I remember recently seeing a source for tank accessories that carried a bucket or pale. I've seen these buckets carried on Tiger tanks in the rear between the exhausts. Does anyone know if theres a US distributor for these?

Try E-Bay that's where I got mine.

What did you use in the search? I've tried 1/16th, Heng Long, Tamiya Tiger, tank accessories with no luck. No...... it cant be that easy......... use bucket?

Ok, I found some, but there all in the UK. I really dont want to have something that small shipped all the way from England to Missouri USA. No one in US supplies these??

I order mine from our friends in Britain. Prices have been better lately, try militarymightuk-gb, blueslateman (welsh dragon models) and tankworkshop. Pugwash04 doesn't seem to be selling anything last time I checked.

Crap, just checked, it's over $11 including shipping for a little bucket. Ouch

I live in the UK and I have just had a 21st century figure shipped to me from New York and it took just over a week, I cant see what your problem is in shipping from the UK ? There are plenty of US members purchased from over the pond without any hassle

You gotta make it worth your while. Order a couple of things! If not, get out some styrene and make one.

I make mine from sewing thimbles from Wallmart. Drill holes for the handles some wire a little filler and sand paper to smooth out the ridges and primer, then paint. about 2.00 per bucket.




Greg

ETO Armor [link=http://www.etoarmour.com/product_detail.php?productID=ZUH11]carries one[/link] that is made in Germany (SCHUMO) for like $19.00. It's all expensive stuff, or you'll just end up with a cheap imitation. Domestic shipping is under $7.00 but swathdiver is right, wherever you order from, get the most out of the shipping.

I ordered gearboxes form England, and had them to my door within 10 days.

Its not that I have a problem with get something shipped from England, its that its only a tiny bucket.Swathdiver has it right, I need to make it worth it,but I cant think of any other thing I need from them now. Have you ever wished you had'nt posted a thread after the fact? Must have been too much cough medicine.[&o]

Don`t look at it that way. There is lots of stuff in England we can`t get over here. Get a set of low profile gears, and a bucket!!!!!!

Timslocum,
Just for fun check out this article, it's a pretty good one. Tells you step by step how to make 1/35th scale buckets using real metal. Double all of the dimensions and they should work perfectly for 1/16th tanks. Check it out and see how difficult they are to make. Sure beats a $26.00 Shumo bucket ($19.00 plus $7.00 shipping)

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles...ets_ahall.html


Best of luck!

Squid

I have been, more or less, using this guide for 1/35 when I couldnt find photo-etched ones, also made a bucket for my HL Tiger. You just need a bit of practice. Most buckets (except expensive ones) on sale are cast too thick anyway.
And remember - no German WWII afv model is accurate without at least one zink bucket!

What kind of tanker are you! Surely there's at least one other thing to frivolously spend your money on? Gearboxes, barrles, suspension parts for that next tank you don't own yet?

Hey, can someone post the dimensions of these buckets, I found some mini buckets on a famous website $8 for a dozen!!

Mine are 15mm [about 5/8 inch] from the top of the bucket to the bottom, 18mm [3/4"] across the top, and 15mm [9/16] across the bottom.

Thanks for the info, the ones I found are listed as 1 1/8" tall,but Im not sure if that is including the handle. The other dimensions seem to be good. I have a picture of the bucket posted over at RC Groups in the tank section,but I dont know how to post pictures here. If someone would want to I'd appreciate it. Thanks

There are some pretty neat buckets currently on eBay (except they're $38 per 100, a little more than one would usually need). They're also too large, at a couple of inches tall, but they might do for 1/6th. There are also quite a lot of bucket charms around, for a few bucks, if you avoid the opal and diamond studded ones. Some aren't too bad, although most are in need of weathering.

Swathdiver, What kind of tanker am I?? A tanker on a budget. Also, it seems the older I get the more I turn into my father, " how much is that? thats ridiculous." I also find it fun to locate things that can be used for something else. We modellers are kinda like that. I knew a guy who was putting on deodorant one morning and looked at his deoderant and realized that it was almost perfectly shaped to be the funnel for his 1/144th pocket battleship.

Angusx, I spent some time looking over ebay, found those and a few others. The ones Im looking into are from an online craft store. There 3/4" in diameter, someones checking on the hight for me. If this works out, there 50 cents each.