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Italeri 1/35th LCVP?

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    November 2005
Italeri 1/35th LCVP?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:21 PM
Great Models just put this up for pre-order:

Italeri - Kit# 6441 - 1/35th LCVP Landing Craft w/3 Figures

Price $48.70

Sounds good to me. How big is this kit going to be?

James Smile [:)]
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:48 PM
More info and a pic:

Due Early June 2005

This completely new mould incldes three figures and over 150 fully detailed parts.

The LCVP was actually a modification of the Higgins Industries 'Eureka' boat, and it was the most numerous of WW2's famous higgins boats. In Normandy alone, neraly 1100 of these crafts landed in the American and British sectors. Basically constructed of wood, the LCVP was used for tranporting fully armed troops, light vehicles and other equipment and supplies. It was boats of this class that made landings at Normandy ( D-Day ), Iwo joma, Guadalcanal, Tarawa and hundreds of other landings possible



Doesn't look a lot different than the LCM (Kit 6436) that Italeri just came out with.

James Smile [:)]
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    February 2003
  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:42 PM
looks the same but the LCVP is smaller in size
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:30 PM
Thanks! It will be about a foot long.

James Smile [:)]
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