Grumman Duck in 1/48

[Michael Mash]

Really looks good . . . skillful work.

[gomidefilho]

Inpressive model. Duck is one of my favorite biplane seaplane. I watch with great interest.

[Burning Beard]

Just saw a walk around by Kermit Weeks of one of his ducks on Facebook , has great shots of the interior to include the area in the bottom (hull) for rescued pilots, the gunner position and the cockpit.

[birder]

Originally Posted by Michael Mash

Really looks good . . . skillful work.

Thanks Mike!

[birder]

Originally Posted by gomidefilho

Inpressive model. Duck is one of my favorite biplane seaplane. I watch with great interest.

Thanks! In the small scale you often build the fiddler's green duck is probably pretty nice? I like them too one of my favorites, and Grumman's in general the early retractable gear is fun to model.

[birder]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Just saw a walk around by Kermit Weeks of one of his ducks on Facebook , has great shots of the interior to include the area in the bottom (hull) for rescued pilots, the gunner position and the cockpit.

He also has a great interview with a elderly duck pilot that is amazing with a several hundred mile river taxi run in a "wounded duck" I enjoy his video of flying the sikorsky s-39. At least the duck has a water rudder!

[birder]

This is fun one
Grumman Duck and Albatross Formation Mid America Flight Museum - YouTube

[gomidefilho]

Originally Posted by birder

Thanks! In the small scale you often build the fiddler's green duck is probably pretty nice? I like them too one of my favorites, and Grumman's in general the early retractable gear is fun to model.

Indeed, and Bruno model in 1/100, I build in the past FG model and is a very nice model, designed by Kancho Iliev.

[Don Boose]

Glenn -

Great work on this historic bird.

I appreciated your comments on your engine, wing tip, and canopy methodologies.

Thanks also for the link to the video. It sure took a lot of cranking to get the 1930s Grumman landing gear raised. Imagine doing that with an F3F immediately after a carrier take off while also formating with the rest of the flight. Makes me want to re-read Robert A. Winston's Dive Bomber, my favorite book about U.S. Navy aviation of the period.

Don

[birder]

Originally Posted by gomidefilho

Indeed, and Bruno model in 1/100, I build in the past FG model and is a very nice model, designed by Kancho Iliev.

I thought Kancho had designed that model, it is a clever design maybe my favorite simple FG model. Where can I find Bruno’s duck?