This DML Nashorn I’ve been working for a while is just about done. Am adding a few extra’s around the fighting compartment. The kit gives you two brass rounds to use. Am adding some 88mm rounds from AFV Club. Wanted to add a couple of ‘empties’, spent rounds, to the floor.
Wondering about weathering the spent rounds? I guess ‘used’ gunpowder is going to leave a black to near-black residue? So would I want to put some black pastel/pigment around the lip of the shell? Some down the neck any? How far down the shell should one go? Any ideas?
I’d recommend making the interior of the neck completely black or very close to it. It would probably have a residue around the exterior upper edge but doubt it would extend very far down the neck. If you’ve ever seen spent cartridge casings from a rifle, you’ll know what I mean. The same effect would be there with an artillery round since it’s fired from a closed chamber. HTH.
Reside in the barrel and heat from firing the shot will discolor the casing, also rounds that big are not pure brass, but a mixture of metal’s including steel. Had an empty 105mm round from an M-60 for a while, wish I would have taken a picture. Maybe Rob or Gino can add their comments since they’ve played with the real thing more recently then I have.
John
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I have a few years in the Cav. The inside would be pure black and sooty. The upper lip will have very little soot around the edge. The casing will blue slightly around the neck where it curves to the smaller diamiter of the projectile. It might also have a nice scratch going up the side of the casing depending on the condition of the gun from being inserted and extracted from the chamber. Nowadays we have disintegrating casings so it’s been awhile since I’ve seen one. That’s the best I can remember though.