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German Landing craft Operation Sea Lion

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1:72 scratchbuilt Landungsboot for Unternehmen Seelöwe, the planned invasion of the UK 1940.

Just like my E-100, this was mostly built from thick paper. As the germans used converted river barges, I took a papercraft kit of a 1:250 fishing boat and made it bigger, then used the parts as stencils for the cardboard. However, the front is completely engineered by me, using reference pictures like this: German Federal Archive photograph

I planned to flesh out the interior more, but for now the cabin tops are just removable so figures can be placed inside for added realism and ease of gameplay in wargames. (you know, no awkward place beside the door but handle as if inside)

As you can see the front flap is moveable, I used two kinds of brass pipe for the mechanism. The thinner one is attached to the flap, the two bigger parts at the edges are glued to the ship.

The tank in the pictures is an Armourfast Pz III J.
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