Gents, At our model club meeting today, one of the guys asked if any of us knew when 44 gal drums were introduced. None of us knew the answer, but the general consensus was 'maybe in the mid 30s?'. I turn this over to you - if anyone KNOWS for sure, please enlighten us all - educated guesses will also be accepted. He wants to build a WW1 airfield diorama, but I think he's a bit early for 44s in 1914-18 - does anyone know what fuel would have been transported in at that time. I'm guessing that 5gal drums (similar to the WW2 'flimsy") would be the go, but I'll take suggestions.
I'm off to surf the web and have a looksee for m'self, just in case none of you come through, but I'll check back later...
Thanks RobG