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Title: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: FramFramson on 31 January 2014, 04:26:00 AM

I'm sure there are lots of manufacturers of these but I'm hoping there's someone out there that has a set with different types of containers that I can just buy all in one go, rather than buying jerrycans in one place, oil barrels in another. Hopefully cheaply. Bonus points if the set contains some hollow oil drums.

Anyone know of any?

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: former user on 31 January 2014, 04:30:01 AM

tamiya 1/48 set

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: carlos marighela on 31 January 2014, 06:02:18 AM

Ditto, Tamiya 1/48. More than you will probably ever need actually.

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: Elbows on 31 January 2014, 06:43:05 AM

Pegasus Hobbies does a set of oil drums - around 56mm I'd say...I haven't picked any up myself, but reasonably priced, pre-paints.

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: FramFramson on 31 January 2014, 06:49:49 AM

Tamiya set looks perfect. Jerry cans are not strrrrictly accurate for 1935, but I don't really care.   8)

Thanks guys!

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: former user on 31 January 2014, 08:53:27 AM

well, You did not specify 1935

the set contains 3 different styles of can - half is the german original which was developed 1937, and the other two quarters are the British and the US copy, which of course came later. I never saw the british square based version or the german with triangular cross-section in 28 mm ever....
but the square one should be easy to make....

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: FramFramson on 31 January 2014, 06:53:03 PM

No no, it's okay. I actually want jerrycans because people who are unfamiliar with the history know and recognize jerrycans.

That way I don't have to explain why a pile of mysteriously-triangular cans is a fuel/water objective:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Wehrmacht-einheitskanister.jpg)

I do try to get things right in terms of historical accuracy, but I'm pretty okay with letting this slide.

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: former user on 31 January 2014, 07:35:06 PM

to be honest, apart from flimsies and the strange triangular things I would not know how canisters looked like before jerrycans

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: FramFramson on 01 February 2014, 02:01:22 AM

Exactly!  ;)

Title: Re: Cheap 28mm oil drums, jerrycans, etc.
Post by: Remgain on 05 February 2014, 02:48:44 PM

Black Dog 1/48 stuff.

The jerry cans are on the large side, but the other accessories are really spot on!!

Marco