Landing Craft Infantry Large - type 3
Waterline-model of Landing Craft Infantry type 3 (LCI 691 ~ LCI 1098) An ocean-going infantry carrier designed for direct unloading on the beach. Although living space, galley and toilet are provided for the accommodation of troops, this is limited to a practical operational time of 48 hours.
The setup with the bow-doors offered more protection, compared to the type 1 and type 2, during embarking on the beach.
It could carry 9 officers, 196 enlisted men and 32 tons of cargo. (Excluding crew – 4 officers and 24 men)
Armament 5 x 20mm Oerlikons. (Included)
Two different types can be modeled, as I have provided 2 types of boarding for the front deck. You can also "play" a bit with the smaller deck-parts to create difference. I did include some extra's: oil-drums, depth-charge storage racks, etc.
Copyright Allan Smit 2024
Non Commercial and personal use only. May not be shared, uploaded or otherwise distributed.
Model of LCI(Large), this is a model from the LCI 691 ~ LCI 1098 class
The model has been prepared and detailed for 1:100 war-gaming (48cm long). Meaning the railing is a bit stronger to prevent breaking to easy. It is waterline model and not a complete hull design. The Hull would be below water and would not work on a gaming table. The model is based on original drawings.
I have added enough details to also look good up to 1/56 scale. Although the hull might need a bit of extra sanding to remove somewhat larger rectangle surfaces on the hull bow compared to a print in 1/100. And you will need to re-scale the parts yourself. As the parts are provided in 1/100 scale only.
Test-printed on a Creality Ender-5 FDM in 016mm and 020mm layer and Anycubic Mono SE 005mm layer. (See pictures) The hull and the large parts will print fine on a FDM printer in PLA, 016mm gives the best result. But off-course depends a bit on your own printer quality what works best for you. All the small parts have to be printed on a Resin printer. Those parts are just to small for a FDM printer. The fire-hoses are very small, so watch out when removing those from the supports.
The 3D-prints of Railing needs to be bent a bit after printing to fit the deck correctly. Main reason is that it is more easy to print it flat on the printer-bed. All railing parts are provided as separate prints, these you best print flat on the FDM printer bed.
I have added the complete hull, but also cut in 4 parts. I used those cuts for test-printing. But if you have large bed-dimension you could cut the model yourself. The 3 hull-parts are best printed vertically, as this will have the best result, less print-lines that is. Best to glue the railing first, before you glue the smaller parts, as that will help in making sure all deck-parts end up on the correct location.
The anchor-reels on the aft-deck and front-deck are provided in parts or as 1 stl-file. Print which every you like.
For most of the Resin parts I have included Support files also, those worked fine for me. No guarantee they will work on our printer settings. So feel free to use, but might be best you create your own supported files.
It is a complex model, with well over 100 separate parts to print, so some modelling skills are required.
The setup with the bow-doors offered more protection, compared to the type 1 and type 2, during embarking on the beach.
It could carry 9 officers, 196 enlisted men and 32 tons of cargo. (Excluding crew – 4 officers and 24 men)
Armament 5 x 20mm Oerlikons. (Included)
Two different types can be modeled, as I have provided 2 types of boarding for the front deck. You can also "play" a bit with the smaller deck-parts to create difference. I did include some extra's: oil-drums, depth-charge storage racks, etc.
Copyright Allan Smit 2024
Non Commercial and personal use only. May not be shared, uploaded or otherwise distributed.
Model of LCI(Large), this is a model from the LCI 691 ~ LCI 1098 class
The model has been prepared and detailed for 1:100 war-gaming (48cm long). Meaning the railing is a bit stronger to prevent breaking to easy. It is waterline model and not a complete hull design. The Hull would be below water and would not work on a gaming table. The model is based on original drawings.
I have added enough details to also look good up to 1/56 scale. Although the hull might need a bit of extra sanding to remove somewhat larger rectangle surfaces on the hull bow compared to a print in 1/100. And you will need to re-scale the parts yourself. As the parts are provided in 1/100 scale only.
Test-printed on a Creality Ender-5 FDM in 016mm and 020mm layer and Anycubic Mono SE 005mm layer. (See pictures) The hull and the large parts will print fine on a FDM printer in PLA, 016mm gives the best result. But off-course depends a bit on your own printer quality what works best for you. All the small parts have to be printed on a Resin printer. Those parts are just to small for a FDM printer. The fire-hoses are very small, so watch out when removing those from the supports.
The 3D-prints of Railing needs to be bent a bit after printing to fit the deck correctly. Main reason is that it is more easy to print it flat on the printer-bed. All railing parts are provided as separate prints, these you best print flat on the FDM printer bed.
I have added the complete hull, but also cut in 4 parts. I used those cuts for test-printing. But if you have large bed-dimension you could cut the model yourself. The 3 hull-parts are best printed vertically, as this will have the best result, less print-lines that is. Best to glue the railing first, before you glue the smaller parts, as that will help in making sure all deck-parts end up on the correct location.
The anchor-reels on the aft-deck and front-deck are provided in parts or as 1 stl-file. Print which every you like.
For most of the Resin parts I have included Support files also, those worked fine for me. No guarantee they will work on our printer settings. So feel free to use, but might be best you create your own supported files.
It is a complex model, with well over 100 separate parts to print, so some modelling skills are required.
| Filename | Size | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Landing-Craft-Infantery-Large-type-3.zip | 148.4 MiB | 2024-07-05 |
| LCI-L-type3-masts.zip | 6.6 KiB | 2024-07-05 |
