"Airfix Dukw" Topic
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| HandLCreator | 18 Sep 2021 9:54 p.m. PST |
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| HandLCreator | 18 Sep 2021 9:54 p.m. PST |
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| Hornswoggler | 18 Sep 2021 11:51 p.m. PST |
Fond memories of this one… Funny how Airfix still give you a full canvas tilt in this kit (assuming that it came from the pictured "Vintage Classics" box) whereas they discontinued the similar item from their White halftrack. |
| HandLCreator | 19 Sep 2021 7:06 a.m. PST |
Thank you for saying that. I thought I recalled the M3 Half Track coming with the kit. I started building kits 40 years ago in the early 80s. Airfix is mostly what I had access to at the local hobby shop. Fond memories indeed… |
| Andyuk | 22 Sep 2021 11:46 a.m. PST |
Plus there was their soft plastic version |
Heedless Horseman  | 06 Nov 2021 6:37 a.m. PST |
Built one as a kid. I don't recall an MG, though… but a VERY long time ago!
Soft plastic Airfix was easy to cut down to 'waterline'… and at the time, literally cost pennies! 17p if I recall!
As a cargo hauler, I had no real use for DUKWs, so never bothered with it much. For someone with advanced modelling skills… (NOT ME!)… there was the failed attempt to use DUKW equipped with a London Fire Brigade extendable ladder in support for US Rangers at Ponte Du Hoc on D Day! |
| 4th Cuirassier | 12 Nov 2021 4:37 a.m. PST |
Nice work. Bookmarked your site. You could make a nice little Rhine crossing diorama using the three Airfix amphibians: DUKW, Buffalo, LCM3. Rather than waterlining them you would probably set them in a box type ep base so you could see the depth. My modelling patience is no longer up to such things. |
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looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
