Photo Review: AFV Club 35 German 20l & 200L Drums

[Sharkmouth]

Nice set but I am not so much convinced by the 'iron' stickers to make the skin wrinkled. Wrinkled is not bent or banged up... but I can find uses for the 18 stickers included. The name of the Sprue, AA, leads me to believe we will see this in the next truck included as cargo.

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Yeah it looks too superficial, dings and dents should go into the barrel, not to mention the reenforcement rings. Could find a use for those strips though.

 

[reconron]

It's nice to see the triangle shaped early war jerry cans,don't think it's done before.


Greetings,Ron.

 

[Sharkmouth]

It's nice to see the triangle shaped early war jerry cans,don't think it's done before.

Tamiya's Sd.Kfz. 232 kit included them but I originally thought they were wheel chocks! Hey, I was a kid when the kit came out! Look at sprue C for the 1974 version and Tamiya redid it for their later DAK reboxing
on sprue V.

The AFV Club kits include them, in frames, on Sprue D.

In resin, Plus Model set 115 offers two types.

Now images of the real thing since I haven't found any 20L ones which match:



The rest are from an imposters site so I won't link to it...

Regards,

 

[TomN]

Interesting the way the round drums are built up...I like it!

Tom

 

[moon puppy]

Really, no seams

 

[ausf]

You can get a whole roll of aluminum HVAC tape at any Home Center that would do the same thing.

How do these compare to Leo's?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Interesting the way the round drums are built up...I like it!

Really, no seams

The engineering is nice as the reinforcement strips are accurate. While there are no seams on the kit parts, there is one weld seam on the real item.

Here is a great article.

How do these compare to Leo's?

Leo's? :coolio

Vulcan Model's sets haven't arrived yet but have been ordered. Note that one sprue from the Fuel Drum set will be included in the Stalin tractor kit.

The Vulcan Model's set includes more embossed end options. I may want to mix and match if I can.

Regards,

 

[TomN]

Saul,

Do you mean there is a longitudinal weld seam on the real barrels?

Tom

 

[Sharkmouth]

Do you mean there is a longitudinal weld seam on the real barrels?

There are many manufacturers and several styles. The ends had variations of the stamped lettering as well. So far, a rectangle of sheet metal is rolled up into a tube and welded. Some companies emboss ribs while rolling it up so no reinforcing rings are added. End caps are then placed and a strip of metal crimped and welded around (after placing the reinforcement rings which I do not know if they were spot welded). Access to the drum's contents could be from holes cut into the sides or end. I haven't found a photo that shows both.

To ensure no miscommunication occurs, here are some photos:

Note the weld seam going vertically to the left of the spout hole.

top of same can...

Both styles...

Although faint, you can make out the seam along the center line of the access hole.

Looking at the black arrowheads, you can see the welds on the reinforcement rings, the strip on the end caps. On the latter, you can make out the inner edge of the strip sealing the end caps to the drum's sides.

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Would it be a safe assumption that the added on rings are for earlier barrels as opposed to the stamped rings?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Would it be a safe assumption that the added on rings are for earlier barrels as opposed to the stamped rings?

No, simply another manufacturer:

Regards,

 

[TomN]

Thanks for the great info Saul!

Tom