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Arjan Wiskerke
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Posted on: Feb 21, 2019 - 11:31am
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The MFP was much bigger than the LCVP or LCM3 . The Germans also had landing craft that were comparable to the LCM, it was called a Pionier Landungsboot or simply " Pilabo". These were produced in rather small numbers because the Germans never undertook large scale naval invasions.like the allies.Two more pics to show the problems of getting through French villages with MFPs on trailers :
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Arjan Wiskerke
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Posted on: Feb 27, 2019 - 8:18am
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Back to my build, I've finally completed the wind deflector. Together with the navigation horn these parts are probably the trickiest to scratch build.
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Feb 27, 2019 - 12:13pm
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Excellent work -- again.
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Tom dK
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Posted on: Feb 27, 2019 - 1:22pm
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Nice work Arjan ,horn and wing look very good.
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Jeff D
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 Posted on: Feb 27, 2019 - 3:34pm
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Nice work Arjan, and interesting photos of the trailered boats! That was a tight fit between those buildings.
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David Waples
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Posted on: Feb 27, 2019 - 8:43pm
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I agree with the others. Very nice work. Excellent paint finish!
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Arjan Wiskerke
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Posted on: Feb 27, 2019 - 11:31pm
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Thanks for your kind words gentlemen, I really appreciate this ! For those interested here's a captured German document from Russian archives with drawings and pics explaining how an MFP should be loaded/off-loaded on the beach. The document was made as part of the preparations for operation "Haifisch" (Shark). This operation - unlike operation "Seelöwe" - was a deliberate attempt to fool the allies into believing that Germany still intended to invade Britain.
http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1389-akte-599-okh-oberquartiermeister-belgien-strandausladung-bildbeilage-teil-der-vorbereitung#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1
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Arjan Wiskerke
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Posted on: Feb 28, 2019 - 6:34am
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I've started on a mental list of modifications that have to be made to the day room. Apparently Ron 35 boats had a vent on top of the roof (port front). As far as I can tell this is the same vent that was fitted on the starboard wall of PT 596. The vent can be seen at the bottom of this pic of PT 519 :
This pic also shows this vent and the lux pull box that will also have to be added (I take it that the two pull boxes on the rear wall of the PT 596 kit should be removed) :
PT 504 also appears to have had heating ducts and the vertical duct running to the day room (visible below the pull box) :
I seems to me that heating ducts were probably only installed on the first batch of Ron 34 boats so I assume Ron 35 boats didn't have this vertical duct on the port wall of the day room ?
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Arjan Wiskerke
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Posted on: Mar 1, 2019 - 1:41am
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The PT 596 kit has an octagonal base plate (for the mast support frame) in the center of the day room roof. I assume this should be replaced by the rectangular one supplied in the Italeri accessory kit ? The top view pic of PT 515 seems to suggest there was indeed a rectangular base plate but I'm not sure.
edit: This pic of PT 552 seems to confirm the plate should be rectangular :
edit: the shape of the engine room entrance hatch (the hatch itself) also differs from that of the PT 596 kit :
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Arjan Wiskerke
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Posted on: Mar 2, 2019 - 5:01am
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I overlooked this pic showing the rectangular base plate :
Another good one of the engine room hatch :
I have considered adding the metal sheet reinforcement plates around the deck hatches and on the foredeck (apparently a feature of plywood decks). To me this is the most annoying shortcoming of the Italeri PT 596 kit. Especially the plate on the foredeck is hard to miss in good pics so I don't understand why Italeri didn't reproduce these.
I feel it's simply too much work though to reproduce these plates myself. I don't know if anyone has been brave enough to reproduce them in a 1/35 build.
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