-Materials:
soda can tin
fine copper wire
aluminum foil
marker(preferably Pentel Pen)



-For reference I used an Academy 1:35th scale fuel drum the height of which is about 2.5cm or 1 inch.



-Cut a 1 x 3 inch strip of tin and wrap it around the end of the marker (as you can see I wrapped some masking tape around the marker to increase its diameter a little). Glue the ends and trim the excess.



-Divide the tube into three (3) and mark with a pencil or marker.



-Glue copper wire around the rims and marked areas.



-Cut a strip of foil about 1.5 x 3 inches. Glue the end of the foil to the tube and slowly wrap it around.



-Rub the foil smooth with your finger or fingernail to pick up the “rib” details as you wrap it around. Glue the ends and remove the excess.



-Fold the remaining foil at the ends toward the inside.



-The barrels can be left empty or filled with debris or some form of liquid.



-For a damaged or crushed barrel, it's easier to deform the tube before adding the copper wire and foil.



-Dents can be added by using your fingernails or hitting it with a blunt object.
-For bullet holes use a pin or the sharp end of a compass.

Comments and suggestions are very welcome.

Mark,
Awesome how-to, dude! Thanks for sharing. I love these techniques that render outstanding results using materials easily found around the home. Great job!!

Mike

Maraming Salamat ! *

^ ditto, man ^

Excellent presentation and technique. I'm actually going to try this.









*thanks very much !

Ola Mark

Brilliant how to you put down here. I have a question... how do you hide the seam on the back where the two sides of both foils meet? Do you use putty to hide it? Or do you just cut it sharply so the sides meet each other?

This is very usefull. I need to make some barrels of Lozantin for an upcoming vehicle idea. and those barrels are bare metal.. this technique is just perfect. Even the idea of wrapping standard barrels in aluminum foil to create a metal finish you almost cannot paint is something I only start to think of when I saw this tutorial

BTW I have send you a PM

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

That's brilliantly simple! Great how-to Mark!



Cuhail

drumthumper, cuhail: Thanks. I'm glad you find this useful.

KoSprueOne: Excellent Filipino you have there. Glad you like it.

Faust: Unfortunately, the seams at the back are hard to hide. I'm still working on that. I'll try your suggestion as well. As of now the best way to hide it is to place a bunch of the barrels with the seam side inward, or have them against a wall in a dio.

I haven't looked at my inbox but I'll reply ASAP.

QUICK & EASY..... I Like!!!!!!!!!

Superb How to, Thanks for sharing


redleg

Great idea and excellent description. You should submit it as a Diorama Feature so it will be around for posterity and can be accessed at any time. This post will be buried under a bunch of others in a few days.

Hi I have been demmoing this tec for over 7 years in the UK at model shows , nothing new under the sun cheers ian

Outstanding HOW TO.
So simple and yet absolutely realistic.
Would never have thought to do the second coating the way you did with the foil.
You're a genius!!!!!!
Well done.

Fantastic how to. Thanks for sharing this one. I am saving this one for future refs.

Very sharp job. Congrats!

Thanks all.

Sandy: Wow! Have you really done this technique already? Great minds do think alike. hehe. :-)

what diamater is the barrel/drum

cheers
matt

matt: the diameter is about 1.5 centimeters.

Good work. Thanks for a very useful step by step guide.

That's what I like, nice simple step by steps that show good results.

Mike you should write this up, and submit it to the support center, so it doesn't get lost.

Hi Mark. Excellent tip .. with excellent SBS pictures. Cant get any better! A very timely post as well .. I need some crushed barrells for my current base. Cheers.

How simple, why didn't i have this idea before :-)

Thanks for showing this, it's really great!

Cheers
Claude

Dude, thats smooth! You got great imagination and how to skills. You can almost picture a tank driving over one of the dented cans. I can see where this would be more useful then buying the kit!

Gary