Italeri 1/35 LVT Landing Vehicle Tracked (X2) Final Reveal

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Italeri 1/35 LVT Landing Vehicle Tracked (X2) Final Reveal

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Thank you ISM for hosting this wonderful Group Build. Thanks also to all the participants for making this GB so much fun to watch :th: and thanks to all the followers of the many fantastic builds too!


For this GB, a pair of Italeri kits in 1/35 scale were built.
LVT (A) 4, kit 6396 and LVT-4 Water Buffalo kit 379.
The build thread can be viewed by clicking this link: http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 91&t=17934


A few shots of some LVT's in action,
An LVT(A) 4 on the Iwo Jima beach:
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An LVT-4 on its way to the beachhead on Okinawa:
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A short video with some info on the LVT's:
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And finally on to the reveal pics, first the LVT (A) 4:
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And then the LVT-4:
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If you've made it this far, your a real trooper,
Thank you and Model On everyone,
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Well Done !!!! they look great..paintwork. weathering spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2:
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Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

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Willem wrote:Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

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Awesome work :clap:
Will used perfect adjectives ....weight and presence :thumb2:
Photographed on a beach at a close angle it would be hard to tell if it wasn't real 1:1
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rwsmith14 wrote:Well Done !!!! they look great..paintwork. weathering spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2:
Willem wrote:Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

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Twokidsnosleep wrote:
Willem wrote:Love these. They look like they have real weight and presence.

:cheers2:
Awesome work :clap:
Will used perfect adjectives ....weight and presence :thumb2:
Photographed on a beach at a close angle it would be hard to tell if it wasn't real 1:1

Thank you so much RW, Will and Scott, very much appreciated :D
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Fantastic detail, paintjob and balanced weathering that makes them super-realistic :bow:: :bow:: :clap: :clap: :thumb2:

...and they look absolutely gorgeous aswell! :banana:

Great job, buddy!

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Incredible modeling skills you have mate. They both look so lifelike. :th:
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TommyKillander wrote:Fantastic detail, paintjob and balanced weathering that makes them super-realistic :bow:: :bow:: :clap: :clap: :thumb2:

...and they look absolutely gorgeous aswell! :banana:

Great job, buddy!

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Always48 wrote:Incredible modeling skills you have mate. They both look so lifelike. :th:

Thank you Tommy and Alan, I really enjoyed this GB as it was much fun watching the many different subjects being modeled here :th:
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