hi all, recently as i was playing a ww2 game and it gave me an idea, it had germans camped with carosine lanterns, so i thought i should put a couple of these in my new wirble wind dio, but i have no idea how to make them. i have never heard, or seen this been done before, so i hope any of you can help me and if so thankyou so much.

matt

i ve run a brief search for pictures but couldnt find any of it. But when i get back home i ll seek the big database and come back to you if any

hi tamiya do one in their german field kitchen set and ecsi did one in the horse drawn ambulance , they are very eassy to scratch build , you just need a good ref photo and a glass bead of the right dis and the rest is rod and plastic discs , give it a try , cheers ian

hi, thxn all for input, however iansdalr, i cant really understand how to make a carosine lantern just from the info you put up, but hey, i will continue to find out.

matt

give me the feedback when u find out... im courious about lamps too

Try doing a Google image search for "kerosene lanterns" -- you'll find many photos.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=kerosene+lanterns&sa=N&tab=wi

I need lanterns for a dio I'm doing and had to get the pix from a Google search. Use the wine bottle making trick of putting a piece of sprue or round styrene in your drill chuck and "turn" it to shape like a lathe. Thats the glass chimney. It would be colored anyway if its lit. If you need it clear, try clear plastic the same way, then work your way down to finer grits of sandpaper until you get to the buff stuff.

I've got to try it myself.

Sealhead (Kansas Sunflower)

hi thnx all for the advise, seal head thnx for idea, but i still dont know how to make the other parts of the lanter, such as the handle, tha base and the top for it. all options and ideas are needed however very appreciated.

matt

Try some very fine solder for the metal straps. You can roll it flat with the handle of a tool. Or, you can use lead foil, or even aluminum.

Sealhead (Kansas Sunflower)