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1/35 Bucket?

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  • Member since
    February 2010
  • From: Cheltenham, England
1/35 Bucket?
Posted by Jagdpanzer on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:42 PM

anyone konw who sells 1/35 scale  buckets, i'm thinking the buckets you see on the back of a panzers. I guess they would have to be photo etched?

cheers

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Allentown, PA
Posted by BaBill212 on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:12 PM

There are plenty of companies that offer buckets (plastic, resin, etc). Tamiya comes to mind....  look for field accessory types of kits. I would absolutely wager that there are many cottage outfits that produce just the buckets too.

Good luck with the search

Enjoy the ride!

 

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:32 PM

Make one! Either out of foil or plastic. Heat plastic and then plunge mold it over the end of a dowel. Anneal foil and do the same by burnishing it into shape over the dowel. Add wire handle. Buckets were beaten and bent so they don't have to be perfect in shape.

Large buckets can be made out of those coffee cream containers at restaurants. Cut down to size add handle.

Look around the house at small caps and covers that might be suitable.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 4:55 PM

RB Model have a metal bucket.

http://www.rbmodel.com/index.php?action=products&cat=c_bm&sub=35D

Last item on the page Part # 35D09

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:05 PM

There used to be a set of buckets and cans that an AM company put out----maybe Custom Dioramics?  Anyhow, I don't think I've seen one in stock for years...some kits by Dragon come with a nice PE bucket: their Initial Tiger and the classic Mid-Production Tiger I w/ the Wittman box-art.  I used that one to sling on the rear of my KT:

I would avoid injection-molded buckets as they typically are molded way too thick...probably scrtaching one from thick sheet foil or thin aluminum is your best bet, and add a wire handle...sometimes you can find a resin one that even has water already cast in that looks pretty good as well...here is a resin bucket---not sure where I got it:

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