General Discussion

[Charlie_c67]

Hmmm, wonder if I can find my Aldi Calliope tanks and do something with that...

[jcf]

Hmmm, wonder if I can find my Aldi Calliope tanks and do something with that...

DUKW T44 Rocket Launcher.

[McColm]

Two DUKWs parked back to back were used as platoons to bridge small rivers during WW2.

[NARSES2]

I'm thinking a simple Lidl Airfix DUKW in one of the dazzle esk British north Africa schemes - because the thought of amphibians in the desert tickles me

Yup, or perhaps in a "Berlin Brigade" scheme.

You could always say the dazzle style scheme was brought in for use in the Netherlands in 1945, especially after the dyches were opened. That's my excuse for my Buffalo. Specialised amphibious armour and support. 

[Nick]

Royal Mail DUKW for delivering to remote places in Scotland and around the Norfolk Broads.
Decals ordered on Ebay!

[Andrew Gorman]

I've mail ordered some things too and they are rolling in. Plan ahead.  I'm looking forward to this build.

[NARSES2]

Hoping to pick up the necessary kits at the London show, if not direct from Airfix

[Rheged]

Dutch Amphibus  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfibus  or possibly an Amazon Prime Stalwart, perhaps?

[PR19_Kit]

Dutch Amphibus  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfibus  or possibly an Amazon Prime Stalwartr, perhaps?

Cooer, I like the look of that. I'd love at trip on the RW one. 

[Rheged]

Dutch Amphibus  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfibus  or possibly an Amazon Prime Stalwartr, perhaps?

Cooer, I like the look of that. I'd love at trip on the RW one. 

You and me both, Kit!

[jcf]

M18 Hellcat based T86, T86E1 and T87 amphibious gun motor carriage designs.

T86 T86E1 T87

[jcf]

Most amphibious wheeled/tracked vehicles spend more time on land than they do in the water. The swimming ability is primarily used to get from ship-to-shore or to ford rivers, cross small bodies of water and negotiate marshy/swampy areas.
However, there is an example of
an amphibious vehicle that was used to travel oceans, modified Ford GPA amphibious Jeeps, a vehicle that was ironically nicknamed "seep". Ben Carlin's Half-Safe is the best known of these obsession and was used to circumnavigate the Earth. It became an all consuming obsession for Carlin.

Half-Safe

There's quite a few photos available
online.
Crossing the North Pacific.


In Japan.

[Nick]

Here's an idea - https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/lvtp-5---early--late---santa-claus-special-milmod-military-models-mm072-118-188325.html
  


I now want a Santa figure in my DUKW bringing presents to the kids! The driver up front in dark blue (adapted from the kit figure) and Santa sat in the back on a pile of parcels.
I think I'll be going to  the model railway shop soon to look for suitable figures and packages or mail sacks.

[Andrew Gorman]

One from Luigi Colani- The Sea Ranger, based off of a Unimog.  The fighting chair is is high order silliness!
http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/colani-sea-ranger.html
And another weirdo from that article:
http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/dobbertin_surface_orbiter.html
Here's chance to use up that tanker truck you've been saving for "something"...

[McColm]

I can visualise some reverse engineering on the Lockheed Sea Shadow, the 1/144 scale kit is becoming rare but they sometimes pop up occasionally.