Tom Faith
Elma, New York
LVTs are popular subjects at AMPS, but this is the first time we’ve seen Italeri’s 1/35 scale kit built as a Korean War LVT(A)-4. Tom pulled out all the stops on it, scratchbuilding the interior, fighting compartment wall and hatches, and adding weld seams to the exterior. After painting and weathering, he positioned it on a base covered with model railroad parts, roots, and sweepings from his garage floor to show it on Red Beach during the Inchon landings in 1950.