The Duck is a bipe, but you’re forgiven. Classic Airframes released a 1/48 Limited Run kit of the J2F Duck a while back & re-issued it more recently. Should be findable. The pic Swanny posted is the box art from the second release. Check Squadron or Great Models.
Regards, Rick
Yea, I meant Classic Airframes, not Special Hobby…sorry.
I checked Great Models & they have the second release of the CA 1/48 Duck listed @ $39.95. Not a bad price.
Regards, Rick
Glad we went on the chase nonetheless (or am I?). Never would have seen this ugly bird. I wonder who makes a scale version of this?
Some else did the Duck, too. I bulit one a long time ago, which ended up in the spares box. I want to say Glencoe did it, but I’m probably in the fog.
Glencoe did one in the OOOOLD 1/50 scale. It sorta resembled a Duck, but mostly for hard-core kit collectors these days.
Regards, Rick
I was just lookin’ through one of my other modeling magazines and Glencoe is making a Duck right now…
That kit was first released around the early 1970’s. Hard to believe it’s been ressurected, but stranger things have happened. Come to think of it, I saw one at a Model Show last year & the Vendor was asking $40 USD. He still had it at the end of the Show [:)].
Regards, Rick
Not exactly a great kit I guess?
For a 1/50 scale kit with raised panel lines, oversize & overdone rivet detail, no cockpit detail & bottle glass clear parts, that was shaped sorta like the Duck, it wasn’t bad [:D]. Actually I’ve seen a couple at Shows built by Master Builders that were really nice, but for mere mortals like me it would be a disaster.
Regards, Rick
I don’t think I could handle that! I’m not a nit-picker who will sand away rivets and re-do them one by one if they aren’t to scale, but I want them to be 99.999% accurate…
'Evening, everybody!
You can find the Classic Airframes Duck kits pretty regularly on eBay, usually starting at a decent low price (say, under $10). I got one a couple of years ago for around $15, including shipping, by the time it was done.
A search right now (22:00 Eastern), using “grumman duck” as the keywords, in All Categories, returned 7 auctions for model kits, including auctions for the Classic Airframes kit, and the re-released Glencoe kit.
You have to watch, though, many sellers aren’t too knowledgeable about model kits, and I have seen the rereleased Glencoe kit advertized as 1/48th, because the seller sees “Approximately 1/48th scale” on the box lid, and doesn’t know any better.
Hope you find what you’re looking for! Buy a couple kits, and bash one into that Grumman-Columbia XJL-1-there’s a project!
Thanks!
Brad
By todays Tamigawa standards, the old Glencoe Duck was a dog. It WAS buildable however, as even I managed it - back before I knew how to be critical. Today, I would do it again, if I fancied one. I wouldn’t pay $40 for it, though.
I personally find the duck very un-attractive and I only buy kits of aircraft/armor/things that I like, and unfortunately don’t have the required funds for those mixed media $40-100 kits…[BH]
…Wish I did though [:D]
There’s a movie staring a Grumman Duck out there some of you may have missed. It’s Murphy’s War, a tale of a British sailor seeking revenge on the U-boat that sank his ship.
Another amphibian which starred in a forgotten TV series is the Grumman Goose from Tales of the Gold Monkey. This was a short lived, historically innacurate Casablanca/Lost Ark knock off.
This description says it all:
“Set in the south Pacific in 1938, it features an ex-Flying Tigers operator of an air cargo delivery service named Jake Cutter (Stephen Collins) who flies a red and white Grumman Goose called Cutter’s Goose.”
The producers were apparently unaware that the Flying Tigers fought their first action on December 21st, 1941.
I’m not familiar with Classic Airframes kits. Are they easy/hard to build with regards to alignment, seams fit etc.? How is there detail? Anything I should watch out for?
Thanks again!!![:D]
CA kits are Limited Run, with all that implies (no assembly aids such as locator pins or tab/slot assembly). They are intended for the more advanced modeler with several builds under their belt & proficiency in all the basic modeling skills. They require lots of caution & TLC, but can be built into outstanding models. The Duck kit features lots or Resin detail, which must be carefully fit into the injection parts. Expect a lot of dry fitting, filing & sanding during the build process. The effort will be worth it as it is a beautiful model when done correctly.
Regards, Rick
Actually the Glencoe kit is even older than that. All Glencoe kits are old kits from the 50s and 60s. I believe the Duck was an ITC (Ideal Toy Company) kit and they quit making kits in 1962. For a 1950s kit, it’s very good, but it’s terrible by today’s standards.
The Classic Airframes kit is much better. The CA release comes in two flavors, an early and late version.
BTW, there are two Grumman Goose kits too, one from Czech Model which is well known and the other from Signifer, which is only available through Great Models in the US. From what I’ve read the Signifer kit is much better. Hope that’s not too confusing. Two different Grumman water fowl.
Bill