Fuel Drums and Ammo Crates
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JasonAfrika
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Fuel Drums and Ammo Crates
Is there anyone out there who doesn't need fuel drums and ammo crates, either for diorama or wargame purposes? Imagine stacks of 55 gallon drums and crates for ammo dumps or to put in the back of trucks. I'm sick of scratch building or using extremely expensive railroad stuff. Everyone prides themselves on the historical accuracy of their models and wargames so let's not forget the supply stuff. One set would cover from WWI to the present day. Hey Guys, let's all get behind this one and push for GHQ to produce these much needed pieces ASAP. Thanks
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Re: Fuel Drums and Ammo Crates
Yes. Me. I don't need this.JasonAfrika wrote:Is there anyone out there who doesn't need fuel drums and ammo crates, either for diorama or wargame purposes?
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I have found that oil/fuel barrels and ammo boxes are among the easiest items to scratch-build.
Over the years I built up a small quantity of fule trucks, for several nations, to use as complicating factors in my wargaming. As an example, in this battle the Russians were trying to break through the German forces, but also needed to get one barrel of fuel for each 2 tanks off of the board to get full victory points.
I used to clip the tubular metal sprues that come with many of the GHQ products to create oil barrels. Basically free, as I am recycling pewter I would otherwise be throwing away. That is what you see in the two trucks and a wagon carrying fueld barrels in the picture above.
The problem with this approach is that my clippers tend to make a straight cut only on one side, and a tapered cut on the other. So unless I have enough material to do double-cuts (throwing out an interposer piece), I wind up with barrels that are only flat on one side. That's OK in a truck, as no one sees the bottom of the barrels.
More recently I've bought some round styrene plastic tubing (model railroading materials). This cuts easily with a razor, so I can get a straight cut every time. Easier to cut, too.
For the ammo boxesI have some rectangular tube styrene, also model railroading material, that can be snipped and painted metalic colors for small MG ammo, or snipped in larger pieces, "striped" with a razor, and painted wood tones for larger cannon ammo crates. Both are seen on the back of my M3 medium above. This was very recent work, done after becoming inspired by what I have seen on this forum.
It isn't hard to do. You just need a magnifying glass, and snip-snip.
But ... I'd still probably buy a fuel drums and ammo crates kit. Probably have more detail than I'm able to achieve with plastic tubes and a razor. And maybe we could have a few "jerry cans" in the kit too. No way I'm gonna be able to scratch-build those!
Over the years I built up a small quantity of fule trucks, for several nations, to use as complicating factors in my wargaming. As an example, in this battle the Russians were trying to break through the German forces, but also needed to get one barrel of fuel for each 2 tanks off of the board to get full victory points.
I used to clip the tubular metal sprues that come with many of the GHQ products to create oil barrels. Basically free, as I am recycling pewter I would otherwise be throwing away. That is what you see in the two trucks and a wagon carrying fueld barrels in the picture above.
The problem with this approach is that my clippers tend to make a straight cut only on one side, and a tapered cut on the other. So unless I have enough material to do double-cuts (throwing out an interposer piece), I wind up with barrels that are only flat on one side. That's OK in a truck, as no one sees the bottom of the barrels.
More recently I've bought some round styrene plastic tubing (model railroading materials). This cuts easily with a razor, so I can get a straight cut every time. Easier to cut, too.
For the ammo boxesI have some rectangular tube styrene, also model railroading material, that can be snipped and painted metalic colors for small MG ammo, or snipped in larger pieces, "striped" with a razor, and painted wood tones for larger cannon ammo crates. Both are seen on the back of my M3 medium above. This was very recent work, done after becoming inspired by what I have seen on this forum.
It isn't hard to do. You just need a magnifying glass, and snip-snip.
But ... I'd still probably buy a fuel drums and ammo crates kit. Probably have more detail than I'm able to achieve with plastic tubes and a razor. And maybe we could have a few "jerry cans" in the kit too. No way I'm gonna be able to scratch-build those!
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pmskaar
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Fuel Drums and Ammo Crates
I would also like to see these as well. I would also be interested in some various caliber artillery shells as well for use with the fine artillery and AT pieces that GHQ makes.
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