| Frank Scala | 31 Dec 2008 8:05 a.m. PST |
Come on guys
Someone must make an inexpensive one
In 1/72 (20mm) anyone ? |
| Griefbringer | 31 Dec 2008 8:18 a.m. PST |
At least Pegasus and Dragon make 1/72 plastic US landing crafts, complete with some infantry. link Griefbringer |
ScottWashburn  | 31 Dec 2008 9:07 a.m. PST |
I've been working, on-and-off (mostly off) on a paper LCI. The bow area is giving me fits. It is a very complex shape and doing it in paper has proved to be very difficult. The rest of the vessel is actually pretty straightforward. If I ever get it done I'll offer it in 10mm, 12mm, 15mm 20mm and possibly 25/28mm scales. I realize that doesn't do you any good right now :) |
| Dragon Master | 31 Dec 2008 9:42 a.m. PST |
You can get a prepainted landing craft from Forces of Valor for about $15. USD Dragon also makes a prepainted landing craft along with prepainted soldiers usually available for around $30. USD |
| shaun from s and s models | 31 Dec 2008 10:48 a.m. PST |
we at s&s make an british lca, but an lci is quite a big vessel |
| jgawne | 31 Dec 2008 3:25 p.m. PST |
The LCI is pretty durn big, and would not have come near the coast for a while after the first landings as there were too many troops in one small place. Roughly 200 men, so more than a full company. (plus another 25 or so for crew). Given wargame time frames it would take a great part of the game just to disembark from the thing. |
| ScottWashburn | 31 Dec 2008 4:12 p.m. PST |
Many an LCI at Omaha Beach landed its troops into the thick of the fighting--but then Omaha didn't go according to plan :) |
| John Armatys | 31 Dec 2008 4:17 p.m. PST |
Brittania list an LCIS – not sure what it looks like, their LCT is impressive. link Then click on 20mm World War 11, then boats and landing craft. |
| Katzbalger | 31 Dec 2008 7:07 p.m. PST |
Airfix does a cheap LCVP, but for LCI, the closest I know of is an old Lindberg model, but it isn't 1/72--more like 1/87 or 1/100 or so (don't know the actual number as my model has long since been destroyed). Rob |
| RampRatCorsair | 01 Jan 2009 5:37 a.m. PST |
Combat Models did a vacuform LCI(L) which is the US variant, much larger than the British LCI(S). You can probably find them on the web, but I don't think the current owner of the range does Internet orders for the Combat range. But be warned, the Combat models are VERY crude, very fiddly and you'd be spending big bucks on fittings, etc. (H-R ship fittings does most of what you would need). As much work as the kit would be, I'd say get some wood, plastic stock, a Dremel and a tube of RedSpot putty and have at it. It'll be cheaper and probably you'd get done about as fast. But the straight lines of the LCI lend themselves nicely to a scratchbuild. For references. the best I've seen is the ONI Guide to US Ships of 9/30/45. I have a Schiffer reprint that has plenty of detail and loads of plans and views of every sort of US/UK landing craft.
Regards,
Lance/Corsair |
| poiter50 | 04 Jan 2009 6:58 p.m. PST |
I have a couple of the old Lindberg LCI model, the scale is roughly 1:169, made to fit the box. However for gaming it fits nicely with 15 mm figs. Painted mine up to the same scheme as in an English modelling mag a few months back white with grey & sea green. Lindberg also made an LST/U, the model for which is more for Korea and is supposedly 1:125 although at times it was marketed as 1:72, not a bad piece for D-Day type wargaming. |
Bunkermeister  | 09 Feb 2009 2:26 a.m. PST |
Airfix LCM & LCVP; LCM is an old kit, but simple and comes with a Sherman tank. Durable. LCVP is new kit, rather complex, has beach obstacles in the set, very nice.
Pegasus LCVP, Way easier than the Airfix, includes soft plastic simple troops, good wargame boat.
Dragon LCM, expensive and comes with nice troops.
Forces of Valor LCM, assembled and sold at Target so you can sneak it in the shopping cart when shopping with the wife. Good model.
Lindberg, LST/LSU is about 1:150 scale, with a little work on the superstructure you can pass it off as a 1/72nd scale one, but it will be small. Cheap, easy to build, often can be found used in collections. There are also lots of resin ones, most are very simple, fragile and expensive and heavy. LCVP and LCM are the two most common Allied landing craft for WWII. In Europe you also need LCA, about half of the landing craft at Normandy were LCVP and LCA in equal numbers. LCA was British but used by US. Several companies make LCA in resin, expensive and fragile. LCA is not used in the Pacific by US forces. Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek
bunkermeister.blogspot.com |
| JohnnyBGoode | 23 Feb 2009 1:45 p.m. PST |
You can buy landing craft for cheap, and painted at your local big box stores. Great deals when they are on sale. |
| Frank Scala | 08 Mar 2009 6:18 p.m. PST |
this is the type I'm looking for link |
| Etranger | 12 Mar 2009 4:54 p.m. PST |
That will be quite large, about 2 foot long in 1:76. IIRC Britannia do a scaled down version which might be suitable. |
| Tango India Mike | 21 May 2010 7:40 a.m. PST |
Milicast Models make one – both US and UK version of LCI(L).
It's not cheap though. link |
| viking | 15 Jun 2010 8:30 a.m. PST |
Target no longer sells the WWII force of Valor stuff and Toys are US also no longer carries them |
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