spent brass?

The easiest and most economical way is to stretch some sprue, paint it brass and cut it to length.

Or, snip brass wire (from FSM a few months ago) to length (which is actually very short).

An 8mm round from an MG 32 was 57mm long or roughly 2.24 inches... so divide by 35 to get the scale size and you're talking about a little piece of brass that is .06 inches in length...so clipping a 1/16 piece of brass wire into a little pile of casings around the feet of the gunner would be possible.... just REALLY small...

ewc2003 wrote:

An 8mm round from an MG 32 was 57mm long or roughly 2.24 inches... so divide by 35 to get the scale size and you're talking about a little piece of brass that is .06 inches in length...so clipping a 1/16 piece of brass wire into a little pile of casings around the feet of the gunner would be possible.... just REALLY small...

Actually, you'd need brass rod about 0.010 of an inch in diameter. (Micro Mark goes as small as 0.020) 1/16 rod would give you a casing 2 scale inches thick, something closer to a 50 mm shell.

ajlafleche wrote:

ewc2003 wrote: An 8mm round from an MG 32 was 57mm long or roughly 2.24 inches... so divide by 35 to get the scale size and you're talking about a little piece of brass that is .06 inches in length...so clipping a 1/16 piece of brass wire into a little pile of casings around the feet of the gunner would be possible.... just REALLY small... Actually, you'd need brass rod about 0.010 of an inch in diameter. (Micro Mark goes as small as 0.020) 1/16 rod would give you a casing 2 scale inches thick, something closer to a 50 mm shell.

Gah.. I hate having the right length and being too wide....thanks for the correction... as my math here at work sans a decent scale calculator is rather crude...

Basically, spent 1/35 casings from an MG ANYTHING would be the same as using the stubble from an electric razor and being painted a brass color then...

thankyou for all your help guys will be puttingyour suggestions to use