I've decided on an early version of the Duck for the 16th scale. The first 2000 (ish) had a vertical windshield, spare tire on the left side, goofy fold up on the windshield surf breaker and a few other details. It's the less pretty (ugly duckling). The bigger build will be the later (next 19,000 or so) which is a more attractive DUKW. Basically they built 21,147 of these in about 3 years. Along the way they made 500 changes.
I've modified my original cargo bed to fit the early version. Its rise off the deck is even along its length. The later version is sloped up towards the rear as a rear surf guard. Which is what I first built, pictured earlier.
I haven't done the ribbing in the center of the bottom because I'm still working out a water proof transfer case. I tried to be as accurate as I can to the actual hull. But depending on what I come up with there may be some hacking, so I left the ribs out for now. The white tubes on the drive shafts are simply guides for the driveshafts allowing the model to be rolled.
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