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N-Scale Trash Cans
« on: January 12, 2015, 01:53:55 PM »
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Anyne know of a resource for N-Scale trashcans?  There is no shortage of dumpsters or modern looking plastic trashbins ... but I'm looking for the metal style trashcans that would have been prevalent in the 1950s.

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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2015, 02:05:49 PM »
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Check shape ways.
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2015, 03:02:21 PM »
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2015, 04:46:59 PM »
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In the 80s I picked up some really nice metal castings of those small old-fashion metal trash cans. I think they were made by Alloy Forms or maybe Detail Associates?

Even their color was perfect as-is. The pewter (or whatever metal they used) looked just like the galvanized finish of the 1:1 cans.
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2015, 06:19:38 PM »
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It is Detail Associates, also, parking meters and some lamp posts.  Go to the Detail Associates web site and see the detail parts they offer.
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 06:29:49 PM »
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The Woodland Scenics "Assorted Junk" detail pack has a variety of classic metal/ribbed trash cans in various states of crapitude -

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/A2163/page/1

A bit spendy if you need lots of them, but nice for accents.

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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2015, 11:23:18 PM »
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Tracked down the Details Associates items ... thanks!
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2015, 10:26:56 AM »
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$6.00 for a single N scale garbage can? :o I think I could get along with out them.
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2015, 11:52:02 AM »
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+1!!!!  Must think their garbage don't stink!
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2015, 02:07:57 AM »
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Catt:  After looking at the Shapeways item, I agree.  I thought maybe they only showed one, but the $5.99 got you a bunch of them.  Nope.  One can.  No way. 
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2015, 04:08:11 PM »
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Both companies that I found carrying the Details Associates cans are both out of stock.

Agree with the ShapeWays cans ... way too expensive.

Maybe I'll pick up a couple of the Woodland Scenics sets that have cans and try my hand at casting ....
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2015, 08:06:11 PM »
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Re:  the Shapeways trashcan --  It looks to me like the flutes on the can are raised out from the surface.  I don't know if my memory is playing tricks on me, but it seems to me like the flutes should be embedded INTO the surface.  Am I off base?

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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2015, 01:36:34 AM »
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The ones I remember growing up were more corrugations than flutes, so it could be argued either way.  Those definitely look like they were stamped from the inside, which, for a steel can, could be done.  Stamp the sides, roll it into a tube, weld the bottom in.  I don't remember seeing cans quite like that, 40+ years ago, in the Northwest.
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2015, 02:09:41 AM »
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Looks right to me for maybe 40 years back to present for what I remember in Southern California. This works out to be a 20 gallon size, approx. 27.5 inches tall in 1:1 scale. Any earlier and I recall skinnier and heavier cans even for a lot of small businesses. Nearly all of those (but not all) had indented corrugations/fluting IIRC. Recall that we normally didn't have the mounds of packaging trash we do today Xcept at Xmas.

BTW this can looks like it needs handles on the body.
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Re: N-Scale Trash Cans
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2015, 03:18:26 PM »
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I agree that the Shapeways can is too expensive. Maybe after not selling any, he will wise up and go for a quantity set-up.
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