Anyone ever built this kit?

I have a copy of the kit, but it's still in shrinkwrap. It has a nifty gold sticker on it with a proclamation that it is a "Limited Edition" reissue and a number. I believe it was a total run of 10,000 kits. Of course, they may have re-reissued it, but I digress: on to the kit. I want to say it was the mid-60s or early 70s that it was issued, so the detail isn't up to the modern standards newer modelers are used to. But, if you are intent on building it, with some scratchbuilding and 'creative gizmology' an acceptable piece for display is certainly within an experienced modelers' abilities.

I just purchased it brand new from hobbytown 2 days ago....... It wouldnt be from the 70's then would it?

That is my kit..... recognize it as the one you have?

I just bought that one too. It seems to me that, like most Linberg kits, it's somewhat lacking in detail, but for the price it's a bargain. One can't expect the
world from a $12 kit, after all. Anyway, how many other LST kits are out there?
Very few, I'll wager. On the whole I think it's an interesting & worthwhile kit.

It's a reissue of an old kit from the sixties. I remember building it when I was in elementary or junior high school.

I haven't looked at an example in a long time, but my recollection is that, for its time, it wasn't a bad kit. (Note the caveat: for its time. It certainly doesn't represent the state of the art in 2004.) I can remember talking about it with my father; he wasn't a model builder, but he was a veteran of amphibious operations in the Pacific. He was impressed with the kit, which launched him into lots of reminiscences. Lindberg also did an LCVP, which was the type Dad operated.

As I recall, though, this kit is not actually an LCT but an LSM (Landing Ship Medium). The LCT, I believe, had the superstructure on one side, so the tank deck ran all the way from the bow to the stern. The LSM used the same basic hull structure and most other components, but moved the superstructure to an athwartships position in the stern. Maybe somebody who's more familiar with the topic can correct me on this, but I'm pretty clear in my recollection that the kit was originally marketed as an LSM.

That is good to know. Detail is only half of it though. If it is fun, and the way it came in the sixties, that can more than make up for it. It is a classic. I am starting it tomorrow, havnt opened it yet....

Well in case no one saw this in the other post here is the Japanese T103 class LST that I built last year, landing a tank.
Please excuse the hard landing we were fighting the wind yesterday.

It's an MOV file
http://umi_ryuzuki.tripod.com/modelsandminiatures/id3.html

I have often thought that it would be nice to build one of those in 1/35 scale to run.
The Lindberg scale is just to small (right now) to get R/C into the tank.