DUKW all done w/ pics

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Hello all,

Here’s my 1/35th Italeri DUKW. It was detailed with the (horrible) Verlinden detail set. Stowage was from Tamiya’s Vehicle Accessory set. Painting and weathering was done with Tamiya paints. Comments, as always, are welcomed. Thanks for looking.

Jesse

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Looks good to me and it is a change from all of the tracked armor usually seen hereabouts.

Well done and weathered- what was the issue with the Verlinden detail set?

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[#ditto] looks good, what is the problem with the Verlinden detail set?

oh, and maybe add just a little bit of water at the front or back to show the versitility of the dukw

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[tup]

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Here are some problems with the Verlinden set:

  1. The rear surf break is way too thick and lacks detail on the back side. I added detail to mine.
  2. No form is provided for the canvas bows thus making them hard to bend uniformly.
  3. The instructions were to have you remove the air intake sides and replace with mess glued to the provided frame. No mesh was included in the detail set.
  4. Same goes for the area behind the driver’s compartment on the floor.
  5. The driver in detail kit would in noway fit even with modification.
  6. The front left headlight guard is missing a photoetch brace. It’s not included with the detail kit.
  7. The side supports for the rear surf break are too thick and don’t fit with the correct angle. I therefore made new ones out of styrene.
  8. The front surf plate has no detail on the back side and when stored, the backside is up. I didn’t include the front surf plate in my kit.
  9. The ring mount for the 50 cal (not on my model) has no locating positions for the braces that hold it up. Trying to determine were each of the three braces go so that they all line up on the model correctly was impossible for me.

I basically used about 50 percent of the Verlinden kit. I don’t feel I’m being too picky. I don’t mind shaping, sanding and detail parts to make them right but the Verlinden set was just too much.

Jesse

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Neat job! Just about the right amount of weathering for a Normandy/ Rhine crossing DUKW which has swum fairly recently, but maybe a bit more on the stowage wouldn’t have hurt. Also, a wash/ dry brush on the fenders would have added depth.

Seems that most of the stuff that you get in the Verlinden set wouldn’t be too hard to scratch-build.

We could do with some decent 1/35 driver figures in US, British and Soviet uniforms. Most of what we’ve got date from the 1970s and show it. Are you listening, Dragon?

Cheers,

Chris.

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Italeri’s new 2.5 ton DUKW 353 includes the bows, rear surface plate and machine gun/mount. Verliden’s Detail set came out before the new Italeri kit. Unless you want the engine, I would avoid buying the Verliden set.

The model has much more weathering and drybrushing then the photos show. They got kind of washed out from the lighting. I really need to spend some time learning how to take nice pictures.

Jesse

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Nice work [tup]

Lp

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Great lookign build. Very nicely done.

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One sided detailing is pretty common and frustrating on a lot of Verlinden products. It’s doubly frustrating because some parts, even in the same kit, have beautiful detailing all around.

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Apparently there is a new detail kit coming out for the DUKW.

It is a conversion kit to the modern version. It includes bright, garish, paint colors and 20 tourists to pack into the thing for the harbor tours around Boston.

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Hey that’s a beautiful job!

I feel your pain about Verlinden stuff–I have found their stuff to be generally a “good place to start” but you really have to do your research if you want accuracy!

Still–that being said, you wound up with a great-looking build here! [:D]

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Hey man, beautifull Duck. Really looks sweet, and if you had problems with it, it doesnt show. Well done fella.

…Guy

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Thanks for the comments, guys. I really appreciate it. Now to finish my M1a2.

Jesse

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Very, very nice job on this one! I wonder if they’ll do a version to model the ones we have here in Wisconsin.