hiya!

I grew up in an old European environment where we communicated as much with facial expressions and hand signs and and body language as with words. after my dad died and I was taking care of my dear dying mother, who out of inability to get enough air in her lungs for speech, speech was almost completely forsaken for those other forms of communication, which combined my ability to watch and try to anticipate her needs , I was fairly able to provide for her needs.

 when we did speak, even growing up, we spoke in general, embracing, universal terms finding the minutia of our languages (Italian & English) unnecessary. crossing t's and dotting i's seemed panacea then,(as it is now for me to the frustration to many who know me who drag conversations on forever with their tedious minutia) preferring to just get the idea out and our point across and end the conversation quick, quick!

so, if i said "rust" what i meant was worn and tattered and oil stained (black and sticky with oil tar and dirt). But there was rust too. Tiny pocks of it, thin layers here and there on the surface of the body of the can where oil usually did not
 cover effectively.

Yeah, we all take for granted the world around us, especially all the millions of "things" that pass before our eyes or touch our lives....like oil cans. Its not until we have to stop our stupid spinning or treadmilling lives for a second and reflect and/or describe verbally or visually some singular thing, that we realize we have no clue of it's detailed...."minutia". I guess some speak and think as we live...generally. Thus the wonderful importance of Reference Images! ;)

What I find strange is that with all the 3D bots and cyborgs and vehicles  out there in the Poserverse noone has created and distributed for free or for sale any oil cans. Lots of bongs and smoking and drug paraphenalia even pot leaves and bushes, hypodermic needles and syringes, guns and other forms of weaponry, dildos and vibes, straight jackets and other bondage tools, cages and dungeons but no bidet...or oil cans!   What is up with that!   LOL

Get busy you 3D artists out there we are still needy of the little insignificant stuff in this strange universe. Stuff apparently taken for granted by Poser users!  :)

Getting there markschum.  Only criticisms I'd have, as mentioned, missing pump lever fulcrum, and at least a small cylinder to simulate the pump itself..  For the era, the top should be more spherical than it is, and the beading at the bottom is oversize, not in thickness but in height.  Those are machine rolled, the top of the bead is crimped down to capture a slight flare on the bottom of the can body. Average height of the bead isn't much more than the thickness.

Shante, I have never yet seen a used oilcan of this type with rust, too much oil protecting the metal, and the tanks are spun on a mandrel they're usually pretty smooth.  Some were die formed, but that's asking a lot of stretch in a piece of steel.  Sounds complicated and time consuming, but for any given operation in the manufacture, seconds, not minutes. dents, now that's another thing, I  don't have any without dents.

And I know, it just seems strange to me that something I've used almost all my life, many people aren't familiar with details.

I did give it a try in wings, shall we say Yeuchh, and let it go at that.  I could, but it wouldn't be a five minute job, more like a couple of days.

Doric