My DUKW build

[lliw180]

part 6

the deck last time i coverd the deck and marking up the deck. And the wird DUKW bonet or hood.
first i carved that in to shap with saws snading

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i then set about deviding the deck up in to zones as what was going to be remvable and perminet

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what will be on there for good

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and what will be removable

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now the real fun the deck superstructure
the saecond part of the deck superstructure behinf the hood was the

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along with the

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and from the see the dry mock up

it was then on with some gule and calmps and let to dry

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Part 7

ok final got some of the axel stuffing boxes mounted

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i tacked them in place with a bit of supper gule and went round the hole thing with epoxy resin, unfortunaly one side fell off while i was tring to pull the axel out. so on 2 on one side have been done.

and same agine on the sering front drive box

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as you can see theas are a fair bit smaller i ground the axel down and thus the stuffing box that sits over it must be smaller
and then the epoxy

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then a little more work on the deck

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and a mock up

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something like that

Finishing

I did a little R&D with what to coat it in
a bloke at the hardware store reconed i shoud coat the whole thing in PVA wood gule i thought this would not be a good idear and thout epoxi resin how ever that will take an age of sanding is very brittle and not to mention expensive.

I then remebered building balsa wood plains with my old man as a kid. We coved them with papper and then something called dope. witch looks smells and acts the balsa wood gule called c23 over here. I picked up a tin at the hobbie shop on the weekend. As well as my DUKW build i desided to do a little R&D about fishishing.

I cut 4 peces of MDF one i left raw the next i coated in 1 coat of dope 1 coat of spy paint the next one was 2 coats of dope and 1 cote of spy paint. and the next was 3 coats of dope and 1 coat of spy paint.

i sat all 4 in a tub of water of night and exsamined them before going to work this morning.

needless to say the raw bit of MDF was shagged or (rooted) as we say in australia. all the others were more or less on par
the water did not get in to any of the coated MDF

So when the time comes to coat and paint it

i will prob me going with 4 coats of dope and 2 coats of paint

stay posted for more

Will

[panzerschreck]

Very interesting build sir

Nice to see someone having a go at something a bit different other than a Tiger (I do own a very large Tiger tank myself before I get lynched for that comment )

Look forward to seeing the finished vehicle up and running

[lliw180]

Part 8

ok i got the other side of the mini stuffingboxes that sit over the rear drive axels

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tacked with supper gule and coved with epoxie
mesued up the funny we reah hatch thing and guled in place

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i then set about cutting out a place for the bateries to sit and or lighten the whole thing a bit make it up as i go along

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DUKW meet plunge router

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more coming soon

any how any idears on what and how manny bateries i should use ?

[lliw180]

there are a few tiggers on here lol all good, glad you like the build stay tuned for more

[hawkeye3guns]

Hi mate if its any help I made the rear cargo deck a lift out panel and had two car 7.2v battery packs underneath it they acted as ballast and also powered it. The radio and speed controllers was placed under the engine hood. My speed controllers was BEC so I did not need any radio batteries.
Enjoying the build
regards Denzil

[lliw180]

Hi Denzil under the rear deck there isn't much room I think asyou went 1/10 and im doing 1/19 im gonna go for an electronic speed control. At an electronics store I go to I came accrose some hi powerd AA batteries that pump out 3 amps. I will be going for 8 of them 2 in the front hatch 4 in the section I made for when I was gonna be powerd by 9v ers . and 2 above the wheel arches it ether that or cut up a 7.2 and place it evenly around the hull.

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part 9

Hi guys been a while sins i was here last but got a bit done on the DUKW

painting the dope on and geting the first 2 coats of gloss forest green on i will be sanding back and the top coast will be a lighter matt green.
Thismoring i went about laying out the radio servo bateries and a rough idear of where the speed controller will go

Now the ectorics i was thinking somthing like this

with the cut out bit at the front hoding 4 the compatment in fron of the servo holding 4 2 above the wheel arches and 2 next to the prop the servo behind and of to one side of the motor pushing 2 rods thew both walls to the gantree and the small wheel acting as a controller


and this is how the deck is coming along

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part 89301333.2

Sorry all forgot where i was up to affter a few months of puting the dukw on hold i desided to revisit it.
So gantree stering box pritymuch speeks for it self

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I then went about muting the stuffing box and the prop and sleave that will sit over the rudder