Landships II

Here we are, old boy.

If you want to invest in the Knightwing Crates, Barrels, and Sacks, there are some bits that will do the job (top row of picture), plus lots of other useful gear.

http://www.knightwing.co.uk/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?cart_id=&product=OO-HO_Building_Kits&pid=171



-- Edited by James H on Friday 8th of January 2010 09:41:02 AM

-- Edited by James H on Friday 8th of January 2010 11:42:20 AM

Rob is right I shll be bringing out "flimsies" later ,with the Austin there is the "flimsey" rack with 3 cans but I also got a single can done in whitemetal so I now have 50 of these which I will get cast up in resin. Any ideas? obviously as single cans do you think multiples would be an idea if so send me some pics.
Cheers

Looking at the photograph on the website, the top of them seems to be square, whereas it should be rectangular, as seen on the photo James uploaded.

They were very much multi purpose - petrol, water (supposedly they were properly washed out etc before being used for water but this doesn't seem to have always been the case - supposedly you could tell you'd been in the Army long enough when you could tell from tasting the water what brand of petrol the can used to contain!), also used for protecting the explosives used in mining, even whole roads made out of the cans (also hear about the same done with tins of bully beef, as well as being used for the walls of dugouts, flooring etc)

As well, of course, as being used as a condenser can for the Vickers machine gun - at first a canvas bag was used, but the cans were used at first unofficially but later official issue

-- Edited by Rob on Friday 8th of January 2010 08:34:16 PM

The Milicast ones are good, and are in 1/72 (or 1/76, can't remember which). They can be bought separately or a few come with the re-tooled 1920 Pattern Rolls Royce Armoured Car.