How I make 1/25 scale 55 gallon drums

[JowesCrow]

Hi friends. I thought I'd share how I make steel 55 gallon drums in 1/25 scale. This may be useful to someone.

Edit: Not sure why some pics are posting twice. I'll figure it out. 😕 🙂

36 gauge aluminum foil from Amazon. I measured the real barrels and converted them to scale. Using these strips, I embossed my lines on the back with an old ball point pen. Made the lids out of heavy paper stock (cereal box cardboard here), no use wasting styrene here. I made a generic ribbed pattern, but you can use whatever patterns you need or want.

Red oxide primer. The train yard's refuelling tank in the background. 🙂

Acrylic paint. Any decals are definitely gonna need some solution to help set.

 

I made some tops from the cereal box cardboard and some punched styrene discs for the openings.

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Some rust paint. 🙂

I rust the bottoms more; they take the brunt of the damage and wear.

Some generic rust color acrylic on the lid tops, followed by some gloss oil wash and floor shine (Future, but I used another brand and it works fine).

That's pretty much it. All of these materials and techniques can be done many other ways, but this is how I do it.

Thanks for looking.

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by JowesCrow
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[Roktman]

Very cool! Thanks!