Improved Whidbey Island Class USS Portland LSD53
by Bert Legaspi
1/700 Whidbey Island Class LSD (scratchbuilt)This model started out as trying to build a Whidbey Island Class LSD... but I had incomplete plans. The ships is a kitbashed Tamiya Ohsumi LST hull with a Arii Spruance Class bow. Most of the main superstructures are scratchbuilt from evergreen styrene sheets. The LVTP-7s and trucks are from JAG collective while the other vehicles and the helicopter came from various other models.