Now you've done it....you've forced me to part with my money to get this kit. Not a bad thing as my grandpa was a Coxswain on those in the Pacific at the age of 15. He landed Marines at Tarawa, Saipan and Okinawa so I may have to build one in his honor. John R. Darre..9/27/27-11/02/02
Great review Shane! I appreciate the helpful contrasts that you offered on the good and the bad of the kit. I have not had this kit on the radar previously, but now that may be changing! One of these might be a good break from my usual Sherman builds. -Ben B.
Thanks for reviewing this kit Shane, it's one I've contemplated buying myself. Re diorama ideas, how about a landing craft beached on D-Day? Maybe a little morbid for some tastes but you could pose some bodies and the carnage of battle around it.
I'm not really screamish about modelling human cost of war, I find when right it makes very moving and poignant stories, though I find that many modelers over do the gore and make their work like the set of Saw. If I had better sculpting skills I would model the boat based on that famous photo off Omaha of a Higgins sinking and the troops and crew bailing out
Très beau modèle mon ami SHANE J adore 👍🇫🇷 Very nice model my friend Shane Thank you very much for your explanation very interesting for me I understand a little 👍 I enjoy watching your video Congratulations my friend 🇫🇷👍
Great review, your vids are quite relaxing and I often play them during hobby time. I ordered this kit directly from Italeri but its equipment sprues didn't have mortars and bazookas like in your video. Anyway thanks for the review!
thanks very much! that is high praise indeed! not sure if they changed the contents of the kit over the years, but it strange that those items are missing
Nice review, mate. A question; what do you think about those 3D CAD (?) pictures that usally preview’d on the side and/or the back of the box? All though I like some sort of picture of what I am about to build but I don’t like a 3D rendering. I don’t know... It just looks fake🙄 I rather take a 1) a fully built and painted product 2) an artwork any day of the week. Can’t wait until you build this kit; it looks awesome. Cheers, mate!
my biggest issues with CAD drawings on the box art is that it does not necessarily repersent what you actually get in plastic, for example Dragon's CAD renders show great detail in some of their sets (check out their Rommel set) then actual detail is terrible
Got one in my stash too but without figures. I'm just about to start on my first water diorama with a 1.72 old Airfix kit as a bit of a practise piece but also for my second build series on how i do diorama's. Not meaning to plug my own thing. Will be watching you with a kind interest as to how you get on for when i crack on with mine.
good idea to practice first I basic sea effect tutorial which I will elaborate to make the dio I am gravitating toward for my boat th-cam.com/video/MCcNGzQjKUI/w-d-xo.html it might be of some help to you
If you do the kit with a load of infantry, adjust their heights by cutting some plastic from feet. No one will be able to see the feet and soldiers are not all the same height! I believe the landing craft is available without the soldiers for anyone interested in building one with a cargo load or small vehicle.
Awesome kit there, thank you for showing us :) I had the pleasure to stand in one of those boats in Normandy some years ago, they are bigger than i thought. Those Italeri figures are not the greatest, i have their S-boat crew set, they are slightly better though. At least on the first glance. As you pointed out, it would require some really big effort to bring the figures up to the desired level. When i heard "Dragon Wagon" i was sold on that idea immediately :) Go for it hehe!
not jealous at all Michi, I would love to calm around in one or better still get a ride in a seagoing one to see what it have been like running for a beach in one of these things! It is strange that crew sets for their torpedo boat range are not too bad out of the box, though with this set I think they basically wanted to do it for cheap hehehe I think it might well be the Dragon Wagon project that wins out lol
First glad to see you back. Awesome review Shane. Seen and wanted that kit. But VERY disappointed in the figures in my opinion you'd be more wrenched going to the beach, not looking like you're at at-ease. Anyway cool vid.
Hey Shane hope all is well with you. When's the next video coming out? Love your content man... keep up the great work. Also trying to connect with some other quality TH-camrs to get in on buddy builds or crossover projects. When you get a minute come check my channel out and maybe we can do a collaboration or something like that in the future. Cheers, Scott
thanks Scott! have just realized a new video as of writing message :) shall definitely pop over, though I am unsure if I can take part due to time commitments
Because the figures are so bad I'd go with the Dragon Wagon. Less figures so you can put a good effort into the boat and not have the figures let it down. Make some sprue solution with all that plastic waste from the figure trees. :)
I had an awesome fleeting idea of modelling the boat sinking off Omaha beach and modify my own crew and troops in the process of abandoning the boat and jumping into the sea, would make a very dramatic scene but it would take me years to do, so the dragon wagon it is
Back in the day, Italeri rivaled Tamiya for moulding and detail. Not today, nice kits but just not up to modern standards, crappy figures. Good review though, Shane 👍
IMO Italeri are so far behind in what they're doing (for the most part)(not all) that it's really not worth spending the money for what they produce. Yeah those figures are crap totally useless... again IMO. I think you'd be better off getting other plastic figures and doing conversions than using those as why do it at all if the figures let it down. I mean the model really is representing figures for the most part. When you look at most other companies and what they're doing figure wise, these just don't come close. These would have been marginally passable even in the 80's. Good review none the less and honest which is the way a review should be.
