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1/72 DUKW

the cargo

The Goffy ‘Canvas and Crew Equipment Set’ No. 7238 comes as a full resin tarp, and 40 different pieces of stowage including two banks of Jerry cans, two full US army back packs, oil cans, wooden crates, bed rolls, 3 oil drums, 2 kit bags, sand bag add-ons, and best of the lot, 4 crates of vegetables! It also includes the missing wheel well walls.

. No instructions are included, but placement of the sand bags is fairly self-explanatory, with help from the box top illustration if needed. I played around with the rest of the stowage until I achieved the fit I wanted. As can be seen from the pictures, it does all add up to a very full load for this diminutive Dukw, and when painted the detail is incredible. Just look at those carrots and cabbages!

I have one little nitpick with the set, and that is the tarp. I couldn’t fit it. The resin of the sidewalls is way too thick and would require leaving out a portion of the cargo bay sidewalls in order to fit it. If I did that it would mean I couldn’t remove it to look at all that lovely cargo? I decided to go with the cargo, but as I intend to build another one of these anyway, I’ll save the tarp for a later date.