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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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1:35 U S M C DUKW Amphibious Truck w M2A1 Gun
superkungfuhobby
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Joined: March 29, 2009
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011 - 12:04 AM UTC
Hello, this is my new work.I really like U S M C.
I am very interested in Marine Corps‘s model.
Hope you like this model.





















Thanks for looking!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011 - 12:15 AM UTC
Looks pretty good. God job on the weathering. A couple small things though. The tail lights are off. Only the upper left oval should be red. The other parts are just black slits. Also, Playbow wasn't around in WWII, so it wouldn't be on the bulkhead.

The tail lights should look like this. These are on an M20, but most (if not all) US vehicles in WWII had the same set-up.
superkungfuhobby
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011 - 01:09 AM UTC
Thank you very much for your help.
Previously, I have ignored this detail.
Now I know US vehicles in WWII had the same set-up like your photo.
Thanks again!


BobCard
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011 - 01:54 AM UTC
First off let me say I really like your weathering and the build itself is just great.
The markings are non-descript so all I can mention is that you also did a great job on those, looks like someone actually went up and hand painted them on.

I agree with Dino on the mag and taillights, I just want you to see the dukw taillights.


Of course as someone likes to say the devil is in the details. The slots you see on the sides are for drainage but were not added until after the war. They should be smooth like this;


I added these other 2 just for your reference;



On the markings you should know they are almost all completely different for each campaign so if you decide to make a specific DUKW remember to check your references.
Just a great job all around, congrats,
Bob



I don't know a bunch about the artillery piece so I wasn't going to say anything but you also did a great job on that, Really great details on it.
ianclasper
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Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011 - 06:44 AM UTC
One thing that is overlooked by many modelers are the slots in the horizontal ribs down the side of the hull. Due to corrosion problems, slots were cut into the ribs on many DUKW to allow any water to drain from the ribs, however this was a post war modification.

Italeri copied this feature not realizing that this was not part of the original build. These slots need to be filled if modeling a WW2 DUKW.

Apart from that , this looks a nice build

Ian
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