if you shop around you might find it cheaper, though least in my view for a kit of this size 50quid is reasonable considering how much a TAKOM King Tiger or Panther is going for
@@RasEli03 you don't have to go for anything mate that is not the purpose of my reviews I am just sharing the details of a kit I think are cool, these are not sales pitchs lol
Excellent review Shane, looking forward to seeing you build this kit.
thank you Jeff! I am very keen to start this one !
Now you've done it....you've forced me to part with my money to get this kit. Not a bad thing as my grandpa was a Coxswain on those in the Pacific at the age of 15. He landed Marines at Tarawa, Saipan and Okinawa so I may have to build one in his honor. John R. Darre..9/27/27-11/02/02
nice way to pay tribute to him my friend !
Hello Shane, thanks for your video
cheers mate !
Heck of a project and a great chance to learn or perfect water techniques. Good review Shane
need to learn how to make those choppy wave! ;)
Great review Shane! I appreciate the helpful contrasts that you offered on the good and the bad of the kit. I have not had this kit on the radar previously, but now that may be changing! One of these might be a good break from my usual Sherman builds.
-Ben B.
thanks Ben! I would recommend trying one out as it is such an Iconic vehicle/vessel and would fit into any Allied collection
Awesome kit!
one of the coolest I've seen!
Thanks for reviewing this kit Shane, it's one I've contemplated buying myself. Re diorama ideas, how about a landing craft beached on D-Day? Maybe a little morbid for some tastes but you could pose some bodies and the carnage of battle around it.
I'm not really screamish about modelling human cost of war, I find when right it makes very moving and poignant stories, though I find that many modelers over do the gore and make their work like the set of Saw. If I had better sculpting skills I would model the boat based on that famous photo off Omaha of a Higgins sinking and the troops and crew bailing out
Très beau modèle mon ami SHANE J adore 👍🇫🇷
Very nice model my friend Shane
Thank you very much for your explanation very interesting for me
I understand a little 👍
I enjoy watching your video
Congratulations my friend 🇫🇷👍
thank you Jean !
Great review, your vids are quite relaxing and I often play them during hobby time. I ordered this kit directly from Italeri but its equipment sprues didn't have mortars and bazookas like in your video. Anyway thanks for the review!
thanks very much! that is high praise indeed! not sure if they changed the contents of the kit over the years, but it strange that those items are missing
Awesome review ive looked at this kit afew times
its caught my eye times too happy I picked it up!
Nice review, mate.
A question; what do you think about those 3D CAD (?) pictures that usally preview’d on the side and/or the back of the box?
All though I like some sort of picture of what I am about to build but I don’t like a 3D rendering. I don’t know... It just looks fake🙄
I rather take a
1) a fully built and painted product
2) an artwork
any day of the week.
Can’t wait until you build this kit; it looks awesome.
Cheers, mate!
my biggest issues with CAD drawings on the box art is that it does not necessarily repersent what you actually get in plastic, for example Dragon's CAD renders show great detail in some of their sets (check out their Rommel set) then actual detail is terrible
Nice review looking forward to watching how you bring this kit together
I've got a few ideas on what I want to do with this kit! so stay tuned !
Got one in my stash too but without figures. I'm just about to start on my first water diorama with a 1.72 old Airfix kit as a bit of a practise piece but also for my second build series on how i do diorama's. Not meaning to plug my own thing.
Will be watching you with a kind interest as to how you get on for when i crack on with mine.
good idea to practice first I basic sea effect tutorial which I will elaborate to make the dio I am gravitating toward for my boat
th-cam.com/video/MCcNGzQjKUI/w-d-xo.html
it might be of some help to you
O yes watched this just yesterday, was very cool indeed loved the effect Shane. I'll let you know how i get on.
