Time to hatch this duck from the egg :)

Start with the cabin by reworking the pedal and added a couple of pull knobs (at least, I think that's what they are) and also some trailing wires from the gauges.






What is that wriggly thing in the vertical center just right of the instrument gauge ? A mould defect or supposed to be wires?


Drilled out air scoop vents and replaced with wire mesh.




To be continued

Thanks for viewing and C&C welcome as usual.

cheers :)

Ah! Its begun..Huey, Duwey and Louie.... :D

I think those "lines" on the instrument panel is supposed to be the wiring for the windscreen wiper ?

Thought of that too.

Further, in one of the ref photos, there's a box mounting right where that wriggly thingy is. Don't know what that box is or if it was common for ducks to have :wacko:

hoho 2 ducks already. Duck tales wohoooo, ^_^

How is the scheme for this itik going to be like? Then the ducks can swim side by side ^_^

Where's Unca Scrooge? ^_^

This one will be in light grey during the emergency.

By the way, does anyone have a photo of the grating between the driver cabin & the cargo bay?

thnx & cheers

Pooh, dunno if this helps - its the Eduard PE fret - you can see the grate there



This is the set I ordered...still waiting for it

Ah, you are going for light grey too....How will you tackle the grey compared to Holy P's build?

Bear,
where did you get the fine mesh from?
and... where's the magic putty worm works??? missing trademark :P

Thanks for the photo, Shah.

Do you know if that PE grate replaces the kit part completely? Kinda doubtful about how it looks now...


Loo, the mesh is leftover (courtesy of Imran) from F&F4 campaign and if I'm not wrong he mentioned it was from Multifilla.

Was going to save the worms for later but since you mention it, yeah, putty worms will be coming soon. Hopefully for a mixed bag of brass & icky worms.

cheers

Oops. Forgot to reply your Q on the light grey.

I haven't given it much thought yet other than to lighten the FS36375 somewhat. I'm all eyes for suggestions :)

cheers

Yeah, Im not sure either, thats why ive not fitted the kit part until the PE set arrives....seems to be a huge contrast on what the kit gives (looks like a house gate!) and the PE...and whether the PE goes under the kit part or replaces it completely....

I will let you know of course when it arrives

As for colour, Id tend to think that its lighter....a very pale grey or near white actually...if you recall this picture:

From a few coloured photos floating around, it looks to be a light & slightly pale bluish grey? PMMS review mentions pale grey too.

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/revi...eri/it6466.html

Could it be that the B&W photo was taken on a bright sunny day compounded with exposure settings making for an almost white duck? Or maybe its been bleached...

aaaargh..this is enough to drive anyone quackers....

Doubt it bro, this was film photograpy...no such thing as white balance then..and the exposure looks fine to my eye.. If you study the contrasts between the various shades of black and grey (eg compare the letter in the number plate which are white to the hull) can see that it should be quite light grey

Maybe best you just go for a best guess light grey and finish with it haha...have a steamed Duck compared to Holy P's :D

Well, worry about it when it's time to paint :lol:

Thanks for your input & suggestions.

cheers

Pooh, PE set arrived...I can tell you that the PE grate completely replaces the kit part. So, a fine mesh would do, using the kit part as a template

Thanks Shah.

Looks like its back to the hatchery for this duck...

shah,
ponteng kerja kah?

LOL i wish lah bro, the package came to me earlier, so open and see la hahahah..but now im home !

Small progress...

Worms are back in season. The grate is a compromise with kit part & wire mesh.


Full complement of pedals, levers & knobs installed.


More worms under the dash. Care to count 'em? ^_^



C&C welcome.

cheers

Hi Jason

If you noticed from the pics that i had posted, you'll see that the motors for the wipers are positioned differently, but i suspect they would still incorporate the same sort of motors. Maybe you could scratch build those too.

sllim

Thanks Lim. Looks like different species of duck have slightly different accessories. Having thoughts about what to add & what not to add :lol:

Pooh my man, Great worm work as usual :D

The wiper motors seem to changed over the life of the Duck...according to ref the earlier one used vacuum and later compressed air....but then you wont go far off with some kind of cylindrical thingy to represent it

Also, u can add a little lever on the instrument panel...just to left of the dividing line. That raised line there is where the tire pressure lever is mounted...its a short lever with a red knob on it

Anyways, seems like there are many many detail variations among ducks...so for me at the end, just go with one and if it looks right enough lah...suggest you save urself the stress and not go into rivet counter territory too :D

Small update :)

Continue to work on the cabin...








Meep meep.... not quite like the real horn but we shall leave it at that for now.


That's all for now and thanks for viewing.

C&C welcome as usual.

cheers

Looks great man! I see the details from my PE set is helping...you could pull another worm or two up to the wiper motors as those run from the white thingy you put on the dash....

I wonder, though...how u gonna paint all that..or does it all dismantle?

BTW, I moved the two seats back when i glued them on..cos it just doesnt make sense the way they are mounted...if you look at the drivers seat and steering wheel..there is no way anyone can fit in there or drive the thing.....

spaggetti galore!

Landy: he paints them on!

Yup, Shah, your detail set is helping out some. Also the various reference pics including the very useful ones from LimSL. And throw in a pinch of guess work. :lol:

The seat angle in relation to the pedals & steering column seems kind of odd. Must be weird driving at an angle. How far back did you shift the seats?

Oh, and the worms are mating right now. Let's not interrupt them just yet ;)

Pooh, the I moved the seat about 3-4mm back and angled it to face more towards the steering wheel/pedals...until it looked "right" to my eye wihout looking too out of place....

If it looks right, it is right :P

Continue with another small update :)

We move a little further south to add some rather minor stuff. The clamp is from sheet styrene and the bottle from styrene rod.






I think there is another accessory just beside the right gun case mount? Have no idea what it looks like so any help is appreciated.

Cheers

wah...
so many additions. Tough act to follow my Beary friend

Have to channel the regret for not holding on for the PE set somewhere ^_^

Continue with this ugly duckling ^_^

We move to the tail end of this fowl only to encounter an ugly ugly bad seam, which is easiest to deal with by...


...overlaying with a piece of thin styrene sheet. The sides are taken care of the old fashion way i.e. putty and sanding.


Turning over, we add the hull stiffeners from some lengths of triangle styrene.


MiG production wheels. And very nice too.


MiG production suspension & crank shafts. Pity they will not be seen unless turned over.


Still undecided to go for closed or open top...



And now, fresh from the primer shop...












To be continued.

C&C welcome.

cheers

I always loved model kits in primer... it shows all the small2 details on the model kit... :D

Yup, it does that very well. Wonderful stuff, primer. ^_^

Jason, you could just put the decals on now and finish the kit haha...looks sort of like the final grey :lol:

Those MIG wheels are nice!

Indeed. Would really make things easier for me then. :lol:

cheers

When is a Mig not a russian build???

When its a Malaya DUKW wheels...

Painting time and 18 days a counting....

Painting in progress. Looking forward to another up to last minute project... :D

Update time ^_^

After priming, we continue with the base coat + some minor detail paint works.












to be con't.

Con't

We continue with wash & fade weathering.















to be continued...

...and more detail painting & weathering.









And we stop here for now.

Four days left to go....aaargh...

thanks for viewing.

cheers

Lovely work as usual mr p

you seem to have borrowed the shrinking ray from Mr rtfoe........or obtained yr own

ha ha

Best
Mr B