Gas cylinders
And there is one more component which is indispensable for gas welding. This is the gas itself. As I already said, there are many different kinds of welding and different gases are needed for them.
For all their abundance, each has its own color and meaning. Certainly not for gas – it is colorless, but for cylinders for storing them.
I have already mentioned about different standard sizes, just once again as a reminder and building a narrative line
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And if you collect all this in one pile: gases, colors, sizes and here you also add branded emblems, then we get a self-sufficient object of artistic modeling
Moreover, all this is not a trade secret and can be reproduced by anyone and on any scale.
Well, we’ll take a look at the products in our favorite 1/35 scale.
If you need a dozen different cylinders in bulk at once, then German Add On parts is at your service
35-0077 Gas Bottles
The breadth of the German soul attracted a broad Spanish soul, and this set was dubbed by Vallejo
SC209 Modern Gas Bottles
In extreme cases, it seems to me very much.
Ukrainians are also broad-minded (not all, unfortunately), which is proved by a fairly fresh plastic set from MiniArt
35619 Propane/Butane Cylinders
Czech PlusModel also has large sets, each with its own specifics.
| 478 U.S. Pressure bottles-modern | 518 Gas Bottles | 520 Gas bottles-big |
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Italian Royal Model
743 Gas Cylinders
German again Pro Art Models
PAU-35040 Low pressure gas bottles
Interesting set from American Industria Mechanika
IMECH0024C Gasses Container Set
not so much the set itself as additions to it
IMECH040 Warehouse and Shipping Decals
Australians making dioramas on all sorts of industrial and related topics
the secrets of the implementation of which they generously shared until 2014 in their blog
decided to realize themselves in business by organizing the Black Ops Models company and offering ready-made diorama elements for sale
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Apparently, at some stage, they were tortured to buy products from other manufacturers and decided to pour the resin themselves
| Large Gas | Small Gas |
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There is no smell of variety here, it is stupid here – the quantity.
However, if you do not need scope, but on the contrary need savings, then you should go to the same manufacturers. Many of them have more economical options.
From Add On parts they are called
| 35-0081 Large Gas Bottles Economy Set | 35-0082 Small Gas Bottles Economy Set |
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PlusModel Czechs also have an abridged version
EL060 Gas bottles
The rest are just making small sets. Like Russian Evolution Miniatures
EMA-35006 Gas Balloons
Chinese J’s Work
The Germans from MAiM have a small 3D set
MAIM35418 Gas Bottles Set
Against this background, the Czech CMK, in order not to look like a miser, decided to dilute its only cylinder with some instrument.
B35045 German Tools WWII
I was able to classify the previous subjects of the review according to the use of military and peaceful. Here, as you can see, this is not particularly successful.
But it seemed so only before we met the plastic products of our old acquaintances Italeri и TAMIYA
6423 Modern Battle Accessories
35141 Modern U.S. Accessory Set
If a gas cylinder is mentioned in one company with shells, small arms and other weapons, then this is clearly not a peaceful gas cylinder! In this case, the environment spoils him, as they say: he contacted a bad company.
But there are times when the balloon is alone, but it is immediately obvious that we are talking about weapons. And an example of such an impression is given to us by the products of the Spanish Macone Models
| MAC3501 Syria Mortar artillery | MAC35012 Gas Bottles Used in the Syrian Artillery Mortar |
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and we are talking about the infamous homemade, but effective, weapons of Islamic terrorists.
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For the sake of truth, it should be noted that the shooting with gas cylinders was originally invented by Christians who threw gas cylinders at the “brothers in Christ”. And not with a simple or harmless, but with a poisonous one!
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