For very late in the war, I don't thinkyou could "inaccurately paint" a Luftwaffe oil drum or jerry can.
You see, although at about that point n the war, just about everything oficially went to an ugly grey (I can look it up if you need me to), the German industry and military was in a shambles, and substituting wood for everything from propeller materials (such as with the FW-190's), to complete airframes (such as for the He-162 Volksjäger) etc., and I would venture to say they just basically grabbed whatever was laying around depending on where they were. I would even say you could put a few U.S. built cans (from a captured fuel dump, etc.) and be OK.
You see, although most of the later-war photo's of such facilities show things pretty tidy, this was done for the camera ("borrowed equipment" being put out of sight for the shoot), which was still considered to be a major propaganda tool in the Third Reich, so I would not consider them as extremely realistic for depicting an everyday situation.
I believe your main concern would to be certain to make the equipment ugly, with rust and mud here and there.
I believe this string might help answer your question as well:
http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/567134/ShowPost.aspx
At least that is would I would think.
Tom T![Cowboy [C):-)]](/FSM/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_cowboy.gif)
Tom T
“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”-Henry Ford
"Except in the fundamentals, think and let think"- J. Wesley
"I am impatient with stupidity, my people have learned to live without it"-Klaatu: "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
"All my men believe in God, they are ordered to"-Adolph Hitler