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I was able to find a three view drawing for LCU-1400 class if you're interested.

Just out of curiosity Scotia didn't have anything suitable? They have a pretty extensive ship to shore line.

Paul

Thomas,

LCU 2000 technical manual. Has superdetailed descriptions deck level by deck level - no simple one page schematic though.

http://www.tpub.com/content/boats/TM-55-1905-223-10/

If you can get to Southampton you can buy, or at least take measurements from, an actual 1600 class LCU.

http://www.babcockdisposals.co.uk/WebRo ... marine.doc

I seem to have misplaced the LCU-1400 class schematic that I had previously located. I'll keep looking for you.

Paul

Hi Thomas,

did you have a look at the webpage which I told you about?

Cheers Ben

Hi Thomas,

keep me updated with the British LCU / LCVP project please.
Furthermore does anybody have a good idea how to build the hull (waterline prefered so far) of HMS Fearless/Intrepid in 1/285. It should be rather easy and not too expensive...

Kind regards,
Ben

Hmm, 1/3000 would be much too small...
If you meant 1/300 it could work but I didn't find something similar to HMS Fearless/Intrepid so far.
The thing is I have this superb plan from "jecobin" (which could be easily converted to the required scale) but no idea how to form the hull and even if I have it there is still some work with rest left .
I need this one big as I want to have it working:
1. want to be able to store vehicles in and on it
2. want to be able to put Lynx and others on the flightdeck and so on...

My original plan was to build the more capable new HMS Bulwark/Albion but there wasn't a plan available.

Kind regards,
Ben

Ben,

How good are your scratchbuilding skills? With the plans you have you should be able to constuct the superstructure deck level by deck level, but you'll need lots of plasticard stock. I think it was pibber who built the 1/285 scale Vietnam riverine stuff he should be able to give you the step by step on how to do it.

Paul

Uh, my scratchbuilding skills are mediocre...
But I will give it a try for sure - sooner or later.
Yes Paul - I remember this huge ship (a kind of Barracks Ship) built by this superb modeller from France, definitely have to take a further look .

Thanks to all for your assistance!!

Cheers Ben

Hi guys,

A few weeks back, I captured an image of the LCU from global security. Cropped, resized, colored, printed, cut, used to trace on to styrene, cut styrene, glued my colorized images onto the styrene, glued the styrene pieces together.

I also constructed the pilothouse with styrene components since the rest of the ships edges are fairly 2-D.

It is far from perfect but met my personal, and immediate, need for an LCU.

Off load from the starboard side.


The business end of an M1A1 section.


Off load from the port side.


Blurry overhead...sorry.


Detailed off load, M1A1 turns turret as not to bury it like a lawn dart.