Ten twenty-liter jerrycans of the Portuguese pattern in 1:72 scale for loading vehicles and completing depot scenes.
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The twenty-liter sheet metal can with three handles is among the most widespread military objects of the twentieth century. Every army adapted its own version a little, though, so the individual patterns differ in the shape of the pressings on the sides, in the execution of the cap and in the lettering. The Portuguese variant is exactly such a regional shade, and on a model it indicates at once which army a vehicle belongs to.
It is precisely the number that makes this set useful. The cans were never carried one at a time, but in brackets on the fenders, in rows at the tailgate or stacked in the bed. Ten pieces are enough to equip one vehicle and to make a modest pile beside it, or to fill a rack at a supply point.
Painting is quick and rewarding. A base in a military shade, then light dry brushing in a lighter tone along the edges and finally spot rust marks around the cap. If you shade each can a little differently, the row will look alive rather than like one casting copied ten times.
A little history does no harm. The Portuguese army needed its own supply of such cans mainly because of long moves through countries with a thin network of fuel stations, where a vehicle without a supply of fuel on the roof simply would not arrive. That is exactly why in period photographs you meet them in whole batteries along the sides.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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