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MiniArt: 200 Liter Fuel Drums
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 12:11 AM UTC


MiniArt's Buildings and Accessories Series is soon to release its set on WWII-era fuel drums used by the Germans.

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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 01:39 AM UTC
The problem with any styrene fuel drums is the seam down the side when you put the two halves together. Otherwise it's a lot of filling, sanding, and re-scribing.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 03:14 AM UTC
One doesn’t have this problems with AFV Club’s set.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 09:05 AM UTC
Hero Hobby uses the simple but ingenious method of halving them across at the ring, negating the need to worry about it. I like the look of these though.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 01:08 PM UTC
These are always useful and I really like the embossing on the barrel ends. I'm in agreement on the need to sand and fix the joint and look forward to a solution to this in either casting or 3-D printing?
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Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 03:27 PM UTC
AFV club's do have ring segments slit along the rims, but still have join lines resulting from the slide mould around the central bung.
They are still a lot easier to fix than the vertical join like these. They even come with, ahem, "Iron sheet Stickers" for that metallic look



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