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Limited time today to work on the duck. Coaming and in the cab, first aid kit and map box. Will start the compass next, that will be the bulk of the cab details.

I'm just going to have to start with version 2s. Bed sides, steering wheel and now the compass.

There were four types of compasses used on the DUKWs. I chose to start with the simple Pioneer box style, though I did make a window and rotor inside. Ultimately, I thought it looked like garbage when it was completed. So V2 I modeled the Sherrill AEG compass. Still needs to be detailed...

Shifted aft from the cab to start the winch details. Made so it can be removed as needed. Plan to add the A-frame (crane) to this one. They could not unload them selves but could reach the center of another DUKW to unload it.

More great detail work! Wow! This is really some build!

Off to drink wine and sob in a corner at the skills some people display.

Thank you, but I too am completely humbled by some of the builds on here. I often feel like a rookie when seeing stuff others create.

One thing I do enjoy on this one is so far, except for the running gear, all has been scratched. On the 16th Duck there were a few things I was able to use from the tank supplies.

Was working out in the garage just over a week ago.....
Working with an electric hoist, something heavy and something hard.....
My left hand was in the wrong place.....
No real damage but making a fist or even enough strength to pick up a pencil was painful.
Yesterday I was finally able to grip enough to use both hands and get back to work.

The ribs on the DUKWs were stamped steel rectangles with flanges (top hat profile). Mike gave me some Evergreen packages #187 for the ribbing (a sample is in the pictures). Size was just about perfect except I wanted the welding flanges. Adding .020 flanges underneath just made it too tall. My box portion is simply .020 shorter than his parts.

A local's non running ATV, AKA the hand smasher.



Yeah, the shop is a mess. There are usually multiple projects going on at one time. Lots of farm/ranch equipment has been through my shop, and as a city boy, I tend to fix things that I have never seen before.

Mike, do you recognize the two trophies on top of the bolt bin from the OCPL days?

I absolutely recognize those trophies Eric, as Dad made them both. I think that the one on the left is for First Place, and the one on the right is the Second Place trophy; which was inspired by the book "No Second Place Winner" by Bill Jordan, (and looks like a tombstone). Both wee "rotating" trophies that shooters could take home and proudly display, (or carefully hide; depending). I'm surprised that you don't have the "Hostage" trophy that he made as well.

And, for those members that are wondering just what the heck we are talking about; our parents ran a shooting club called the Oceanside Combat Pistol League for many years. Many of our shooting stages were based on actual shooting incidents, OR on movies, OR on wild inspiration after drinking bad booze. All stages used a timer; time was added to your raw time for penalties; and there were 5 or 6 stages per monthly match. After the movie Dirty Harry came out, we had a target where the bad guy was holding a kid as hostage in front of him. For anyone who shot the hostage by mistake, along with getting 10 seconds added to your time, you had to wear a cowbell on a leather strap around your neck, which also had a small wooden sign that said "I Shoot Hostages." Once earned, you had to wear this thing until the next person shot a hostage; at which time you could gratefully present it to them. And, it seemed like you only won this bell before the next stage which - inevitably - would involve physical movement, with the stupid bell bouncing around and ringing, to the amusement of onlookers. And then, the last "winner" of the bell would take home the "Hostage" trophy, which Dad made as a waist-up silhouette of a man with his arms raised above his head - and this thing was COMPLETELY drilled through with holes! I would love to say that I never had to deal with the hostage bell or trophy, but that wouldn't be strictly true.

I never wore the bell, but then I could shoot accurately. The USMC riflemen were often poor with pistols (which is why I remember you wearing the bell a few times). I don't know what happened to the hostage trophy, I REALLY wanted to have that one as a great memory from yester-year. At times dad had a swinging hostage (activated by the shooter and started the timer) that tended to have the bell wearer give up his prize with the next shooter.

Mom did wear combat boots, was a church pianist/organist and was one hell of a shooter. She often took home the Top Lady trophy. I could easily best little brother Mark, finally topped Mom, but I could never come close to Dad. Frankly I don't recall how you and I compared on the few times we shot together, possibly because of the outcome, I may have blocked it from my memories.