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Old 07-10-2011, 10:58 PM
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I built the Dean's Marine semi kit of the DUKW, amphibious truck. The model is 1:10 scale. The basic kit consists of a fiberglass hull and main deck, resin and white metal fittings, diagram and some written instruction manuals. You have several options on the DUKW model: 2 wheel drive; 4 wheel drive; 6 wheel drive; and propellor drive. I elected to go with full 6 wheel drive and propellor drive. I also added working road and navigation lights. I chose to paint the DUKW in USCG colors.

Two 12V batteries provide the power. The wheel drive motor is connected to the drive shaft by a belt and pulley arrangement. The propellor motor has a standard u-joint. Robbe diffs were used to transmit power to the wheels. The wheels are 4" model airplane wheels.
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