Hamden Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Stunning work and an unusual subject to boot! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Cor blimey Guv'nor! Soon be ready to get orf to Baker street! Loverly biscuits, me old china. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Looks fantastic,Basil Rathbone and George Zucco would be proud .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharknose156 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Looking great. Humbly, the postions of the horse's leg at standstill are not 100 % natural. Like most artistic reproductions... Otherwise amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Looking great. Humbly, the postions of the horse's leg at standstill are not 100 % natural. Like most artistic reproductions... Otherwise amazing. I know Advances have been effected within the equine motivation department since Dobbin's conception I visualised Dobbin as just about to lean into his load and move off Luckily I now have a more suitable iteration of his basic chassis with more relaxed leg postures and with slightly less girth Dobbin seems fated to having hairier legs and a Coal Waggon to draw in future days Possibly a slightly modified head and face too, depending on my mood at the time Thanks for looking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 wonderful stuff there Bill - and highly entertaining again keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Fantastic stuff! Your mention of exhaust products brought back a memory, I believe from the Royal Military Police centenery march. After the 30 mile "march" there was to be a parade, which would include a mounted detachment, I have no idea which unit they were. Anyway, one of the lads was busy giving his mount's shoes a last minute polish and whilst attending the rear ones "Dobbin" suddenly did a great impression of a pointer dog, his tail went straight out and he let rip the most enormous f*rt I've ever heard in my life! The poor lad under the rear end should have won a gold medal for gymnastics with his lightning fast dive and roll! Very impressive and still hilarious to think about even some 35 years later! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Just discovered this Bill, absolutely 'bostin loike'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) Ta Tom, glad it is deemed acceptable (for non Brummies the above is a 'useable without risk of arrest' translation) Just a pic or two to bring it closer to a conclusion, here we are awaiting detail work And a hoss too, dear old Dobbin is out to graze and a new friend of his is there too awaiting connection to the traces Neddy will be introduced soon I expect you remember me making a second set of wheel hubs and spokes for this After using the Gatling gun nose for the outer of the hub I needed a round tube big enough to take up some of the 'load bearing' duties even though that was only to allow the wheels to sit straight on the axle tube I found this large bore tube piece in the box from my old Airfix Catalina, it is the tail tube from one of the depth charges I didnt use I cut the length of it across the centre thus giving me two useful smaller tubes that fitted the axle tube outer bearing surface nicely The wheels have had their 'steel' outer tyres added and subject to minor tidying up are ready to go on the cab The outer tube fittings can be seen on this undignified view of the lower extremities The axle pins will hold that lot together nicely when its display time I'm not adding them yet in case I need to get at the undersides before I finish the build The cabbie needed something softish to sit upon back up on the box so I made him a padded seat from plasticene No not to sit on 'til eternity or however long it lasts on a shelf some place Just as a pattern for a carved piece of eighty thou plasticard shaped suitably this will save me having to cast a single seat cushion Much of the work on the actual cab is reaching its climax soon Here are a couple of the grab handles that the driver uses to ascend the box Painted with Vallejo Gold and made from Evergreen rod and Slater's strip they are ready to cut off and affix to the cab Here and here In this view doors are on, seats are in and the interior awaits its pull down blinds (not done them yet) And the driver's seat is on That is about it for now Man and horse are ongoing and some minor bits'n'bobs to do More later on, maybe next week Thanks for looking in Edited April 28, 2016 by perdu 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 More stunning engineering going on here - great work Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 marvelous work Bill - just marvelous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Really enjoyed reading thro this and Its great to see new techniques. Having lived and worked with horses let me just say, horses very often stand still with one back leg up a tilt so your first pose would not have been out of place. Cracking scratch build, many thanks for sharing it Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Lovely stuff Bill, that looks brilliant! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 This is a brilliant build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Double bostin Bill. Make sure the pull down blinds are proper posh loike.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) Pull blinds Tom Er they might not actually pull down yo know our kid... Just a little update, its been a tad busy round 'ere lately what with decorating a spare room and building an aeroplane model too But most of my modelling has been here on this And when you see what you wont believe how long they took And how many pieces there are in both The (any) carriage needs lamps and as I scoured t'intynet hoping I would find some easily to hand it became obvious that I was probably looking in the wrong places So I looked closer to home I pull moulded a couple of acetate pieces over a flat former, a couple more were plunge moulded to become lenses and several other pieces were gathered tidily together to make these with each bracket using three pieces each actual lamp was made of ten individual parts Thirteen... each Wobbly wheels only on temporarily for display poipoises Still gotta make Tommo's blinds but the planning for that is already done Then I can crack on with the driver, horse and the harness Then bung onto a cobbled street base and done September maybe... Edited May 6, 2016 by perdu 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 More excellent work Bill, it looks well 'ansome..(sorry!) Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Man, that's really looking superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 those lights are the dogs danglies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Luvly job! "Home, James, and don't spare the horses!" Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Nicely done Bill. Looking forward to the blinds...proper posh don't forget, Paisley pattern or gilt edge trim. The lamps though...won't the lenses melt when you light the 1/72 candles I just know you are working on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Candles? How many do you think? Four candles? Nah Tommo, these are oil lamps and the perceptive eye would have noticed the wick carrier and the blackened wicks inside Already! Now the blinds are 'a horse of a different safari' I'm planning on 'ecru' linen but at the mo' I'm stalled on getting that twisted silken brocade-y rope fringe for the bottoms Ideas ...or twisted silken brocade-y rope fringes welcome if anyone has ideas or a half decent 'How-to' thanks for looking n.b. I should add that the brass rim around the lens glasses are still WIPPING the roundness is to be restored where the trimming went awry thank gawd for cockpit glue and cocktail sticks and Vallejo metallic paints Edited May 7, 2016 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) But Bill will you be able to scale down the molecules in the paraffin oil so the flames are appropriately scaled......? Brocade fringes. Mmm what about pieces of sewing cotton. Bit tedious admittedly. May have to dab them in diluted PVA so they hang straight. Small strips of wine bottle wrapping papers rolled tight between fingers then dabbed in PVA? Or Rizla papers? Bit of a punt, thinking aloud, maybe worth some experimentation loike. Edited May 8, 2016 by Tomoshenko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 What about taking a small piece of finely woven material - apply some white glue along one edge to seal and hold it all together, then peel away individual strands from the opposite edge. That should leave lots of little strands perpendicular to the glued edge.... fringes ??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Absolutely fantastic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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