1/72 oil drums

A cheap source of these would be the re-issued Merit oil drums. They're made for model railways and are probably 1/76th scale but I doubt that the difference would show. Try local model shops, department stores with large toy departments or mail order from model railway firms.

Gordon McLaughlin

Try

The Langley ones can be seen at

Thanks very much for all the answers - Enzo, that was exactly what I was looking for! The other sets were good but I'm looking for drums to put on the deck of my corvette, and so a tent, tank traps and so on would have been a bit over the top... ;-)

BTW Merry Christmas all

Graham 'Rip' Townsend

Glad to be of help. There are an awful lot of model railway accessories that can be useful to military modellers.

as the other guy said Hasegawa, im not sure if the Italeri (old esci set) of battle field acc has them or something simular.

Oh yes. Went to John Dutfields in Chelmsford on Saturday and picked up a security fencing kit which will do nicely for an airfield diorama. The range of modern street furniture stuff was amazing - bins, portaloos, benches, oil drums, ballast sacks, the list is endless.

Nick

Nick-

Not to stray too far off the subject, but I build 1/43 race cars. I'd love to add everyday objects such as you mentioned to a diorama I'm building. Are any of these items available in 1/48 scale, and is there a 'Net contact for John Dutfields in Chelmsford?

TIA, Rick

There should still be model railway stuff available. O Gauge is pretty near to 1/48.

As far as I remember, 1/43rd scale is the same as model railway O Gauge (7mm to the foot). You might find that there is a wide range of things that are made for lineside use that would come in handy for your race track.

Gordon McLaughlin

Thanks for all the replies. Got some from Milicast in the end

Happy New Year to all Graham 'Rip' Townsend