Wednesday 21 September 2016

Finished working on wagons ...

 continued from the previous post ....

building wagon 1 - the 3 horse team and covered wagon

The basic setup, drover conversion done and with the wagon floor in place...
wagon sides added using scribed cardboard, plus hoops for the cover made using florists wire
the cover added using brown curtain liner fabric , tricky but worth the effort

building wagon 2 - the Ox cart

wagon sides added using scribed cardboard...
I decided this would also be a covered wagon, so I added a bit to the ends and a pole to support the cover...
cover added ...

building wagon 3 - small open cart

I found a resin horse in Charity shop, just right for a chunky cart horse...
a bit of work needed to add the harness, plastic collar from a Brumm coach model and harness made using black insulation tape. The wagon started, lego wheels with a hibachi skewer axle.
usual cardboard floor and sides for the wagon added .....

all three finished off ....

all painted up and based up as needed



Wednesday 7 September 2016

started working on wagons ...

two new wagons are being worked on, firstly a1/48 ox cart from Pegasus (set 7005), swapped out the wheels and got it setup on a base
 secondly a Tally-Ho passenger coach kit, I'm using the horses and running gear; a three horse team for this one...
will be making the rest of the wagons structure using some cardboard.