Eric:

Very nice. Did you use an aftermarket PE set on it or did you make the details yourself?

Eric, very nice looking DUKW you've got yourself there, . Just one thing I would mention, the rope fenders. They seen too uniform to me, most of the pics I have, show them more like large balls of string, or am I wrong here and these are fenders from large truck tyres? If the latter is the case, they would have considerable weathering on them with sections of rubber showing through or even large 'chunks' missing....
The weathering is good, although I would tend to do a bit more on the cargo deck, rust, and some graphite weathering perhaps? This comes from personal experience. In July, at a military vehicle rally, I was talking to someone whose business is the restoration and sale of DUKWs. I was asking him about the wear and tear on a vehicle in service (he was an ex-DUKW driver) and was talking about the vulnerability of the deck area to damage, corrosion and general wear and tear. According to him, the deck (on an in-service) DUKW needed repainting more than any other part..

Don't take my comments the wrong way, it is a truly superb piece of modelling and I for one would be delighted to have this in my own collection. Just what modifications did you have to do on the kit? I know its not of the 'Shake and Bake' variety but how much extra did it involve. Obviously the work you have done on this is a lot more than 'OOB' just how much?

So what happens now with this? It just screams to be put in a beach landing diorama... Thanks for sharing it with us, very welcome indeed.... Jim

A really nice model there. The weathering is one of the best I've seen. One thing I would like to point out is the .50 cal machinegun. The ammo box beside it doesn't go quite well with the rest of the model. I suggest you use Academy's U.S. machinegun set or some PE parts. This is just a suggestion though, as long as you like the model, what we say is not important.

Very good work!