Book Review of
DUK W 2 ½ Ton 6 x 6 Amphibian
Author: Jeff Woods
Color by Uwe Feist & Geoff Pleasance
ISO Publications MV Series no. 2
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1978
MSRP: 1.25 Pounds ($1.70) back in the 70’s.
ISO Publications is based in London.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1978
MSRP: 1.25 Pounds ($1.70) back in the 70’s.
ISO Publications is based in London.
This book is staple-bound soft covered of 72 pages in 8 ¼” s 6” page format.
It contains 151 black and white photos and 2 color ones. There are 27 line drawings.
The black and white photos show the DUKW with crews and various cargo loads.
The color photos show a DUKW that is parked on snow in a woods. It is white on top and black on bottom, with black and white diagonal stripes on the box and a black cabin. It says Metropolitan Police in white on the front of the cabin and again in black on the top sides of the hull and Underwater Recovery Unit in white on the black side bottom.
The other color photo is of a DUKW with several crew members aboard next to a wood building. It has a square that is divided diagonally in half in blue and yellow with a white bar across the top with black 22 COY on it.
One color side profile shows a British DUKW operating in Sicily in 1943, Most operated in American markings with British serials added. It is in a base of olive-drab with large blotches of black green camouflage and no markings shown.
Another color side view shows a DUKW with the U.S. Marine Corps loaded with a 105mm howitzer. It is in a 3 color camouflage of white, olive-drab and black green blotches.
A third side view shows a British DUKW operating in American color of overall olive-drab, with white serial no. USA 7012801 on the sides of the bow and a large white B 22 on the sides of the hull.
The back cover of the book shows black and white cover arts of 2 other ISO Publications books:
MV Series-1 “Weasel”
MV Series-3 “Land Rover”
I purchased this book to add it to my Italeri 1/35th scale kit of the DUKW. (To be reviewed here later).
It contains 151 black and white photos and 2 color ones. There are 27 line drawings.
The black and white photos show the DUKW with crews and various cargo loads.
The color photos show a DUKW that is parked on snow in a woods. It is white on top and black on bottom, with black and white diagonal stripes on the box and a black cabin. It says Metropolitan Police in white on the front of the cabin and again in black on the top sides of the hull and Underwater Recovery Unit in white on the black side bottom.
The other color photo is of a DUKW with several crew members aboard next to a wood building. It has a square that is divided diagonally in half in blue and yellow with a white bar across the top with black 22 COY on it.
One color side profile shows a British DUKW operating in Sicily in 1943, Most operated in American markings with British serials added. It is in a base of olive-drab with large blotches of black green camouflage and no markings shown.
Another color side view shows a DUKW with the U.S. Marine Corps loaded with a 105mm howitzer. It is in a 3 color camouflage of white, olive-drab and black green blotches.
A third side view shows a British DUKW operating in American color of overall olive-drab, with white serial no. USA 7012801 on the sides of the bow and a large white B 22 on the sides of the hull.
The back cover of the book shows black and white cover arts of 2 other ISO Publications books:
MV Series-1 “Weasel”
MV Series-3 “Land Rover”
I purchased this book to add it to my Italeri 1/35th scale kit of the DUKW. (To be reviewed here later).
Recommended.