buckets

I was looking through my armor books tonight and noticed that a high percentage of the rear shots of Panzers showed some sort of bucket. i was wondering if this was a standard practice and if I was missing the boat by leaving them off. Are they on all manner of tanks or just certain ones (the ones I found all seem to be Pz IIIs, IVs and Vs. What do you guys do to create a good looking bucket? Metal buckets seem to have a unique look to them.

Tamiya has the Fuel Drum, Jerry Can and Bucket Kit available. The kit includes two small buckets. I recently used the kit in my latest work shown below. The bucket is at the lower left corner of the pic.

Great job, Dwight. How did you paint it, if you don’t mind me asking

Also, Plusmodels makes a killer PE set with those in it. There’s someone on ebay, VFW something or other that sells PlusModels. Nice stuff, not too pricey either. I am bidding on a couple things right now.

I wonder if they would be appropriate on a Tiger or King Tiger and if yes, where they would hang. These builds are becoming all consuming

Jason,

I just used Tamiya chrome silver as base paint then I applied a wash (dark brown + flat black) and drybrushed a little bit.

Nice and easy and it looks really good, too. Thanks Dwight!

Oh by the way, if you decide to get that Tamiya stuff, you can replace the bucket handle with a thin wire. The plastic handle is a bit thick IMHO.

As Dwight pointed out, the Tamiya package comes with buckets. However, I find the buckets a little too large for my tastes. I guess if you replace the handle, it kind of tones down the effect.

could the diameter be reduced with a dremel from the inside to lessen the thick look. Maybe that, in conjunction with a wire handle might take help

Jason, yes it can. I did one long ago and thined out the plastic from the inside and added some holes and such to replicate a beat-up worn out bucket. Back then, the thing to use to replicate rust was baking soda or powder and liquid plastic welder (Tenax or the like) and sort of paint the thing w/ the liquid and dip the part in the powder and then brush off the excess. Made a nice finish. Now I suppose you can use rustall or something that is 10 times easier. I still use the other though. Old habits I suppose. Works well on exhausts and oil drums used for burning barrels.

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I don’t think Rustall is as widespread as you’d believe. Most people I ask about rust refer me to the one and same method you’ve just described. I’ve yet to try it myself, but modern armour doesn’t often lend itself to that kind of rusting [:)]

I have some rustall that I occasionally use. Most times I don’t simply because it recommends using over an enamel base (smells like the Rustall base is isopropryl alcohol). On my Jagdpanther, I simulated the rust look by first coating with a watered down Elmer’s white glue, sprinkling with flour and letting it dry. Once it dried, I sprayed it with Tamiya Hull Red, gave it some washes and drybrushed it with MM Acrylic Rust. Looks rather nice. I believe Crockett was the one who showed me that method.

R & J Products make a nice looking set out of resin. You get 7 buckets for $6. The number is RJ35228. Their site is
www.rjproducts.com

Got to their list of products and select R&J Products from the list. Then scroll down to Accessories and Detailing Sets (1:35) and look for the part number. Here’s a pic of some of the buckets. (Understand, I have not seen the real thing. Just found them on the site.)

They look really nice, Bill. I looked a little for the Plusmodel ones Ted suggested, but no luck. I will look into the RJ ones

If you want to make some buckets, here is a probable way of making them
http://users.pandora.be/ronny.noben/website/index.htm

Click on the tips button and the scroll down to “Making Buckets”

Note-the Shermans on the left side are the buttons, if you move the mouse over them they will disapear so you can read them.

Very cool link Rebel. Tons of goodies on there. I will have to spend an evening taking it all in.

Speaking from field experience, a bucket has a multitude of uses ranging from wahsing clothes and yourself to carrying food and parts. Definitely an essential piece of equipment.

Nice link. That will be coming in handy! Thanks freightshaker for the bucket info. I wasn’t 100% sure why they always seem to have one.