If you do the kit with a load of infantry, adjust their heights by cutting some plastic from feet. No one will be able to see the feet and soldiers are not all the same height! I believe the landing craft is available without the soldiers for anyone interested in building one with a cargo load or small vehicle.
yes they have same kit without the troops which was first release
Great stuff mate
thanks mate !
Awesome kit there, thank you for showing us :) I had the pleasure to stand in one of those boats in Normandy some years ago, they are bigger than i thought. Those Italeri figures are not the greatest, i have their S-boat crew set, they are slightly better though. At least on the first glance. As you pointed out, it would require some really big effort to bring the figures up to the desired level. When i heard "Dragon Wagon" i was sold on that idea immediately :) Go for it hehe!
not jealous at all Michi, I would love to calm around in one or better still get a ride in a seagoing one to see what it have been like running for a beach in one of these things! It is strange that crew sets for their torpedo boat range are not too bad out of the box, though with this set I think they basically
wanted to do it for cheap
hehehe I think it might well be the Dragon Wagon project that wins out lol
do it...Just DO IT :D
kool shane you got one
I had to have one!
If doing a review . Please do some History. This is the famous Higgins’s boat
Nice review. I have this kit in the stash but am afraid to touch it. Have you started it yet? You will do it justice for sure!
I am scared to work on mine too lol
First glad to see you back. Awesome review Shane. Seen and wanted that kit. But VERY disappointed in the figures in my opinion you'd be more wrenched going to the beach, not looking like you're at at-ease. Anyway cool vid.
ya they should all be ducked down and stressed being under fire and as well as just being thrown around in the choppy seas !
nice kit shane .Cool video as always mate
do you maybe know the price of that kit?
I got my mine for 55euro
Thats a nice and fare price .Mate thanx for the info cheers :)
Good review Thanks.The figures need some conversations.
they a lot of work to make them look natural
I have this kit...lots of figures to build..lol.
A massive amount and they will require work to get the most out of them
Do you have a link to those M1 helmets you mentioned? Making this kit now and yeah... some helmets are very bad.
I'll do some searching around and get back to you
Hey Shane hope all is well with you. When's the next video coming out? Love your content man... keep up the great work. Also trying to connect with some other quality TH-camrs to get in on buddy builds or crossover projects. When you get a minute come check my channel out and maybe we can do a collaboration or something like that in the future.
Cheers,
Scott
thanks Scott! have just realized a new video as of writing message :)
shall definitely pop over, though I am unsure if I can take part due to time commitments
Are you going to be building this?
yes, I buy all my kits with the intent of building them
Because the figures are so bad I'd go with the Dragon Wagon. Less figures so you can put a good effort into the boat and not have the figures let it down. Make some sprue solution with all that plastic waste from the figure trees. :)
I had an awesome fleeting idea of modelling the boat sinking off Omaha beach and modify my own crew and troops in the process of abandoning the boat and jumping into the sea, would make a very dramatic scene but it would take me years to do, so the dragon wagon it is
Back in the day, Italeri rivaled Tamiya for moulding and detail. Not today, nice kits but just not up to modern standards, crappy figures. Good review though, Shane 👍
P.S. Love the idea of the Higgins Boat being transported on the Dragon Wagon!
they are such an hit and miss company
IMO Italeri are so far behind in what they're doing (for the most part)(not all) that it's really not worth spending the money for what they produce. Yeah those figures are crap totally useless... again IMO. I think you'd be better off getting other plastic figures and doing conversions than using those as why do it at all if the figures let it down. I mean the model really is representing figures for the most part. When you look at most other companies and what they're doing figure wise, these just don't come close. These would have been marginally passable even in the 80's. Good review none the less and honest which is the way a review should be.
very true, they really did try to do this on the cheap I think
I was gona get one but it cost to mutch for me
if you shop around you might find it cheaper, though least in my view for a kit of this size 50quid is reasonable considering how much a TAKOM King Tiger or Panther is going for
@@timothybooker1402 who said anything about spending 900€?
@@longlance67 well i dont have alot of money so i cant realy go for this... time to save up some money i guess
@@RasEli03 you don't have to go for anything mate that is not the purpose of my reviews I am just sharing the details of a kit I think are cool, these are not sales pitchs lol
@@longlance67 i feeled i wanted this but it just cost too much. Thanks for the review!
Crazy item, 😂
How many months to take till finish
,only profess can do it.... But anyway I respect what they try to built this kit.
when i saw the 10 sprues of figures... yikes....
ya there is a load of them alright! and would require a load of work to get them to look right too