome. Great model.

Very nicely done...I especially like the subdued weathering. Adding in a figure or two to show the "human" scale of this project would give a better idea of just how large it really is. Well done!

I agree about weathering the beams. Other than that, I really like the subject you chose, simply because most of an army on the move is transport, like this....unglamorous but interesting as heck. Good job!

Howdy Harald. Nice looking Rig. I dis-agree with Gino and Resisor regarding ther wooden "Dunage" that was used to support this unique load during transport. I say it would have been new material used to block this LCM up on the trailer. And looking at the photos in the Amperstand book the timbers look new. There would not have been any pre-used lumber laying around from previous operations. Thats my nickel. Out here.

Wonderful idea, awesome kits, fantastic finish! I love it!
Cheers and happy modeling!
Prato

Harald, that looks great. I have Italeri's LCM on the shelf and just completed Tamiya's Dragon Wagon and am very tempted to copy your idea. What are the rope bumpers made of? Did they come with the kit or were they aftermarket? If they are styrene, then you did a wonderful job of painting and weathering them.

As for the wooden blocks, historically speaking I don't know if they would have been new or not. But personally, I think I would have at least darkened them a little. Otherwise I wouldn't change a thing. Good job!

very nice !!!

Could you describe how you did the stressed skin on the LCM ??

John

Pretty heavy theme !!!!!
Nice choice and nice build. Weathering the beams is a must . And adding 2-3 figgies and some groundwork will make it super

That looks pretty cool Harald. Very nice build, very nice indeed.

hi there,.. very nice model and weathering. one thing i've noticed are the side panels of the LCM..how did you do it..as mr.jratz said..stressed skin on the LCM? the italeri kit doesn't have the details..i don't know if your's(trumpeter) did some detailings on the panels. was it your weathering style? if its possible..can you give us a close-up images of the stressed panels. i (we) sure like to study them. thanks for sharing.

Looks real good
greetz043

Your right Harold, them timbers would be impossible to find, and they would haft to cut them up new, and I was looking at yours, and on the sides do I see a slight brownish tint to make it seem like an oak, or some other hard wood, that's a good touch.

I was talking to the shipping department for the navy out in Bremerton Wa, but in that area they used red wood, I guess it all depends in what area, to what wood they use, cause they didn't have time to ship the wood to far.

Kerry

Thank you for your response,
i am astonished about the response and glad that you like it. :-)
@Gino: thanks for your criticism. I think those statements are needful to get better. Like mikemummey i think the beams were newly cut. But nevertheless they should be weathered. I tried this with no satisfying result. Tips for doing that are very wellcome!
@Jim and Costas: adding figures etc. is planned. I'am just acquiring some segments of cobblestone road for the base. The crew from Tamiya and some more figures will be added. I think about a scene with a jeep as lead vehicle before hitting the road. A second choice is the jeep as MP vehicle directing the DW to this assembly area. But that's all still up in the air.
@Cary: the bumpers are a bit modified kit parts. I cut off the loop on top of it and drilled a hole in the top. Then i glued a piece of twine in it. Coloring was made with acrylic base coat, shaded with burned umbra and finaly dry brushed with a acrylic sand tone.
@liberator: it is my weathering style.
@John and liberator: First, the hull got a base coat Gunze H54 Navy blue. Then i penciled a grid on the hull. The boxart shows the structure realy good. After comparison with original pic you can scale it up. As next step I sprayed the lines freehand with a light gray followed by the u-shaped shades again with H54. Last step was a "cloudy" (? is this right) coat with heavily thinned H54 over all to soften the lines.






Ohh, that post was hard work :-) and hopefully I made not too many mistakes, cause english is not my native language.

Cheers
Harald

you did a fine job..the weathering is unusual. thanks for sharing.

Harald,
Thanks for posting your model. I think you did a great job on the model!

Neat, really neat. I wish that was on my shelf!

I liked your work very much... how did you make de batterd effect on the LCM? I have one article on Tamiya Model Magazine International where this effect was made with auto adhesive alumminiun foil and styrene grids...

Regards

Gean - IPMS Sao Paulo - Brazil

Re: Wood weathering.

Are the beams real wood? If they are seal them with a couple coats of polyurethane and lay a dark brown wash on them. You will probably want to sand between coats of the urethane because the first coat will raise the grain and the wood will get "fuzzy."
Great job.

Shaun

i's day thats haulin pretty darn heavy, good job

Harald !!
You're telling me you did that skin stress just with paint !!?? Wow !!! Great !!!

John

Harald, I'm even more impressed now with your "stressed skin" look since you did it with paint! Really a superb effect. I've read/seen a method that did the same, only using styrene strip and putty to achieve that look.

I do think the new wood needs just a bit of toning down, but I don't have any real method of doing it, though a wash of umber may work?

Have to agree with the others. That is one heavy haul! Thanks for sharing it with us.

I appreciate your sharing your technique for doing the stressed skin... and I'm really looking forward to seeing more photos as you progress with you project. Thanks again for sharing!