Tamiya Jerrycan

If you are talking about the old 1970's Jerrycan set (German and US jerrycans, drums and buckets), yes, it IS horrible.

There is a later German Fuel drum set  (#35186) which is much nicer and contains fuel and water jerrycans (with minute inscriptions on the cans), with separate caps and three-bar handles, fuel drums and hand pumps.

EDIT: Likewise, there is an updated "Allied Vehicles Accessory set" (#35229) which contains new tool US Jerrycans (with separate caps and handles), fuel drums, packs and other bits n pieces.

much appreciate it Sgt, I'm going to do all I can to these... helps improve my skill.

the seam down the center of the german cans is recessed on these kit cans, they should be the opposite correct?

and both the German and American cans should have three handles? Solder wire will work for those.

airtrans Crash wrote:

much appreciate it Sgt, I'm going to do all I can to these... helps improve my skill.   the seam down the center of the german cans is recessed on these kit cans, they should be the opposite correct?   and both the German and American cans should have three handles? Solder wire will work for those.

the seam down the center of the german cans is recessed on these kit cans, they should be the opposite correct? No, they should be recessed.

and both the German and American cans should have three handles? Solder wire will work for those. The German can should have three--not sure about the American can but I believe that three is correct for them as well.

The old Italeri Jerrycan set is still one of the  best sets on the market IMO...also the cans that come with the new DML kits are probably the best cans in plastic available...wish they would release a separate set of these...

the Tamiya German Fuel Drum Set is done up really well though, now that I see I have it as well.

did the Americans also pain their cans for water with a white cross on it or did just the Germans do this?

In at least one of the old "Tips On Building Dioramas" broschures included in the Monogram 1/32 armor kits, Shep Paine showed a jig he built for scribing the seam lines onto the jerry cans included in the Monogram panzers, because they were cast smooth.

Regards,

Brad

the Baron wrote:

In at least one of the old "Tips On Building Dioramas" broschures included in the Monogram 1/32 armor kits, Shep Paine showed a jig he built for scribing the seam lines onto the jerry cans included in the Monogram panzers, because they were cast smooth. Regards, Brad

Shep also shows this tip in his book Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles. It's out-of-print but you might be able to find one around.

Cheers,

Aaron Skinner wrote:

the Baron wrote: In at least one of the old "Tips On Building Dioramas" broschures included in the Monogram 1/32 armor kits, Shep Paine showed a jig he built for scribing the seam lines onto the jerry cans included in the Monogram panzers, because they were cast smooth. Regards, Brad Shep also shows this tip in his book Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles. It's out-of-print but you might be able to find one around. Cheers,

I'm curious why Kalmbach doesn't do a reprint of Shep's books.

U.S. Jerry cans have 3 handles. (I cut the 2 handles off and put on new ones made of stretched sprue.)  The water cans have a tan-colored enamel coating on the inside and a large folding-type snap-latch for the cap, as well as the word "WATER" stamped into them below the "X".  Gas cans have a screw-type for the filler tube to be inserted.  If you have a mix of gas/diesel-powered vehicles and equipment, make sure you stencil "DIELSEL" and "MOGAS" onto a few of 'em.  Vehicles with Deisel engines like the M577 Command Post tracks have a gas-powered 3kw generator on them, and the cans for it are stenciled "MOGAS".  Modern U.S. water cans are single-handled plastic and molded in either black or tan.  They're also stamped "WATER ONLY", with a small pouring-cap and an air-vent cap on top of the large cap. 

I'm curious why Kalmbach doesn't do a reprint of Shep's books.

I just picked up  like-new copies of Sheps' How to Build Dioramas and Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles from Amazon.com for under 5 bucks each.  I'd lost my originals years ago and it was good to get 'em back.   

ajlafleche wrote:

I'm curious why Kalmbach doesn't do a reprint of Shep's books.

The second edition of Shep's How to Build Diorama's is in print at the moment.

Cheers,