The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 20,000 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees.
Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 9 knots (17 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by climbing down a cargo net hung from the side of their troop transport; they exited by charging down the boat's bow ramp.
These boats were in use in all campains from the Pacific to the shores of the Normany. There were many minor differences in the boats made. So some had a shield behint the MG stands and half the boats had a bulkhead between motor and troops. For all variations there are the parts you can optionaly use.
The preview pictures are made with Cinema4D. The sailor is not included!
USAGE:
The model consists of 106223 polygons and 15 objects.
The model is included in Collada and OBJ format. Collada is supported by all modern rendering programs. In Collada all the groupings and turning axis are preserved on their places, so I recommend to use the Collada file if your program supports it. In OBJ format there are no groupings and all axis are in 0/0/0. In OBJ you have to put all the axis in the middle of the turning points by yourself. For OBJ there are two additional files for the ramps. One for the closed ramp and one for the open ramp. I did it so because in Poser you can import the files separately. For all other user who import the Collada file, please switch on or off the desired parts.
There is one non-UV-map material for the glass. Please adjust the colors and parameters in your program. Please take care on the phong settings of your rendering program so that all edges are displayed as they should.
Operating System(s): Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Linux
Software: Vue 7+, Poser 6+, Daz Studio 4.5, Daz Studio 3, Bryce 7, 3DS Max, Vue 11, Poser 10, Poser Pro 2014 & Game Dev, Daz Studio 4.7, Maya, ZBrush, Vue 10, Poser 10
