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Ratch · Posted: Sun 10 Feb 2008 10:51 am Post subject: LCT-6 plus

Following my review of the Armageddon/Mach2 LCT6 and subsequent interest, I've decided to record my build here

Box art

Sprues

including steel cable and chain

Figures

Carrying lots of flash

The instructions are not printed in numbered stages

None of the parts are numbered

and the plastic is very soapy

I began by cementing the deck to the hull using polystyrene cement. This was not totally successful and cyanoacrylate was required at certain points, with pressure to close the gaps

I had to replace the moulded ladder rungs with staples, bent and cut to fit

Compartment A, on the starboard side of the carft

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Ratch · Posted: Tue 12 Feb 2008 01:39 am Post subject:

The mouldings leave much to be desired

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008 17:37 pm Post subject:

If I could name this, I think she'd be the Filler Queen

Here are the 11 figures,
straight from the sprue

and de-flashed

I spent some time today at the Abington Park Museum, home of the Northamptonshire Regiment

I discovered that the 2nd Northants Yeomanry landed on Gold Beach on 18th June with Cromwells and a Firefly

whereas the 1st Northants Yeomanry arrived at Arromanches on 12th June operating Shermans

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DavidM · Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008 17:44 pm Post subject:

A few of 2NY's Cromwells were fitted with a form of whacky anti-magnetic mine protection made from strips of rubber. Now that would be a change!

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008 17:51 pm Post subject:

I have a Revell Firefly and Cromwell

a couple more and I'll have another squadron

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008 18:09 pm Post subject:

airfixteen · Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008 18:22 pm Post subject:

Hi Ratch

Looking Good and pretty BIG

How much did you pay for it?
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008 00:00 am Post subject:

Having spent that much on the LCT and £40 on the Shermans, might it be worth going the whole hog and getting some better figures to do it all justice.....Perhaps something from the Hecker & Goros might be suitable?

Just a thought, all the best

Ratch · Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008 01:20 am Post subject:

I'm a bit confused

Everywhere I look it says the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry was in the 33rd Armoured Brigade and that their service markings were 172 (for HQ), 173, 174 or 175 - white on red - before 15 August 1944, and 151 (for HQ), 153, 153 or 154 after that date

and yet at the museum there's an illustration of a Sherman with the correct green/black diablo but 51 in white on red, a photo of a Buffalo (at the time of the Rhine crossing) with 51 in white on dark (presumably red)

Having said that, there are two nice Shermans with 175 - white on red squares

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DavidM · Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008 09:30 am Post subject:

Lets have a Northamptonshire Yeomanry thread.

Independent tank brigades started of with their own sets of numbers for each brigade, but by the end of the war they changed over to the 50/51/52/53 sequence used by armoured brigades within divisions for the sake of simplicity.

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Ratch · Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

That's interesting David, we shall continue in the other thread

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Ratch · Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

A bit of progress to catch up on

The crew

and the continuing work

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Digs · Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

Starting to look really good Ratch! From the rather unprepossessing flash & gap ridden kit in the early photos it's being transformed.

Paul

Ratch · Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 13:04 pm Post subject:

Cheers Paul

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 13:37 pm Post subject:

I take back what I said about Hecker & Goros figures being required Ratch.....You have done an amazing job bringing the kit's own figures to life!

I bet they tried your patience in the process though!

All the best

Ratch · Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 13:44 pm Post subject:

Cheers Andy

I find painting figures quite theraputic

the addition of colour can make quite a transformation

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 14:25 pm Post subject:

Don't suppose you fancy doing 250+ 1/72 Germans for me do you?

All the best