Hello!
A dumpster, what a weird thing to scratch build, or even want I think. I've been wanting to make more urban props for photos, stuff that can be found just about anywhere. I originally looked at some bins on ebay for some urban clutter but while those where nice I thought "What about a dumpster?" which prompted me into looking for 1/6 scale dumpsters and I found one, the first at Big Bad Toy Store and the second in here Dumpsty. Both are (for me at least ) a bit too expensive for what I wanted which was a cheap prop for pictures, that's essentially when I thought "Wait a second... a dumpster is just a box, I can make a box." and that's essentially how this whole thing started. There's also a third one too here Zbobtoys Dumpster
My first idea for a dumpster was to make it out of thin cardboard from a box of cereal, the idea was good but at this much larger scale it was too flimsy and would have required to be reinforced somehow in order to make it a bit more durable, that's when I remembered that the last time I went to the dollar store I got myself 10 sheets of foamcore that I haven't used, while there are no pictures of the Dumpster MK-1, there is quite a few pictures of Dumpster MK-2.
My first idea for a dumpster was to make it out of thin cardboard from a box of cereal, the idea was good but at this much larger scale it was too flimsy and would have required to be reinforced somehow in order to make it a bit more durable, that's when I remembered that the last time I went to the dollar store I got myself 10 sheets of foamcore that I haven't used, while there are no pictures of the Dumpster MK-1, there is quite a few pictures of Dumpster MK-2.
I started this second version of the dumpster on September 26 and finished it on the 30th, sadly I was waiting for some supplies to make some nice weather effects on it but as it is common for UPS the supplies I ordered never came on the delivery date (october 10), instead they arrived yesterday via USPS for whatever reason and by yesterday the dumpster had already been painted and weathered as I had grown impatient of waiting for UPS to miraculously not fail me again. The dumpster isn't exactly big, its merely 9 inches wide, by 7 inches deep and almost 8 inches tall.
Its not big, but it's roomy enough inside for two figures, 3 if you really bend them in there. Most importantly however it was cheap as dirt to put together. And well that's it really, this is what I've been doing for the past couple of weeks, going around town to look at different dumpsters and get a sense of scale (and smell) and then somehow translating that into this, the commercially available ones also helped to get a sense of 1/6 size too. Until next time, have a nice weekend and stay safe out there.
, I'm glad you enjoyed the details like the lifting points, it wouldn't be a dumpster without them I feel. 
It looks absolute authentic. Maybe a grafity done by a talentless sprayer ? 
