Operation Urgent Fury/Invasion of Grenada, LVTP-7, Amtrac.

HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, July 8, 2024 5:51 PM

Looking good. The MERDC should look really nice on it.

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S Hollowell

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February 2024

Posted by S Hollowell on Monday, July 8, 2024 6:47 AM

That's a crazy looking machine! Coming along nicely.

S.H.

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TigerII

Member since
June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Posted by TigerII on Sunday, July 7, 2024 10:12 PM

It has been a busy week. But I finally got a little work done. I finished the turret, painted the tracks and added the wheels and tracks to the hull. I'm starting my masking of silly putty for the MERDC camo pattern. It'll probably be a combination of airbrushing and hand painting. So here are some WIP pics.

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Gamera

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November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Friday, July 5, 2024 9:19 PM

Looks cool Tiger, and I love the MERDC camo, good luck with it!

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TigerII

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June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Posted by TigerII on Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:41 PM

Thanks stik for the info. Looking forward to a good build and MERDC camo, fellas.

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stikpusher

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July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, June 29, 2024 5:11 PM

Nice project! The Marine LVTPs, jeeps, tanks and other vehicles were in the Fall Temperate MERDC colors in Grenada: Forest Green FS 34079, Field Drab FS 30118, Sand FS 30277, and Black FS 37038. That color scheme was not USMC specific, but used by the Army, Marines and some USAF vehicles as well during that era.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, June 29, 2024 2:35 PM

I'll be watching this one. It sounds really interseting. Good start so far.

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Pawel

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May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Saturday, June 29, 2024 2:27 PM

Cool! I'll be watching! I wanted to build one some day too, and I stashed the Dragon 1/72 one for that.

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

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TigerII

Member since
June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Operation Urgent Fury/Invasion of Grenada, LVTP-7, Amtrac.

Posted by TigerII on Saturday, June 29, 2024 1:04 PM

My next project is the 1/35 scale LVTP-7 from Academy. I'm going to start the post here but will have it transition to the Diorama forum. As I intend to have him coming onto the beach at St. Mal, Grenada. I will be painting it in the USMC MERDC camouflage scheme. I've gotten some work done, but wasn't able to post sooner as the flickr site was having some problems, per se. So far it's nice build although you have to be attentive to the fact that they have LVTP-7A1 parts mixed with the regular Amtrac parts and the instructions don't mention that. Here are some WIP pics and I hope to post some more soon.