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Simon Nagorsnik (s!mon)
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1:72 LVT (A)-1 Amtank- Saipan, June 1944, 708th Amphibian Tank Bat. U.S.Army

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48 6 May 2023, 21:29
Chan Li
Dragon's track killed many people's passion.
7 May 2023, 02:02
Simon Nagorsnik
Yes, especially if they have been stored incorrectly for almost 13 years....
The problem with vinyl tracks- when the plasticizer has evaporated, they become crumbly 😑
7 May 2023, 07:38
subotai
looking good so far. i refuse to buy any kit with vinyl tracks. better for my nerves 🙂
7 May 2023, 08:23
Tom B.
Interesting vehicle to build... looking forward to what becomes of it 👍 Maybe those kits will get re-released and some company does 3D or resin-cast tracks for it... if one can dream 🙂
7 May 2023, 10:49
subotai
ammo of mig is bringing out 3D printed tracks for the LVT by the way.
7 May 2023, 12:18
Neil Patrick
Looking forward to seeing what you do with this Simon. It's a kit I've wanted for a while but seems to be very hard to find these days. thank you also for the resurrection tips for old tracks...sounds like one day I might it! 🙂
7 May 2023, 12:31
Finn
Looking good
7 May 2023, 12:59
Villiers de Vos
Building up nicely.
7 May 2023, 16:44
Simon Nagorsnik
Hi guys, all are erlcome!
@Neil: i've bought this kit secon hand, was a lucky coincidence.
Once i asked my friend Chan to check with Dragon if this kit series is coming again and apparently things are looking very bad for it for the foreseeable future 😭
But maybe we'll be lucky again and they'll come back after all🤞

Oh yes, 3d prinred tracks would be an excellent choice for this, I hope that these will come onto the market, then I'll buy some in reserve😁
14 May 2023, 15:41
KollHBM
Nice build so far. And it would be nice from Dragon to rerelease the 3 amphibous Tanks.
14 May 2023, 16:27
Villiers de Vos
The paintwork is developing nicely.
14 May 2023, 18:16
Chan Li
I'm sitting here for the trip : destination Savo island.
15 May 2023, 01:08
Bohrmann
Following this project with great interest. First layers and the model already looks promising.
15 May 2023, 08:20
Michael Kohl
I am in too
15 May 2023, 08:52
Robin (WhiteGlint)
Watching 👀
15 May 2023, 10:47
Finn
Well done. Hope to see more pictures of the finished one on the base.
16 February, 09:44
Robin (WhiteGlint)
This is looking great, Simon!
16 February, 12:54
Cristopher Holcomb
Fabulous built!
16 February, 14:05
Sven Schönyan
This is extremely good!
16 February, 14:11
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
16 February, 14:16
Simon Nagorsnik
Aaahh 😁 Thanks so much for your comments guys!!
Status after a year and two months 😅 but I don't know yet when it will go on again....
20 February, 20:14
Rui S
I missed this Beauty. Excellent as always 👍
25 February, 16:41

Album info

LVT (A)-1
(Dragon 7387)
The family of LVT's has been one of my top ranked vehicles for a very long time.
After a lot of searching I finally found one on a second-hand online platform.
The biggest problem - old and dried out vinyl tracks.

These are about as good to work with as raw ribbon noodles, crumbling just by looking at them.
Since they were already broken in some places (and will break a few more times), there were many segments that had to be carefully mounted.
By step-by-step tacking with cyanoacrylate glue, soaking with pure alcohol and using a hair dryer, I managed to achieve a quite acceptable result, even if they turned out to be a bit too short in the end.
Unfortunately, I didn't find any aftermarket products as a replacement.

Built the tank almost 100% out of the box, except for a new gun barrel from RB Model (72B60) and barrels for the Brownings from Master (GM-72-001).
Unfortunately the hatches on the turret (and all others) are represented when closed, but opening them wasn´t too much of a challenge.
I improvised a few details on the inside of the hatch with scratch parts.

For the crew, figures from Germania Figuren (GF 72 WW2-223) were used, which fit very well with the original pictures that served as references.

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1:72
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1:72 LVT(A)-1 (Dragon 7387)1:72 75mm M2 L/31 & US 37mm US Tank Gun (RB Model 72B60)1:72 Browning M1919 .30 cal machine gun barrels (Master GM-72-001)1+
LVT(A)1
US US Army (1784-now)
Co.C, 708 Amphibious Tank Bn. (Crazy Legs)
1944 World War 2 - Yellow Beach 2, Saipan JP
5-O Ocean grey
 

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