USS WASP LHD 1

Nice job

RayCaruana wrote:

bcauchi wrote:X'naqbad nghidlek nan, tal-genn. I would not weather them more. They are just fine and in that minute scale, it is so easy to overdo it and make a mess. They are already weathered and it is just right. Just my opinion.

I totally agree with Brian. I's just right IMO. Prosit tassew nann!!!

Have to agree 101% with the 2 quotes above Nann

You did a Fantastic Job

So minute yet so detailed.

Prosit Lou

Scratch built tilly crane

wet fires trucks

fork lifts some sratch built

dry fires trucks conversions

utility tractors

air colloer and starter units conversions

various utility trucks

scratch built tug tractors


dry fire tractors....conversions


scratch built tilly crane ubpainted

my apologies for the poor quality of the pics...keep saying have to buy a new camera....pensioner no money
In nannu pec

Insomma your the man Louis...

Wow Louis.....

Prosit

Loved the crane in particular Nannu!

Dottore

Lou, those pieces are awesome but the crane takes the prize, what a beauty, really nice detail.

This is loking veeeeeeeeery good indeed. Kepp posting nann !!!

Steve

here are some pics of the finished LCU's and LCAC'S which will be incorporated in the diorama project. Please bear in mind that these subjects are only 3 inches long....Regretfully no pics taken to show construction and detail work before they were painted..
LCAC 'S

HERE are some pics of the LCU's again no pics of the construction and extra detail work AM AFRAID ...models barely 3 inches long and please bear with me for the quality of the pics...only getting the hang of my new toy ...my new camera
LCU's






have now started on the vehicles and armour....will have to make some scratchbuilt ones as well:)...
In nannu

Nice amphibians Nan ... what you need are some AMTRACS and special forces humvees to fill those LCUs...

Nan in what timeframe are you placing this beauty as US Marine AMTRACS had some changes around 2003, mainly uparmour, if you search images from GulfWar 1 and 2 you see the difference and not all were sand ... not sure if they used to hold Bradleys aswell ...

Ivan have only two hummies in the kit...so have to make some more ...already taken moulds....yes have pics some hummies were half sand and half camo....lav 25's and aav7's working on those...alos M1A1'S AND M60A3'S as well...done my research dont worry....
in nannu...

Wow nan, xi gmiel!!!!! You are always outdoing yourself, what lovely minute detail work. They look fantastic, i think that they are the most impressive of all these tiny models you are making, truly awesome, the detail is so precise even in such close up shots. You are fantastic!!!

I agree with Brian nan.... awesome work!

I agree with both comments..Louis just fantastic .. ..fantastic detail..bravu...

Prosit Nan,

Fantastic work in miniature and well detailed.

The kind of work one expects from you.

Cyril.

in nannu pec wrote:Ivan have only two hummies in the kit...so have to make some more ...already taken moulds....yes have pics some hummies were half sand and half camo....lav 25's and aav7's working on those...alos M1A1'S AND M60A3'S as well...done my research dont worry....
in nannu...

Gonna be interesting, Lou just note that if you are using M60A3 [which should be with reactive armour] you are restricting to GulfWar 1 or before, infect only one unit of Marines during GW1 were given the new M1A1 HAs and if not mistaken the change was done on land, this unit was the famed one that inihalated a unit of T72s from the Saladin Division when they tried to enter Saudi. Nowadays Marines use M1s but these are not normally onboard amphibian carriers but surely would fit on the hovercrafts. Sorry to nitpick but again it's for accuracy sake and you now how many armchair generals there are outside there on US military material ...

On another note M60A3 were and are still used by the Egyptian army [which sports an interesting colourful camo http://www.miniafv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01-17-222x180.jpg] and it was common that they had exercises between the two armies especially after GW1. I remember when WASP paid a visit it had just came from such an exercise and was loaded with Special Foces HUMVEEs and Mutts + AAV7 AMTRACS.

well done Lou

Lou not sure from what ship these were loaded but I think these help ... from the hats of the soldiers in digicamo they look marine + afv crew.





On Landing ships inside the ship ...



I guess as we discussed with Harold it depends the exercise the ships are involved in, what arsenal they have inside ... will await for further info ...

This image is taken from the WASP : ) The load is an M1 Abrams on the Hovercraft



And this a WASP tour somwhere it also has an M1 inside ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickw/515065615/in/photostream/