Scratchbuilt DUKW

[MonsieurTox]

The cargo bay... I built the front and rear wall, adding some ribs, bolts, nuts and rivets here and there.

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[MonsieurTox]

And some pics of how it stands right now

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With the cargo bay and cockpit removed :

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The floor will be another separate part and this is the only thing I'll have to remove to replace the battery.

[Stormbringer]

Coming on well following with interest

[Ecam]

Nice work my friend. So much more detail and much more sanitary than my attempt. Keep up the terrific work!

[Herr Dr. Professor]

MonsieurTox, you persevere in this fine project, with each step showing your superb skills. Somewhat limited as primarily an RTR type, I applaud your achievement yet again.

[tankme]

I applaud anyone who can take on a project like this. I don't have the attention span most of the time to scratch build that much.

[MonsieurTox]

Thank you guys !

Nice work my friend. So much more detail and much more sanitary than my attempt. Keep up the terrific work!

Thanks Eric, more detail but not sure it'll work as good as yours ! I have a lot of problem with the front axle so I may just drop it and do a 6X4. They were using the 6X6 only to get out of the water but since there's no ramp to get out of the lakes around me, I'll have to get it out of water by hand anyway

Making of the hinges for the breakwater, I made a jig to shape the C channels I previously created :

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The breakwater is made out of styrene but I tried to recreate the hollow rails :

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[MonsieurTox]

The making of the windshield.

Some more hinges... not the same kind this time, and they are just cosmetic !

Once again, they are made out of styrene :

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Together, nice tight fit :

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In place :

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You can notice I added more details on the front plate (more plates, rail, bolts etc)

You can also notice the hinges of the engine compartment door.

Making of the windshield, I tried to make it like the original, glass sandwitched between an inner and an outer frame.

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[MonsieurTox]

I was not happy with the shape of the nose. The middle was not going low enough so I had to correct the profile to get a more accurate look.
The more I looked at it the more it was bugging me so I had to find a plan.
It ended to be a 3 days of work (about 25 hours, from start to finish, redoing the CAD, printing the parts, cutting the hull etc...)

The grayed area needs to be cut and replaced :

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To be replaced with that part :

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Hull is cut... No turning back now, 2 options : a success or a big fail and I have to start over the whole thing.

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Putting the new part in place... This is a good fit, now I have to align it perfectly to get a smooth transition (well actually I want NO transition )

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The part is slowly glued mm after mm with UV resin. I use a UV pen designed for that. Using UV resin is the best way to go to bond two 3d printed parts, the result is like it would have been printed in a single part.

And it worked...

The result, that's not perfect but better than I was hoping to be honest !

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Maybe I'll sand the side of the rails a bit better, I can notice some resin blobs thanks to the close ups pics

[MonsieurTox]

And some more pics.

I feel better now it's been done.

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