1/35 Dieppe Churchill Diorama Finished

@Robert_Goldman thank you for the article.

@Jakko that’s why the name through me off for a bit, it’d be a fun landing craft in 1/35. The ramp looks unique on it.

@CMOT i have given it some thought, can you send me a direct message with what all to have for it?

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It should be about 38 cm long in 1:35, which makes it rather doable. Shorter than an LCA, in fact, by about 5 cm.

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@Jakko im surprised there’s not a lot out in 1/35 then. Maybe could find something on a 3D website to print.

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Not a lot of landing craft, you mean? That is very simple: they’re so bloody BIG! :slight_smile: That LCM (1) is about the smallest type that can carry a decent-sized vehicle, and even then you could put almost four Churchills in the space it would take up on your shelf. Never mind an LCT (2), that was — off the top of my head — about 42 or 44 metres long, making it 120 or 125 cm in 1:35, three times the length of the LCM (1).

But if you like to fantasise about models of them in 1:35, check out ONI 226: Allied Landing Craft and Ships to work out which one might fit on your next diorama :wink: (Me, I’d like an LCR, purely out of local interest, of course, but I don’t exactly feel like building one :slight_smile: )

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If you’re interested in the LCM 1, I took a long look at it a couple of years ago and collected a number of references off the net I’d be happy to share. I also had the original production drawings in the British National Maritime Museum digitized, so they should be available and I can probably find the links to the plans. There’s a lot of variety in the detail of these craft and they turn up in almost every theatre of the war. PM me if you’re thinking of trying a build.

Cheers,
Colin

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@Jakko it is a dream possibly.

@Colder thank you for the offer.

I’ve seen , maybe in the old forum, how someone did build an LST with Churchill’s on it in 1/35. Talk about a burden of love right there. That must of taken years to accomplish. I think with the advent of readily accessible 3D printers we could see more of these kits and ships that were once dreams to become reality.
I did see on a Facebook group where someone built the ramp and just a small part of the hull of a German landing craft for an invasion of Malta diorama.
I could maybe see myself trying to scale down and do a forced perspective diorama of maybe the ramp down and a tank coming off.

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The diorama looks really nice.

Cheers,
Ralph

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Nicely done!

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@mech @Taffy3 thank you!

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