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Anthony Alvear
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IJN No.101-class landing ship 1/350 Pit-Road.

February 24, 2021 · in Ships · · 10 · 3.2K

After 1 1/2 months, +200 parts, and 50 hours of work, finished LST, good model… Many improvements added…25 mm singles gun from veteran models..25mm triple gun..from flyhawk models, Plastruct styrene sheet, Rod, strip, Generic PE from Flyhawk Models in railings, Flyhawk vertical and inclined ladders, Watertight Doors, lifebuoy from dream models, Brass pipe 0,3mm, 0,4mm, 0,5mm, 0.8mm improvements., metallic anchor chains…, weathering from Tamiya set B, invisible thread .004 mm nylon. Tamiya, Model master and Humbrol Enamels Paints…,satin lacquer From Rust-Oleum.

reference: Many internet images and web site combinedfleet.com

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10 responses

  1. What an impressive collection you have going there.

  2. This is another of your excellent models, Anthony!
    It was a joy to read all those add-ons and improvemants you parformed.
    A joy was also to view the last pic.
    Congratulations!

  3. Well that’s a unique subject! Well done, Anthony.

  4. Great coverage of the IJN landing ships. It’s something one does not think off as we always see the Allied LST’s. Obviously after Pearl Harbor when conquering the Pacific islands Japan had to have had similar ships. Beautiful work and a great educational piece.
    Thanks for sharing Anthony.

  5. 🙂 ... Greetings ... 🙂 :
    A nice change of the norm ... a landing craft and what's more ... Japanese.
    Very nice work Anthony. By what can be seen in the last picture, you are building a
    very nice collection, impressive work, well done.

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