DUKW Plans

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

A friend of mine is after some plans for a DUKW WW2 amphibious vehicle. There are some available from My Hobby Store – RM68 on the X List. but the web-site fails to define any other information. Does anyone have any information on these drawings, scale, detail etc.?

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

David. Suprised to be honest that there is NO info on the X-list listing (having just had a surf).

One would like to think that there would at least be a scale on it !!

Ashley

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

Ashley – I recall seeing somewhere a very basic amphibious vehicle (model) but it was certainly not a DUKW. It was more like an amphibious van. My friend has emailed My Hobby Store so I will let you know the outcome.

Regards

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Alvis Stalwart perhaps? May heve been just a simplified DUKW

Ashley

[shipwrightParticipant @shipwright]

Just in case you hadn't seen the article this might be of interest :

"A London Tour DUKW" by Bob Hinton – article in Model Boats magazine January 2010 pages 10 to 17

If you subscribe to Model Boats it can be seen here on line :

**LINK**

Ian

[Dodgy Geezer 1Participant @dodgygeezer1]

If you're talking about the model in the Dec 1970 Radio Modeller, that was a semi-scale amphibious vehicle at 19" long.

Although entitled 'DUKW', it does not look much like the GM 6-wheel DUKW that we usually call a DUKW. It is a pretty square box-shaped 4-wheel amphibian, and looks simple and freelance to me.

 

Edited By Dodgy Geezer on 27/09/2015 15:36:14

[Dodgy Geezer 1Participant @dodgygeezer1]

Here's a scan of the RM Planbook, and here's a link to a page with an image of the plan (about half-way down:

**LINK**

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

Thanks everyone for the information. Yes RM68 would appear to be the model that I have seen before. most probably at one of the shows.

Regards

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

Ashley (and others) – My friend received a prompt response from My Hobby Store (MHS) Apparently for any drawing within the X List, MHS cannot provide any further information. You just have to take pot luck and have the drawing printed off by their supplier and hope for the best. So my recommendation is that unless you know exactly what you are purchasing i.e. scale, amount of detail etc……then steer well clear.

Regards

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

David

There is quite a lot of detailed information on the interweb about the DUKW including specifications and dimensions, is your friend able to do his own research and work up a basic set of drawings?

This is a typical site **LINK**

Paul

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

Paul

Thanks for the LINK. He has already sent a couple of emails to the States to try and get some scale drawings, but to date there has been no response. You will probably recall an article in MB about 4 years ago, where the model of a DUKW had been constructed, but the person concerned had produced his own drawings by building a plastic kit form which he obtained measurements.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

David. A very good site for scale drawings is "The-blueprints.com".

Loads of DUKWs there.

What is the end goal of these plans??? A static large scale model? floating /prop driven only or full wheel driven/articulate and prop affair?

Its a bit of a gamble, but if the x-list plan is for a floating prop driven model then this would be an adequate base for construction, using other reference material to detail the model. I cant see there is any right or wrong way to detail a DUKW…it was a truck and surely no two can have been the same after a while. There were differences in basic construction concerning the skinning and amount of wheel cover (I think) but again other reference material can be used to build the version you want, modifying the basic X-plan.

If it is wheel driven then its a whole different ball game and the generic you would be on your own with regards to the mechanics.

There are other considerations to making a floating wheeled vehicle, and that is a source of suitable wheels. Most important especially if powering them is the aim. In fact, the first thing i would look for is wheels.

The Alvis had been on my list for years, but only came to fruition after I saw some wheels.

Ashley

[David Marks 2Participant @davidmarks2]

Ashley – Currently he has borrowed my copy of MB which contains the article about building the all singing – all dancing version which was featured in the mag about 4 years ago.

David

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Wow! The full monty!! thats an ambition to be sure.

Ashley

[Dodgy Geezer 1Participant @dodgygeezer1]

Apparently for any drawing within the X List, MHS cannot provide any further information…

It would be easy for someone to take the entire list and create thumbnails for each file – there are free utilities which do this in bulk. Thumbnails could then be sent to anyone who asks about a plan, or put in the space on the web page where an image of the completed model would go if they had one. MyHobbyStore already does this for a (very) few plans.

I estimate that it would take no more than an hour's work to run a thumbnail utility against the plan files and replace the 'X-List Plans' logo with the thumbnail copy. A lot less if you wrote a macro to do it.

The fact that MyHobbyStore does not even bother to do this suggests to me that they are completely uninterested in selling these items. Which makes me wonder why they still bother to retain copyright and prevent any distribution of them…

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

It is difficult to see how they can sell plans with virtually no information about them, to be sure.

Ashley

[Dodgy Geezer 1Participant @dodgygeezer1]

I think that the point to make is that they have practically no interest in selling them, but they don't want anyone else to have them….

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